Speaker 1: Hello you guys, Welcome back to another episode of the
Hawkerel Energy Podcast. I'm your host, Kayleie, and this is
your weekly reminder that it's a new day, a new week,
a new mindset, and another day for you to become
the howgral energy you want to attract. Hello you guys,
Happy Wednesday, Welcome back to another episode. I am beyond
happy going into today because the sun is shining, it's
eleven degrees, the snow is melting. Hearing that snow melt
brings me so much joy, so much excitement, And I
think we're all ready for a new season, Like I
am so ready to take on spring. I think March
just appearing has helped a lot of people, especially me,
included with knowing that we're days away from spring, We're
days away from summer. Were day away from just the
warmer weather and the better vibes. And I think it's
just usually the hardest two months in the beginning of
the year. January and February are always long and gloomy
and just I don't know, we're never feeling ourself. And
I feel like as soon as March it, I'm like,
oh my good Seasonal Trussian is finally leaving my body.
I'm finally feeling alive again. I feel like I'm inspired again.
I'm just feeling so much better already going into March,
and I'm sure a lot of you could probably feel
the same way. I wanted to make this episode all
about spring, of course, because we're entering a new season
this month. The excitement around spring obviously is on everyone's mind,
and I thought we could kind of talk about things
that I'm doing personally to kind of change up into
my day to day life. So just like habits that
I'm taking into this new month ahead, as well as
goals that I have for myself this month, and by
chatting about the habits and goals that I set this month,
we'll hopefully inspire you to set new goals and habits
for yourself going into a new month and a new season.
And I also just want to talk about things that
I'm looking forward to this month, like things that we
have coming up and things that we can all get
excited about when it comes to spring. So I thought
it'd be the perfect time to kind of just chat
about things that I'm looking forward to before we get
into this episode. I always love to do a little
weekly catch up, and I feel like I haven't done
a little catch up in a while. But back update
because in the last episode I was talking a lot
about my injury and how I'm trying to become the
better version of myself again. And I have to say
that making the adjustments that I've made in my routine
within the last week or two has dramatically made a
huge difference in my pain and I'm feeling so much better.
I'm actually doing a lot of different things that I'm
actually going to chat about with things that I'm taking
into this month that I'm going to try and do
on a regular basis update on it all. I went
to my physio appointment on Monday. I got cleared to
get back into workouts gradually. I have not been cleared
to do Reformer. She is very concerned. She as in
my physio is that Reformer Plates is kind of what
triggered it to get to the point that it was,
which was obviously getting worse because of the type of
machine that you use on the Reformer. You know, if
you are a Reformer Plates girls, then you may know
that there are straps that you use to kind of
pull up your body weight use it for arm workouts,
et cetera. And the way my body was positioned was
my shoulders were like super high, so it was creating
tension in the muscle in my back, which is what
kind of triggered it to get worse. So that's kind
of like why I'm staying away from Reformer, and she
has approved me to do like oxygen classes or weighted
workouts from home, So I'm going to do that for
the next month, again, taking it day by day, super slow,
not going to rush into it, but just kind of
see how my body feels. Today I did a twenty
minute full body workout with ten pound dumbbells and I
feel great. I feel good, I don't feel sore. I'm
obviously doing my stretches and my strengthening workouts that she
gave me as well. So all in all, just an
update on my injury and feeling really really good, just
because I know a lot of you actually either commented
or messaged me about maybe an injury that you're going through,
and that it was really reassuring to hear that I'm
currently going through something similar. So just know that you're
not alone and that we're in this together, and that
it's okay if you're in a rough spot right now.
We're all trying to stay positive here and kind of
get through this injury phase that I'm currently going through.
