In this episode, the lovely Siobhan O' Sullivan from @sosfitnesscoaching joins me to talk about how to make room for self-care without the “mom-guilt”.

Siobhan owns and runs SOS Fitness and takes a holistic approach to wellbeing. She is a personal trainer and coach to a lot of working mothers and talks about how they build a boundary at home to make room for exercise as a form of self-care and why.

Working mothers are working two full time jobs. It’s not always easy to find the time to do something that makes us feel good. We talk about why we need to build a boundary around time for self-care as it builds our self-esteem to help us reach our goals.

The three main components of self - care are physical health, emotional health and social health. Exercise falls into the physical health category and releases endorphins (happiness chemicals) which make us feel good and helps to combat stress.

We talk about how exercise is simply moving. A three minute dance around the kitchen (with or without a spoon ) will not fail to make you feel good. It’s a good first step towards making room for self-care.