All tagged self love

How To Practice Self-Care This Holiday Season

How To Practice Self-Care This Holiday Season

Yvon Lux

Pumpkin spiced lattes will soon give way to turkey feasts and gift shopping. The holidays are festive and fun but they are also a prominent source of stress and anxiety for many. Before this year’s winter wonderland and holiday season, let’s learn some self-care tips to help you show up as the best version of yourself.

When we are tired and drained, it shows in our work and relationships. Once you incorporate self-care into your routines, it has the power to reduce stress and anxiety and cultivate better relationships with yourself and others.

Self-care September | 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Getting Into a Relationship

Self-care September | 7 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Getting Into a Relationship

Yvon Lux

It wasn’t that I didn’t want a partner ever again—I very much love being in (good) relationships. It was that I was truly enjoying the experience of living as though I was enough instead of buying into the belief that because I didn’t have a partner, there was something off-putting, wrong, or unattractive about me. It took some time to get used to, as all habits do, but I wouldn’t give that time up for anything.

Here are the questions that were born from my happily single and exploratory years. I use them with my design clients, friends, and even myself.

5 Signs You Need Therapy

5 Signs You Need Therapy

Yvon Lux

COVID, recession, unemployment, and returning-to-work uncertainties -- 2021 can stress out even the most stable minded among us. Even those full of optimism cannot help but become depressed or anxious during one or more of these circumstances and need help beyond what a trusted friend or loved one can provide.

Pandemic Holiday Tips For More Joy and Connection

Pandemic Holiday Tips For More Joy and Connection

Yvon Lux
Blog, Health & Wellness, How To, Lifestyle, List, Los Angeles, Self Help, Women, Women's Health

For many people, life as they knew it has been put on hold due to the restrictions we all must adhere to with COVID-19. The days of waiting patiently for life to return to “normal” have passed. In fact, there has been enough time that has passed since the virus hit in early 2020, that we can confidently say, we have developed a new normal.

7 Ways Your Mind Is Keeping You From Happiness

7 Ways Your Mind Is Keeping You From Happiness

Yvon Lux

What’s getting in the way of your peace and happiness? Stressing you out? Creating a roller coaster of emotions, drama, and chaos? You might think your inner turmoil is directly due to what’s happening in the world around you, but Karen McGregor says the truth is quite different. It’s not what happens to you, but what you perpetually think and do in response. And that is due to the nature of your mind.

Tips to Overcome Challenging Times With Gratitude

Tips to Overcome Challenging Times With Gratitude

Yvon Lux
Blog, Fierce Female, Health & Wellness, How To, Lifestyle, List, Los Angeles, Men's Health, News, Orange County, Self Help, Warning, Women, Women's Health

Hard times can make it challenging to feel grateful for what you have. During these difficult times it might be hard to remember that we do have a choice in who we are being. Every thought, every moment gives us an opportunity to choose who we want to be. I want to be happy today. Here are 4 simple tips Mary offers for unlocking and experiencing the pure and simple gratitude of being, which people may find especially helpful in these times.

Doctors on Improving Women's Health During Stay-at-Home

Doctors on Improving Women's Health During Stay-at-Home

Yvon Lux
Blog, Fierce Female, Fitness, Food, Health & Wellness, Hair, How To, List, Lifestyle, Los Angeles, Orange County, Self Help, , Weight Loss, Warning, Women, Women's Health

National Women’s Health Week (May 10-16th) is a national effort to raise awareness for easy and manageable steps that women can take to incorporate healthy changes in their lives. Now, more than ever, it’s vital for women to be informed of ways that they can improve their quality of their lives. Nationally acclaimed health experts provide tips for women to address common issues they often ignore.

3 Ways To Guard Against Betrayal

3 Ways To Guard Against Betrayal

Yvon Lux
Blog, Fierce Female, Health & Wellness, How To, Lifestyle, List, Los Angeles, Men, Men's Health, News, Orange County, Self Help, , Warning, Weight Loss, Women

Betrayal comes in many variations: a friend gossiping about a secret you shared in confidence; a relative taking advantage of your hospitality to steal from you; a spouse engaging in an affair.

 But regardless of what form betrayal takes, the results share something in common.

Are You Around the Right People?

Are You Around the Right People?

Yvon Lux

Did you know that the four people with whom you spend the most time are who you become in the future? Scary, isn’t it? This fact alone should make you very selective about the company you keep.

Officer Reunited With Miracle Girl After 24 Years

Officer Reunited With Miracle Girl After 24 Years

Yvon Lux

In 1993, the day before Thanksgiving, officer Harry Belcher responded to a house fire in Wentzville, MO. When they realized there was a 4-year-old girl still trapped inside the house, they entered through the window and was able to rescue her.

While in the hospital, the doctors told Kanisha Anthony’s family she would be in a vegetative state because her head-to-toe third degree burns were too severe.