And then my last little update for my weekly catchup
is my new house. We have windows, guys, we have
windows installed. They're starting to put the electrical in the
house right now, which I'm sure you can assume that
Zach is like so on it right now, like he
wants to go visit the house all the time just
to make sure that the electrical is all done correctly
and in the right spots because my husband's an electricians,
so he's very like, I don't know, wanting to be
on top of it. And it sucks because we don't
technically own the full house right now, if that makes sense,
Like because we bought with a new builder, they technically
own the house right now, not a so I haven't
been filming that much content for that race. Like I
usually get approved when I can go film content at
the new place, and they let me like kind of
go in and film a few clips and whatever the
case may be. So that's kind of why I can't
like constantly film updates and all that trust me. I
wish I could, but they all know that I'm on
social media, they all know that I'm an influencer, so
I'm just concerned that if I go too much and
share too much that they could penalize me. So I'm
just trying to stick to the rules and just get
them to give me permission when I can record. So
we do have a meeting coming up in a few weeks,
which is very exciting because I really want to film
a kind of like a walk through of the house
before they dry wallet, which is soon They're about to
dry all the house, which is absolutely crazy to me
how fast it's going by and this whole process. But
it's very exciting and I'm like so eager to get
in there and just share more content with you guys,
because I love that type of stuff. I love watching
house content. I find it so exciting. But a lot
of the time, for the girls that are filming a
lot of house content on their social media, it's probably
because they're renovating and own the house like solely themselves,
so they can obviously be in the house because they
own the property, Whereas for me, I'm like an owner
of the property, but like it's not officially closed until
my closing date, if that makes sense. So we're slowly
but surely sharing content and getting excited about the new house.
And yeah, I cannot wait to share more details with
you guys on that. Anyways, that's my little catchup and
just wanted to give you guys some updates on where
things are at. But let's get into this spring episode.
I really want to talk about things that we're leaving
behind in February and what we're taking into March and
this new season ahead. Okay, so let's go in with
the mindset of we're out with the old and we're
in with the new, Like we are going into a
new season. We want that positive energy, we want that
positive mindset. We're so over the winter blues, the negative
mindset that you may have had. I was one hundred
percent negative throughout the entire winter. I'm going to be
fully transparent. I really kind of did that to myself.
But also with me dealing with an injury, it was
hard to kind of like mentally be you know, stable,
sense of obviously I was stable, but you know what
I mean, Like I just wasn't being my positive old self,
and I had a really hard time, finding inspiration and
just like wanting to put myself out there through my job.
And that's really tough right when you're going through that,
and then you also have a job where you need to,
you know, be on camera all the time and show yourself,
and like you're not in the mental state of like
wanting to be your typical self that you usually are.
It's hard. It's very, very hard. So going into this month,
I'm really trying to embrace that new spring energy that
I want for myself, that positive energy that I want
for myself. Thinking about a new season makes me think
of again, new energy, new everything, Like everything just feels exciting,
it feels new. It makes me feel like I'm starting fresh,
and so I want to talk about things that I'm
bringing into March. So obviously that's kind of what I'm
leaving behind. I'm leaving behind that negative energy that I
didn't want for myself. I'm going in with the mindset
into this month that I want to have a positive mindset.
I want to go in with the intention of of
feeling fresh, feeling new again with a new season. So
I decided to set five goals slash habits for myself
going into this new month. First one being is taking
more breaks when it comes to work and workouts, almost
like realizing that it's okay to stop and put yourself
first and not make work or other things the main priority.
And I think that's hard for people who might be
like me, where they're very, very heavily involved with their
job and really love what they do, Like I truly
could do my job all day, all night, Like I
just I love what I do, right, And so when
you're in that position of when you want to work
all the time, you forget that, oh, I should probably
take a twenty five minute lunch break to myself, like
go make some lunch, go have some chill time, just
kind of like separate yourself from your phone or from
your computer or whatever you do for your work. And
I think people realize how important the breaks are and
that it can actually harm us if we're not slowing
down and realizing how important it is to do those breaks.
