The Contentment Company

Buddha said it best!

What lights you up? ✨

For me it’s sunshine, friends, flowers, music, cuddles and animals. The simple things 🩷

What does spirituality mean to YOU? ⁣
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✨ What ways do you connect to your true (or higher) self? ⁣
✨ Do you let your intuition guide you, or do you find it hard to tap into?⁣
✨ Want to start or delve deeper into a spiritual journey but don’t know where to begin?⁣
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We are going to unpack all these juicy questions (and more) at our next .heartcollective event ‘Spirituality and You’ on the 24th of May and we would love for you to join us!⁣
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Our incredible guest, spiritual practitioner and podcast host .embers will be talking to us about various aspects of spirituality and giving us practical take-home tips and advice. We will share delectable .bear.coffeehouse food (including the world’s best arancini as judged by us) and FREE Prosecco. And as always, we will be building greater connections with our beautiful, authentic, welcoming community members.⁣
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Keen to come along? Simply head to the link in my profile and grab your ticket today! If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to reach out! 💗 Abby xx⁣
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Contentment is…⁣
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🖍️ Colouring-in coworking time 🥰⁣
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✨ Just over TWO weeks to go until ‘Self-Care Made Simple’! ✨

Could you use a little midweek pick-me-up where you learn tips and tricks AND meet some awesome like-minded women? Look no further than our next Happy Heart Collective event - Self-Care Made Simple! 🥳

Your ticket to our event on March 29th comes with:

💖 Connection
💖 Thought-provoking conversations and activities
💖 Learning/content that you can implement to enhance your life
💖 Yummy food (including the best darn arancini we’ve EVER had)
💖 Gift bags
💖 And, of course, a free glass of Prosecco (because that’s how we roll!)

For more information and tickets, please see the link below 👀

Don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions or are coming solo and would like to be introduced to an event buddy - we are ALL about community and making everyone feel right at home. We’d love to see you there! Abby + Andrea x

Self-Care Made Simple - March Happy Heart Collective Event, New Farm, Wed 29th Mar 2023, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm AEST | Humanitix 🤔 Are you feeling overwhelmed, stressed, or burnt out? 🤔 Would you like to stop putting yourself last? 🤔 Are you sick of saying you don't have time for self-care? 🤔 Or that you don't know where to start and it just feels hard? If you answered ‘yes’ to one or all of those questions, t...

Let’s increase our JOY factor! 🌞

We only need to look at children to realise how much fun and joy they are usually carrying around in their little bodies but as adults, we seem to rarely have this energy!

So, what is ONE thing you can do today (or this weekend) to increase your joy? Here’s some ideas…

🌞 Explore somewhere new with NO agenda or set plan
🌞 Dance like no one is watching
🌞 Treat yourself to your favourite drink or food
🌞 Colour in
🌞 Curl up and read for 10 minutes
🌞 Give someone (or yourself) a giant hug
🌞 Sing LOUDLY to your favourite song
🌞 Call or text a favourite human to tell them that you adore them

What will you do for yourself? I am going to explore the Mind Body Spirit Festival Australia today with no agenda, plan or hurry - just for my own enjoyment!

I hope you have a beautiful weekend 💗 Abby xx

What does self-care mean to you? 💐

‘Self-care’ has become a real buzzword in the past few years. It’s easy to see why. Living through a global pandemic, having busier-than-ever schedules and being constantly thrown into a state of comparison and stress thanks to social media and societal standards has meant that taking good care of ourselves is more important than ever before.

To me, self-care looks like:

🌷 Taking tiny chances each day to meditate or sit in stillness
🌷 Breathing in deeply, all the way down to my belly
🌷 Having boundaries
🌷 Feeling the warm sun on my skin for a couple of minutes each day
🌷 Occasionally having fresh flowers in the house (my fav!)

We are going to be discussing all things ‘self-care’ at our Happy Heart Collective February Event ‘Self-Care Made Simple’ on the 28th of February. We have an amazing panel of speakers, delicious food, beautiful company and even a free glass of Prosecco (yep, we are into treating ourselves and you!). If you’d like to learn more about self-care and get some practical tips that you can implement into your days/weeks/life, please come along and join us! The link is right here 👉https://events.humanitix.com/stress-free-self-care-february-happy-heart-collective-event.

