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Clean Your Way Out of Chaos 🧽 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
📻 Have you listened to my episode on "The Honest Hour" Podcast with @doitallwithellie ?
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👉🏻 About Ellie
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Ellie is a young SAHM to two beautiful twin girls and a wife to the love of her life. She is passionate about helping women find true joy in their role as women, mothers, wives and homemakers. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Despite her happy and full life today, Ellie has a story like us all; and her story did not come without trauma. We touch on it only lightly in this episode, choosing rather to focus on her positive and motivational message. From a young age, Ellie embraced a method of dealing with anxiety & trauma through the good old fashioned art of cleaning. And she is here to inspire other new Mom's to do the same.
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Ellie's passion and mission through her lifestyle blog "Do It All with Ellie" is to leave a positive footprint in women's hearts to be better in places where we, as women, are so important. Ellie aims to help women live full and joyful lives, bringing glory to God. Ellie creates posts about homemaking, motherhood, motivational cleaning, home organization and much more.
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🗣 About "The Honest Hour" Podcast
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A collective voice for women in South Africa. From babies to the boardroom, heartache to hope, tragedy to triumph, the honest hour is where you can find inspiration for your life. Whether you relate the voices or learn from them, honest and heartfelt sharing is the way we can rise together.
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👣 Do you have an inspiring story to share from your life? Contact me today to discuss being on the podcast.
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Listen to our chat to get a glimpse in to Ellie's beautiful & humble world - her story, hopes, & dreams. 💫
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#cleaningtips #cleanhomehappyhome #cleaninghacks #homecleaning #cleaningismytherapy #cleaningaddict #cleanhome #homemaker #sahm #samomblogger #housewifelife #womenempoweringwomen #womenwithvision #empowereachother #momboss #podcast #podbean #anchorfm #podcastlife #personaldevelopmentpodcast

Why I Practice Gratitude 🌸
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Thanks to @greatnessjournal, I write down everything I am grateful for (from the extra sprinkle of cinnamon in my hot cup of coffee to my child's new sound of giggle) almost everyday...
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👉🏻 Because over time the joy you felt over all the things you were excited for, that you received, fades away...
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👉🏻 Because looking at Table Mountain for the first time left you in an awe that you kept searching for...
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👉🏻 Because everything would be "perfect" when you get the new car, the new home, the job...
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OR, you choose to take immense pleasure in the small joys of everyday life, shifting your mindset and overall perspective. 🤛🏻
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Because gratitude makes you mindful, present, and fully aware of the fact that HAPPINESS is always a CHOICE, right now. 🙌🏻
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What are you grateful for today, however small it may be?
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#gratefultoday #ownyoureveryday #beinthenow #mindfulnessmatters #liveyourbestlife #wishyourselfhappy #gratitudeisthebestattitude #becourageous #ibelieveinyou #youareenough #doitforyou #bestversionofyourself #happinessisachoice #madeformore

Memoir Talk 🎈
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As many of you may know, I have embarked on the tumultuous and yet cleansing journey of writing a memoir about being adopted when I was 10 years old.
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Called, "Adopted: Finding a New Kind of Happiness," the text chronicles my journey of meeting my childhood trauma in early motherhood, and navigating my way to becoming a whole, healthy, and functional adult. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
It's been life changing, and incredibly healing, but none the less very difficult. Honest reflection and self-analysis is hard! I won't lie about that.
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And now, I have been for the first time tasked with a dreaded "rewrite" of an excerpt. The agony! Walking the steps of my child self through 2 continents, 5 states, countless schools, a foster home and an adoption in my pre-teen years has been hard enough ONE time around, and here I am having to rewrite one of the most painful scenes of them all.
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Alas, that is the process of healing our wounds. It is ugly, time consuming, heart wrenching... but, when we get to the other side (I promise you we ALL can!), it is nothing short of free-ing.
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So, send me all love and hugs please. I will be needing it as I spend the next few weeks thinking, getting deep and honest with myself, pushing myself through all the tough thoughts and feelings, so that I can use my trauma to make myself a better person.
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Thank you in advance ❤️❤️❤️
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#memoir #childhoodtrauma #overcomingtrauma #writersofinstagram #motivationalspeaker #risetogether #ownyoureveryday #beyourbestself #honestreflection #childadoption #childtrauma #forgivenessheals #healyourself #letitgo #mindfulness #becomingyou #becomingme

