• A new chapter begins today! ⁣ ⁣ The first episode of the Self-Care Redefined Podcast is available now and ready for your listening pleasure. ⁣ ⁣ In addition to all the usual podcast places, you can also find video episodes on YouTube (linked in my bio) and the cutest puppy is making her YouTube debut in this first one 😜 There’s a train whistle too, but 🤷‍♀️ it’s real life so here we are. ⁣ ⁣ I’m really excited to bring you this content because I know that we have to change the conversation when it comes to what self-care means - for ourselves individually and collectively as a society. ⁣ ⁣ I would be honored if you’d give the episode a listen and share your thoughts with me. In this first episode, I’m explaining why the shift from Life Unboxed to Self-Care Redefined was necessary, sharing some of my guiding truths for redefining self-care as mental health hygiene, and also introducing the 3 B’s of Self-Care. ⁣ ⁣ I have some incredible guests lined up for future episodes and it’s my intention to make this podcast an incredibly valuable free resource for you when it comes to shifting your definition of self-care and learning how to build a sustainable self-care routine into your life to support your mental and emotional health. ⁣ ⁣ On that note, let me know in the comments what content you would love to see (and hear) that would feel supportive. What holds you back when it comes to self-care?
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    A new chapter begins today! ⁣ ⁣ The first episode of the Self-Care Redefined Podcast is available now and ready for your listening pleasure. ⁣ ⁣ In addition to all the usual podcast places, you can also find video episodes on YouTube (linked in my bio) and the cutest puppy is making her YouTube debut in this first one 😜 There’s a train whistle too, but 🤷‍♀️ it’s real life so here we are. ⁣ ⁣ I’m really excited to bring you this content because I know that we have to change the conversation when it comes to what self-care means - for ourselves individually and collectively as a society. ⁣ ⁣ I would be honored if you’d give the episode a listen and share your thoughts with me. In this first episode, I’m explaining why the shift from Life Unboxed to Self-Care Redefined was necessary, sharing some of my guiding truths for redefining self-care as mental health hygiene, and also introducing the 3 B’s of Self-Care. ⁣ ⁣ I have some incredible guests lined up for future episodes and it’s my intention to make this podcast an incredibly valuable free resource for you when it comes to shifting your definition of self-care and learning how to build a sustainable self-care routine into your life to support your mental and emotional health. ⁣ ⁣ On that note, let me know in the comments what content you would love to see (and hear) that would feel supportive. What holds you back when it comes to self-care?
  • Celebrated our successful completion of #75hard this weekend with a fun snow-tubing adventure, some @salamonespizzawa and some Sunday (unsuccessful but still fun) monkeyshining with some of our faves ❤️❤️❤️ Tomorrow morning... keep your eyes peeled for an exciting podcast drop! 🎙🥳
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    Celebrated our successful completion of #75hard this weekend with a fun snow-tubing adventure, some @salamonespizzawa and some Sunday (unsuccessful but still fun) monkeyshining with some of our faves ❤️❤️❤️ Tomorrow morning... keep your eyes peeled for an exciting podcast drop! 🎙🥳
  • Time for a Friday introduction... I’m Mary Allison 👋 and I’m on a mission to redefine self-care as mental health hygiene... ✨ ... because I grew up feeling kind of unloved and unlovable. I know that’s not true now and self-care is self-love in action. 💪 ✨ ... because I built a whole life in the mold of how I thought it was “supposed” to look and then had to tear it all down when I realized that it didn’t feel right... I was living someone else’s perfect life. Self-care means checking IN and allowing our own inner knowing to guide us, not trying to shush it and ignore it like I did. Don’t be like me. 🙊 ✨ ... because I have experienced professional and personal burnout and I know for sure that my exhaustion has never helped me help anyone. 😒 ✨... because I deeply desire to be of service, to create a legacy of healing, and kindness, and compassion. 🌞 ✨... because I believe that when I take the best care of myself, I get to show up as the best version of myself for the people and things I love and value most. And I believe that that is true for you as well. 💯 ✨... because I love hard, and to love my family hard means I have to love myself first, so that I’m the best me for them. I want to be the me that I think they deserve. And I think they deserve the absolute best. 😘 ✨... because I think we have it all wrong and I hear too many women say to me, “self-care would be nice if I had the time.” 🙅‍♀️ ✨... because as a mental health therapist + trauma specialist, I am telling you that the vast majority of people have no idea where to even begin when it comes to self-care and I believe that it’s imperative for the health of our society as a whole that we challenge that and change that, immediately if not sooner. 🤗 I want to get to know you too! Say hi and share something about you in the comments 👇