I’d love to know what self-care looks like for you…. Let me know in the comments! 💗 Abby x

This one got me straight in the heart. The incredible Brené Brown is full of wisdom like this, but today this quote stuck out at me like a strike of lightning. ⚡️

As women (and humans, let’s be real), we can often feel like we aren’t enough. I know I’ve felt (and have also been made to feel) inadequate at times due to my non-linear career, lack of qualifications and/or knowledge, and purpose. But guess what? Those things can be learned and changed. You know what cannot be easily changed? WHO we are at our core.

What I know is that I am kind, open-minded, non-judgemental, compassionate, empathetic, brave and helpful. Today, that is what I will choose to focus on.

Who are you deep down? Be proud of that. I hope you can remember that external things like career, finances, knowledge, skills and purpose can grow, be tweaked, be learned and be changed. 🫶

Thanks for the Sunday feels, Brené. 💗 Abby xx

Tickets available now! 💖

My gorgeous friend Andrea Westbrook Coaching and I would love for you to join us for our January Happy Heart Collective event - Goals With Soul. We’ve designed these events for the women of Brisbane to come together, connect authentically and learn about more ways in which they can enhance their lives!

Here’s all the important details:

🗓 Tuesday 31st January
🕰 6.45pm (for 7.00pm start) - 9.00pm
🚪 Blue Bear Cafe, New Farm
💵 $49 plus booking fee

What is included in your ticket price? As this is a Happy Heart Collective event, our night will be filled with:

💖 Connection
💖 Thought-provoking conversations and activities
💖 Learning/content that you can implement to enhance your life
💖 Yummy food
💖 And, of course, a free glass of Prosecco (because that’s how we roll!)

There will also be lucky door prizes, fabulous conversations and gift bags! 🤩

Spaces for this event are STRICTLY LIMITED as we want this evening to be as immersive as possible, so don’t delay in grabbing your spot! The link is below. We can’t wait to meet you all very soon. 💗 Abby x

https://events.humanitix.com/goals-with-soul-january-happy-heart-collective-event

Happy as a little Vegemite to be on my way to Moreton Island for a mini adventure. Rocking my Yarli Creative x Little Party Dress dress to celebrate the second last day of NAIDOC Week 2022! 💗⁣
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Have a lovely weekend everyone 🌸

You can restart and reset as 𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗬 times as you need to! 🌟⁣
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Not loving certain things about your daily life? 𝗬𝗢𝗨 have the power to change it, my friend. 💪🏻 Give yourself permission to reflect and then reset!⁣
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Sometimes the most simple changes and tweaks make the biggest difference to our lives. ☺️ ⁣
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I’ve been feeling a bit time poor lately, so am trying to tweak my day by just waking up 15 minutes earlier so that I can feel more relaxed in the morning! ☀️⁣
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What’s something you’d like to reset or restart right now? If you need help with making some simple but powerful changes so you can design the life you TRULY want, send me a message! 🙋‍♀️⁣
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💗 Happy last day of January, lovelies. Abby xx⁣

Relaxing meditation 𝗙𝗔𝗜𝗟!🧘‍♀️🐶🤦🏻‍♀️⁣
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Sometimes even our best plans for self-care are interrupted or need to be completely thrown out the window and that can be a little … frustrating! 😩⁣
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What I’ve learned is to just take a deep breath and roll with it - so while Ernest jumped up and ignored my need for ‘me time’, instead of being grumpy about it, I just enjoyed a little snuggle and photo shoot with him instead. ⁣
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Did I end up actually doing my meditation that day? Nope. But it sure did make me happy just relaxing with my doggy for a few funny minutes and maybe what I really needed was that cuddle anyway! 💗⁣
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I guess sometimes life throws us exactly what we need! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣🥰⁣

Is it really only mid-January? 🤯😂⁣
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Though I’m just being a bit cheeky with the “half-dead” part of this post, the exhaustion of the last two years is very, very real. Are you feeling a little weary and worn out too? 🙋‍♀️⁣
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A little tip I learned it from one of the very best Julie Parker is to ask yourself this question…⁣
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𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄 (𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 / 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄 / 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸)?⁣
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Right now, I want to feel 𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘! ⚡️⁣
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So, once you’ve identified that feeling you’d like to harness, think of a couple of simple ways you can bring that feeling into being. ☑⁣
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For example - I want to feel energetic, so I may go for a walk out in the fresh air, or have a 10 minute boogey to my favourite three songs, or eat a delicious piece of fresh and juicy fruit, or make sure I’m drinking two litres of water. 🚶💃🍏🚰⁣
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Will you try this handy little ? I’d love to know if it helps to lift you up out of the collective exhaustion we’re all in! ⁣
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💗 Abby xx⁣