Have you listened to “The Honest Hour” Podcast yet? 🗣
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I created this channel to strengthen my speaking skills and become more confidant in sharing my message, and then I turned it into a platform to showcase a variety of women in South Africa. Because honest sharing is how we can rise together 🙌🏻
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Recent chats showcase @tokelomotsepe @mindyourhero @naturallybronwyn & @doitallwithellie ... all unique & amazing women in our country 💃🏻 Next up i’m interviewing Psychologist and “Dad Expert” @celeste.spritely - can’t wait for this one!
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Have a listen to the Podcast while you’re driving.... It’s on all Podcast listening platforms ❤️
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#podcastersofinstagram #womensupportingwomen #inspiringwomen #liveyourlife #everyoneisbeautiful #celebrateselflovesa #homemaker #psychology #womenoftoday #womenempowerment

Mental Health Awareness Day 👣
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As someone who has battled anxiety, postnatal depression and early childhood trauma, mental health is a topic close to my heart. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I have swung the range of the pendulum when it comes to coping with stress and trauma, from eating disorders to dependent drinking, and now that i’m finally in a very healthy and whole place (which will inevitably waver and adjust as life’s circumstances change, and which I work very hard at) I can say i’ve learned this:
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No life exists without suffering, we’re all trying our best to achieve joy, peace and happiness. Being whole and mentally well is an act that requires as much mindfulness, practice and skill as physical wellness. And it will feel and look different for us all.
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Most of all, i’ve learned, what we think of ourselves is the greatest and most important opinion, and it’s true to us.
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So speak to yourself kindly. Celebrate your strengths and embrace your failures, as they show you’re trying. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
And never forget, to be ever mindful of the struggle you might not see that someone else is having. Be kind ❤️
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On a closing note, I shared a post to my stories the other day about alcohol dependency and the link to depression. In my share I mentioned how I had quit alcohol and antidepressants 8 months ago... someone who’s in fragile state was brave to message me and say that my post could be misleading and even dangerous to people who are presently on medication and struggling. I really appreciated her honesty and to clarify - I quit alcohol and antidepressants under the supervision of a psychiatrist and with consistent therapy. No one should stop medication abruptly and no one should ever feel ashamed for taking medication that they need. I needed antidepressants after having my babies and have zero regrets for prioritizing my mental health in the best way that accessible to me at that time. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
I’ll be sharing a podcast on the entire topic and sharing my full personal journey in this in the near future.
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How many sleeps mama? 💫
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He’s already asking this daily since we booked our flights to America for the Christmas holidays around the corner....
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Our oldest hasn’t been since he was 8 months old and my youngest has never been. My dreams are coming true and we are finally 100% for sure USA bound come mid December, making this the best most fullest year ever. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Here’s to lots of laughs with papa, cuddles with nana, games with their aunties, making snow angels, learning to ski, and so much more. 🇺🇸 .
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#familyholiday #christmas2019 #homefortheholidays #loveshisnana #whitechristmas #homewardbound #traveldreams #firstgrandchild #toddlertravels #american #southafrican #worldtravel #travelwithkids #makingmemories #familyisforever

MOTIVATION MONDAY 🤗
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~ Who & What? ~
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If a dream seems too hard to work for or too far out of reach, it’s either not the right dream or you’re not truly in touch with who you are.
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When you know what you wish for and wholeheartedly embrace what’s important to you (and let go of what’s not), it’s effortless to live your best life.
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Being clear on your “who & what” enables you to let go of all the niggly thoughts and distractions that hold you back. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Because when that vision is so clear in your head and that value resounds loud in your heart, no one and nothing can stop you. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
If it’s unclear today who you are and what’s important to you, spend some time journaling, sharing, going to therapy, dreaming, whatever you need to do to find out. And when you find out, think of THAT first thing every morning and let nothing bring you down in pursuit of that life. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
You’ll fail & disappoint people anyway, it may as well be worth it 🙌🏻
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#liveyourbestlife #personaldevelopment #beinspired #madeformore #ownyoureveryday #girlwashyourface #girlstopapologizing # goalsetter #goalgetter #lifemotivation #motivationmonday

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