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    Time for a Friday introduction... I’m Mary Allison 👋 and I’m on a mission to redefine self-care as mental health hygiene... ✨ ... because I grew up feeling kind of unloved and unlovable. I know that’s not true now and self-care is self-love in action. 💪 ✨ ... because I built a whole life in the mold of how I thought it was “supposed” to look and then had to tear it all down when I realized that it didn’t feel right... I was living someone else’s perfect life. Self-care means checking IN and allowing our own inner knowing to guide us, not trying to shush it and ignore it like I did. Don’t be like me. 🙊 ✨ ... because I have experienced professional and personal burnout and I know for sure that my exhaustion has never helped me help anyone. 😒 ✨... because I deeply desire to be of service, to create a legacy of healing, and kindness, and compassion. 🌞 ✨... because I believe that when I take the best care of myself, I get to show up as the best version of myself for the people and things I love and value most. And I believe that that is true for you as well. 💯 ✨... because I love hard, and to love my family hard means I have to love myself first, so that I’m the best me for them. I want to be the me that I think they deserve. And I think they deserve the absolute best. 😘 ✨... because I think we have it all wrong and I hear too many women say to me, “self-care would be nice if I had the time.” 🙅‍♀️ ✨... because as a mental health therapist + trauma specialist, I am telling you that the vast majority of people have no idea where to even begin when it comes to self-care and I believe that it’s imperative for the health of our society as a whole that we challenge that and change that, immediately if not sooner. 🤗 I want to get to know you too! Say hi and share something about you in the comments 👇
  • I’ve cried, like, a million tears this week. See, I’ve been rebranding my podcast and building a new membership site and I’ve been feeling overwhelmed. My ego keeps popping up and telling me that anything less than perfect is unacceptable and then my inner helper basically loses her mind because building new things means stepping outside of my zone of genius in order to bring them to life and I really want to help, to be of service, in this particular way. I know for sure that this work is why I’m here. So, there have been tears. Because sometimes things just feel really hard. But this morning as I was sitting here, I was thinking about the women who have been served by my work. I was thinking about the women who are suffering because they don’t know how to take care of themselves and because they feel guilty when they try. I was thinking about my mission... and I know that it’s so much bigger than me. I know that my ego wants me to play small to keep me safe, but I can’t serve the people I’m meant to serve if they can’t see me. 😬 I’ve had to ask myself over and over if I’m willing to do this work even when it’s hard. I’ve asked myself if I am willing to let this be easy. If I’m willing to let myself lean in to what I know and show up for the women who need the things I have to share. And the answer is, has always been, will always be yes. Giving up isn’t an option. The only way to get past the hard things, in this case, is straight through the middle. So, after some tears and some very big feelings and some even bigger big mission energy as @womenofwoo would say, the doors to The Self-Care Redefined Membership are officially open. I’ll be sharing more specifics over the next few days but for now I just want you to know how much of my heart and soul I’ve poured into this project. And if it’s right for you, I’d love to welcome you inside.
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    I’ve cried, like, a million tears this week. See, I’ve been rebranding my podcast and building a new membership site and I’ve been feeling overwhelmed. My ego keeps popping up and telling me that anything less than perfect is unacceptable and then my inner helper basically loses her mind because building new things means stepping outside of my zone of genius in order to bring them to life and I really want to help, to be of service, in this particular way. I know for sure that this work is why I’m here. So, there have been tears. Because sometimes things just feel really hard. But this morning as I was sitting here, I was thinking about the women who have been served by my work. I was thinking about the women who are suffering because they don’t know how to take care of themselves and because they feel guilty when they try. I was thinking about my mission... and I know that it’s so much bigger than me. I know that my ego wants me to play small to keep me safe, but I can’t serve the people I’m meant to serve if they can’t see me. 😬 I’ve had to ask myself over and over if I’m willing to do this work even when it’s hard. I’ve asked myself if I am willing to let this be easy. If I’m willing to let myself lean in to what I know and show up for the women who need the things I have to share. And the answer is, has always been, will always be yes. Giving up isn’t an option. The only way to get past the hard things, in this case, is straight through the middle. So, after some tears and some very big feelings and some even bigger big mission energy as @womenofwoo would say, the doors to The Self-Care Redefined Membership are officially open. I’ll be sharing more specifics over the next few days but for now I just want you to know how much of my heart and soul I’ve poured into this project. And if it’s right for you, I’d love to welcome you inside.