In collaboration with YOGI TEA®
Over the past few weeks I’ve been thinking a lot about 2017, I guess at this time of year we’ve all got our obligatory reflective heads on and in deep thought about everything we would like the new year to bring.
Mainly, I’ve been thinking about which direction I would like to take my business over the next 12-months, which means that I’ve been spending a lot of time with my planner and pretty journals brain dumping all of my feelings and ideas. There’s just so much that I want to achieve over the next 12 months that getting it all down on paper helps bring some clarity to the haze in my head. My brain is constantly bursting with ideas that sometimes it can be hard to sleep. Waking up with a light bulb moment at 1 am is not ideal, so I’ve been keeping my journal by my bed so I can quickly note everything down – I don’t want to forget anything. Plus, it’s nice to have everything written down together in one place.
When my whirring brain isn’t waking me up in the middle of the night, my favourite way to reflect on the year has been finding a quiet moment in my day (usually when Aiden is at nursery or napping) and settling down with a hot mug of tea. I love my herbal teas, especially turmeric tea, so when Yogi Tea kindly invited me to try their new Turmeric Chai tea I was super excited because it’s a blend of two of my favourite flavours.
The classic turmeric taste comes through well, but you also get all the warm flavours from the chai spices too. The tea is a blend of turmeric root, cinnamon, liquorice, ginger, cardamom, black pepper, apples fennel, mace, cocoa shells, and cloves. Like all Yogi Tea products, this tea definitely has a unique taste, which I love. It’s a brand of tea that I’ve enjoyed for a long time and I remember nodding along to their ethos, which is very much in line with my own: creating a conscious and holistic lifestyle to help balance mind, body, and spirit.
At the core of the YOGI TEA® Turmeric Chai is the sentiment that it functions like the calming warmth of the sun. This concept is a fantastic way to view saying goodbye to 2017 (sunset) and waving hello to 2018 (sunrise) and prompted me to think about my own #goldenmoment from 2017.
For me, it definitely has to be taking the leap and starting my health-coaching course with Integrative Nutrition. I’d been mulling it over for so long and researched so many similar courses, but 3 months in I know that it’s the right course for me. I was so scared to commit to the course at first, in fear of not being good enough and not being able to fit it into my daily routine. Not to say that it’s been easy, but I’m plodding along nicely on the course and really enjoying it. I feel that it’s going to open up so many new doors for me.
The community aspect of the course is what has surprised me so much. When you run a small business by yourself at home, it can be very quiet and isolating meaning that the opportunity to meet new people is slim. However, over the past few months, I’ve connected with so many amazing women from all from different backgrounds, but all with the common goal to support and lift each other up.
All my upcoming #goldenmoments for 2018 are very much centred on setting up my coaching business and all the new adventures, opportunities, and people who it will bring into my life. I have a deep passion for wanting to try to help as many women as possible to live their best life. I can’t believe that we’ve entered a new year already, but I’m very excited to see what it’s going to bring.
What is your #GoldenMoment of 2017?
*This post was commissioned by Yogi Tea, but all opinions are my own. Thank you for supporting the brands that allow me to do what I love, bringing you wellness content and recipes to help you find your version of balance.
It’s such a wonderful idea to keep a journal around your bed, it helps so much to get your thoughts down. The tea sounds a valuable addition to a mindfulness lifestyle.
I wish you all the success in the world in setting up your new coaching business, it really sounds like you have found your passion.
I really hope that 2018 brings you all you are looking for, I hope all your planning comes to fruition for you and the year is your best yet.
Gosh, I couldn’t possibly pick just ONE golden moment from 2017 – we had so many wonderful times together.
One golden moment I think would have to be spending Christmas in France surrounded by mountains and snow.
I wish you all the best for 2018 and this Turmeric Chai Tea sound gorgeous.
I’m not sure I could pick just one moment myself, its so tough! Your golden moment is great, launching your course is such a great achievement
Yogi Teas are some of my favourites and I love that they have brought out a new tea with tumeric and chai which sounds like the perfect combination.Beautiful watercolour prints by the way and I love the message behind them. I am sure that you will have an amazing 2018 x
Good luck with the new venture this year! My golden moment would be finally sleeping for more than 2 hours at a time!
It’s always nice to look back on the past year and see how much you’ve grown. While nothing totally major happened for me I do think my relationship, blog and work life grew which is always good x
That’s great that you have connected with some many people doing your course. I think that is the hardest part of blogging, the loneliness.
Good luck with your new course and hopefully new business venture! We have a journal by the side of our bed to brain dump as well!
I love chai tea but I’ve never had the turmeric version. Perhaps I’ll have to give it a try.
Blogging is now my job since I resigned six weeks ago, so I have a lot of work to do and goals to set for 2018!
I have heard so much about the healing power of turmeric that I must give this tea a try! A golden moment for me this year will be going to Venice – I hope!
I love tea and love spices in it, the addition of turmeric is not only great in taste but its has lots of medicinal properties too. Yogi teas sounds delicious.
I wish you all lots of luck in setting up your new coaching business, it definitely sounds like you have thought it all through,
Good luck with all the things you want to do this year. I know you can achieve anything you want to, as you have the most amazing blog. Happy New Year 🙂
Louise x
I’m going to give this a go because I’ve heard so much about the health benefits of tumeric. I have nerve damage and it’s supposed to help with the pain xxx
Not heard of Yogi Tea, may have to give them a whirl. Golden moments for 2018 here we come – Happy New Yer and I wish you all the best with your blog 🙂 x