Have you recently read an article, watched a video, received an email talking about a great, wonderful, easy wellness routine?.

All this talk about perfect wellness makes me want to pull out all of my hair.

Perfection is not a word to be used when talking about wellness. It is not an all-or-nothing sort of thing.

Being an adult requires enough burnout things from us already; our work, errands, kids, household duties and everyday life. Who needs to add mandatory self-care practices that we do not enjoy to the list.

I recently went to a Naturopathic Doctor in our area. I have seeked the care of an ND many times since becoming a mother. These visits dwindled during the last 10 years where I didn't have any extended health benefits, but I feel that it's necessary to seek professional advice when taking supplements if you can.

She looked at my medications, my supplements and the food journal I wrote online during her intake and we discussed how I felt day to day. Immediately I started making excuses for why I wasn't regimented with my health care protocol. Exactly what I didn't need was more feelings of guilt about what I wasn't doing daily to help myself feel well. As the guilt took over my whole body & mind, I stopped talking. She looked over at me and said nothing about what I should or shouldn't be doing. I realized this guilt I was feeling was of my own doing. She made a few recommendations on times of day I should take my supplements to better make the schedule work, and sent me on my way.

When I visited the store to pick up a supplement there was a young girl behind the counter. She helped me pick the supplements for me and something I wanted for my kids. I joked that I needed to mark down times suggested to take my supplements in my google calendar. She laughed and told me that she has a schedule printed and although crazy it helps her very much.. (brilliant). I immediately felt unorganized and guilty again. Ugh, Why do we do this to ourselves? I came home and decided that instead of beating myself up about what I wasn't doing, I would print off a schedule and attempt to follow it. Yaaay me!

I know how to best care for myself, eat healthy food, exercise, take supplements, get some sunshine, but that doesn’t mean that I always do it — and I refuse to feel bad about that, I know that is perfectly okay.

Some days I do ALL of the things. I do all of my paperwork, I send all the emails, take great care of my kids, do everything required for my business, cook a meal for the whole family, even clean the bathroom. It's a Banner Day!!