Hello, everyone. You will not believe it. I have just tried to record this little inspired moment, like, three times. So I don't know what's going on. I haven't been very well, so I think maybe I'm just tired and, you know, just. I need to get back in the zone.
So, anyway, heading into today's inspired moment, it is all about getting in the zone and finding your inspiration and motivation by decluttering or cleaning. I feel like we all sit in one of two camps in this category. Either you absolutely love cleaning or you despise it. I definitely love cleaning, but I think it has to be the right moment. I don't like it when it's really hectic. The kids are running everywhere, and I feel like I'm rushed to do it. But when I've got time to do it, I feel like it's actually really cathartic and almost like therapy. And I enjoy it.
My task for you guys today, if it's Monday, is to set a ten minute timer and declutter or clean for those ten minutes, just to set yourself up to. To feel a little bit clearer in the mind. Cause we all know that when we clean or declutter, we feel like we've achieved something. We feel, like, a little bit clearer, like we can tackle the day. So I'm gonna start today, Monday, by cleaning my office for ten minutes. Because my goal for this week is to reach certain things in the podcast. I've got episodes I wanna record, guests who I wanna record with, things that I want to set up behind the scenes to be able to give to you guys. And I feel like I need a clean and inspiring space to work out of. Otherwise, these things don't happen. So when my office is cluttered with the kids coloring in books, coloring in pencils all over the floor, little tiny cut up pieces of paper, because my three year old is learning how to use scissors. When their toys are up here, the cushions are thrown, the cords are all over the place. It stresses me out. Like, just listen to that. Isn't that stressful, just hearing about that mess me? It is. Anyway, so I am going to spend ten minutes, literally put a ten minute timer on my phone and clear up this office space. So I feel inspired for the week ahead to just knuckle down and hit my goals in the podcasting world. You can choose whichever room or space you like. It might be your bathroom, your bedroom, the kitchen, the laundry. I would suggest choose a space that you're going to be in, one that's kind of in your goals this week. Like, is it your kitchen because you're planning to meal prep, or you want to try and cook more things from scratch? So maybe you want to spend ten minutes organizing your pantry or your fridge. Or is it your bedroom that you just feel like that's kind of your space to go overnight when everyone goes to bed, but it's all messy, so it actually doesn't feel calming at all. Is it your bathroom? So tonight, once everything calms down, you can go and put a candle on, have a nice bath. But you, you wouldn't enjoy it because it's a mess. Maybe you can go and give that a clean, put droplets of essential oils on your towels, just do something and it's only ten minutes, so you can do it. So that is my little inspired moment for the week. Please do let me know what space you clean. I would love to see, because I am one of those people who is inspired and motivated by other people cleaning. So recently on TikTok, I've actually been loving it and I share a lot of home and cleaning content over there. So if you're a girly who loves cleaning motivation, then please come on over to TikTok and say hello. I'm loving sharing that type of thing on TikTok. Otherwise, tag me in your little ten minute clean on Instagram. I would love to see it.
Now, the other thing I wanted to share with you that I'm really excited about is that from now, each month, I am going to be giving away a little inspired gift box to one of my beautiful listeners. And all you have to do to enter is review the inspired to be podcast, leave a little review and add your instagram handle at the end so I can come and find you. And once a month, I'm going to pick one of these reviews that I will share on the next month's inspired moment and you will receive your little inspired gift box. In the inspired gift box is actually going to be some of my favorites from the previous month. So I'm going to share with you what my favorites are this month and then they are the things that are going to be in the inspired gift box. The reason I wanted to do this little giveaway is because I just feel so grateful and so happy to have this beautiful community of women who are not only inspiring me I know I'm inspiring you, but you actually inspire me. When we connect, when you send me messages, when you tell me how things are impacting you for the positive, it actually inspires me to keep going, to keep sharing, and it gives me that sense of connection, and I just adore it. So I really wanted to say thank you and give back to you, you guys, because I so appreciate it. I appreciate this, like, community that we've created and the fact that we can actually connect when we may not have actually met in person. I just think it's so cool. And I really love this. Empowered women, like, building each other up, supporting each other no matter what. I am your biggest fan. Like, 100%. I'm like that with my friends. No matter what you do, I'm your biggest fan. I just feel like there's no room for negativity. You can always choose kindness. You can always be that supportive person and an honestly supportive person. I had a friend this week. It was funny. We were texting each other and she. Or voicing, actually. And she said, I was talking about something about my kids and the area that we live. And she said, is that something that you're worried about for them, or is it actually something that you're worried about for you? So basically she was saying, am I projecting my worries and anxieties onto them? And I thought about it for a minute, but she was so lovely about it. And I thought about it and I voiced her back and I said, thank you so much for being honest. You are 100% right. I really appreciate you pointing that out because you're right. It's a me thing, not a them thing. And I love her for being honest and sharing that with me. It was just so nice and. Cause she went about it the right way. Cause she said that. And then she said, you know, you're such a great mum and all these positive things. So I really just think if we can focus on the positive lifting each other up. So I really hope that this little gift box will give back to you and it will just light up your day.
