Joyful Radiance

😩SWIPE to see the 2 week difference😱

I’ve been using the new Squalane + Vitamin C Dark Spot serum from consistently for about 2 weeks now and just wow.



@ Springfield, Illinois

🤎How to pamper yourself at home and boost your mood instantly:

💐Buy yourself some flowers or better yet, indulge your inner creative spirit and make a floral arrangement for yourself.

This morning I woke up feeling down and even though some of it had to do with the weather - it’s been really cloudy and gray lately - most of it was because I felt really blah🌚

I couldn’t quite put my finger on it and even now, I don’t know how to describe it but I just wasn’t feeling the day at all🙃.

At 7am, as I was on my way to pick up the groceries, I got this idea to get myself some flowers, so I did. I walked over to the flower section of , used to get inspiration and picked up some flowers that looked like they could go well together based on the photo I was looking at.

🤓I checked out, picked up my groceries, hauled everything into the house and 🏃🏾‍♀️rushed to the kitchen sink to make my arrangement.

Unknowingly, simply getting those flowers and the idea of making my own arrangement boosted my mood🥰

It’s still gray outside and the rain is pouring more than it was this morning but, I feel better 🤗inside. Well that and I took 5 minutes and got some

So, don’t wait for someone else to do it, pamper yourself and get some flowers just for you🤎

💫What are some other things you do to boost your mood on gray days?

PS: while you’re there get some chocolate. My favorite is the fruit and nut bar from
@ Springfield, Illinois

⚠️Trigger warning “I hate being a mom but I love my children. I’m so exhausted and tired. I can’t find space to breathe or just be me. What was the old me like? I don’t even know.

I wanted to have kids, don't get me wrong. They’re perfect. But I am tired. I just need a break.

A break to be myself and think. A break to listen to my own voice and thoughts with no tantrums, screams, cries or the word “mama” and not because it's night time or nap time.

I need a real break, alone, somewhere in the world with no kids or husband. Just me. Living, breathing and resting my body, heart and soul.

I lost me. I don’t even remember who she was. Once in a while I catch glimpses of who she used to be and what she used to like and it lights me up but then I remember that I have kids with no real support system so I can’t do that anymore.

It gets hard to breathe sometimes when you're a mom. It’s like you wake up in the morning, hold your breath all day and exhale when the kids are down for the night but then you remember all the things you need to do and you stop breathing again.

I hate being a mom but I love my kids. I am an immigrant which makes everything 10x harder. You can’t do much here. It sucks but it’s what you sign up for when you choose to stay in a foreign country. You have to dig yourself out of the dirt, and then start building something.

Your whole entire village and support system is an ocean and thousands of dollars away. It’s hard creating a new village in a foreign land with virtual friends, cultural differences and no real physical help.

Unless of course you can afford it but to afford it, you have to build it first. To build it first you need time but time isn’t a luxury when you’re a mother. A stay at home mom.”

~ Excerpt from my journal when I was depressed

Current thoughts: A virtual village is nothing without the actual physical help🙃
@ Springfield, Illinois