On that note, this month's favorites of mine, I've got three things I wanna share with you. The first one is a summer Friday's lip gloss. It's probably been about six months now that my skin touch wood has been really good. And with my skin being good has meant that I've started to wear makeup again. And I've actually really been enjoying the process. You know, when you get in your bathroom, you have a routine, you have time, you don't have kids climbing on you. You know, they're old enough that they're occupied for ten minutes. Like, guys, my makeup routine is literally five minutes. Like, it's not a lot of makeup. It's super quick, but I love it. It makes me feel good about myself. I don't know, something about that. You're there in the mirror, and you're feeling good about yourself, and you're looking at yourself. And I always remind myself when I'm doing my makeup, too, to say words of affirmation to myself. So I love you. You look amazing. You're happy. You deserve to have a good day. You are worthy. Things like that, like, in my mind while I'm doing my makeup, and it's started to become such a beautiful little ritual that I do every morning, and I just adore it. So one of their lip glosses that I love is the summer Fridays. It's really nourishing. It's pretty clear, but it just has, like, a tint of either beige or red. I've got two of them. It retails for $40 at Mecca. The next thing I'm going to give to you is a local love chocolate. We all know I love logo coco loves. They are the chocolate that is, like, guilt free. It's made with good ingredients. They have, like, aptogenics in them, like medicinal mushrooms, and I think it's all refined, sugar free. So literally, you just don't feel guilty when you eat it, and it's actually good for your body. So I'm gonna give away one of those. My favorite one at the moment is the chili love truffle, but I won't give away that one because I know not everyone likes spicy things. So I'll pick another one. And the third thing I'm gonna be gifting in this month, little giveaway, is these amino acid sachets that I've recently found. I'd love to know if you're with me on this. I am an avid podcast listener. I love podcasts, hence why I started a podcast. I listen to a lot of american podcast women, like inspiring women in the health and wellness space. One thing that really bums me out is that all of the products they talk about, all of the people they interview, are only accessible in America. So they'll leave links to their products. They'll be talking about specific things, but we don't have those in Australia yet. Hopefully we get access to them. One of the things that I heard about recently was an interview with a founder of a company who creates amino acids. So basically, you can eat protein, and we still should be eating the protein, but if you need a little bit of a boost, you know, actually, that I'm not a huge, you know, I'm not so obsessive over supplements in the moment since I've been trying to heal my gut health. But I definitely find this helpful. I find it really hard to get enough protein in, and I haven't been having protein powders. So with amino acids, it's basically going direct to your bloodstream when you digest it, rather than your body having to digest the protein and then the amino acids come out. So you're basically getting a huge hit of all the essential amino acids by having this little drink. Now, the brand that I heard talking about on the podcast I was listening to isn't available in Australia. So I did my research and I compared ingredient to ingredient to make sure that the profiles were the same. And I found this brand in Australia called ikari. It's actually available in age Athletica, and I think their flagship store is in Mossman. So they have these sachets, and the flavor I'm loving is turmeric, ginger, and mint. And you just mix it in a little drink. And I've been having it before I do pilates just so that I remember that's just a little habit that I've stacked on, which has been really great, and I love it. I feel like I'm just getting that little bit extra aminos, and it's going to help with my muscle recovery, with regeneration of cells, with health, with immunity. Because, guys, our body needs protein to regenerate everything. Everything. Not just build muscle, but to regenerate cells, to just feel good. So I'm going to throw a few of those sachets into this month's giveaway box.
I really hope that you guys love it. Make sure you share it with your friends or family. Any woman who, you know, just deserves a little inspired gift show up at their doorstep. Wouldn't it just be such a nice little joy to inspire your day to receive that little gift? You all deserve it. I wish I could give it away to everyone, but I'm just going to give away one of my. So please leave your review, leave your instagram handle, share it with others who you might think like to enter as well. And I will see you on Wednesday for an awesome episode with Krystal Brooke, who is a friend of mine, and she is sharing all about fashion, style, trends that we should look out for, ways that we can find our own style. And she's actually doing this thing on her instagram at the moment called the 75 Style challenge. So instead of the 75 hard challenge, which was all around, like, fitness and wellness rituals, she's actually doing 75 days of styling what she's wearing from her wardrobe. She's not allowed to buy anything new. I love it. So on Wednesday, I'm sitting down with Crystal, talking all things that I know you guys are going to love it. I definitely took away heaps of tips from it, so look forward to that and I'll chat to you then.