So one thing for me that I've actually included into
my routine is I set a sixty minute timer. So
I'll put a sixty minute timer on and once that
timer goes off, I get up. I either go for
a walk or I go downstairs, I put on a
twenty minute YouTube video and I get some cleaning around
the house done, or just kind of like organizing the house,
or I make myself lunch, like you know what I mean,
just kind of like taking that twenty minutes to myself
and doing something that doesn't involve sitting and staring at
a screen or just kind of doing nothing at all.
One thing that my physio kind of told me that
she wants me to do more is stand up more.
And so that's why I bring up like leaving your desk,
getting up, walking, doing something that involves not just sitting around.
But I did actually purchase myself a standing desk, so
I have a mini standing desk that I just put
beside my office desk. That way I can kind of
change spots. So if I'm like really dialed in with work,
and if you're someone that works from home like me
or has an office job, the standing desk is incredible.
Like I used it all day today and I love
being able to flip flop kind of like you know,
be at my computer, get work done, and then I
have my laptop on my standing desk and all my
work is actually synced on my laptop and on my
iMac that's all on the cloud, so I don't have
to stress about like making sure things are transferred over
to my laptop. Like everything's the same. So if I'm
working on something on my computer, I can easily just
pull it up on my laptop and get it done
at the standing desk. So I've made it a huge
priority to kind of take breaks and listen to my
body and not overdo it. And that also comes into
my workouts. So I used to be a huge workout girl,
as you guys know, like five times a week, maybe
six times a week, sometimes two workouts in a day.
I was really overdoing it this past summer, in this
past year, and I'm realizing that now. Okay, I am
realizing it now. I probably shouldn't have done that to myself.
I think I was putting myself in a very harmful
situation without even realizing it and not listening to my body.
And again, I love workouts. It's my source of therapy.
I'm sure a lot of you guys probably feel the
same way. But I'm trying to find ways to dial
it back by not obviously overdoing it. I'm trying to
create a new schedule a new routine. Like everything is
very new to me right now. I'm completely changing everything
that I typically would. I would never set a sixty
minute timer for myself. I would never take you know,
two to three breaks within the day. So again, I'm
really adjusting a lot of things, which is kind of
like a shock to the system, if that makes sense,
because you're having to like change everything, so it feels weird,
but like weird in a good way, if that makes sense. Like,
I know what I'm doing is for the right reasons,
and especially for me, who's someone that wants to, you know,
get pregnant, I really need to focus on dialing it
down and not overdo it because, you know, especially when
you're pregnant, Like I would love to work out while
I'm pregnant, but I also know that I can't be
working out like five to seven times a week, Like
that's just not the reality. So it's really just leaning
into the slower lifestyle and understanding that it's okay to
take breaks and that it's important to do so. And
you know, still working out three to four times a
week is amazing still, you know, taking those breaks for
yourself during your work days is important. So really just
kind of telling my body to slow down. This next
one also kind of goes into the slower lifestyle, and
that's working on calming my nervous system down. One thing
that my physio thinks is a big thing when it
came to my injury was my nervous system. And I
almost felt like that was an issue. Like I felt
like I knew that was a part of it, but
I didn't want to say that to myself without like
having someone else say it, if that makes sense. I
knew that when I got overly stressed, I was getting pain.
I knew that, you know, probably being super tight from
the stress didn't help with the injury. So the injury
was already there from working out, but I think it
got worse from me, you know, having heightened stress and
my nervous system not being calm and me kind of
like constantly going one hundred miles per hour and not
realizing that I need to slow down and kind of
manage my you know, job more effectively, whatever the case
may be. So really trying to work on finding ways
to calm my nervous system down is a big goal
for me this month. So using asana more, going to
hot pilates more. I kind of had a bit of
a conversation about it in the last episode about how
oxygen made me feel so good, like going to an
oxygen class, which is a heated workout class, and how
good I felt. So I want to keep doing that,
doing those heated workouts, maybe some hot yoga, you know.
I want to try and scroll less on my phone
and maybe read more. I've actually been debating on purchasing
the brick. I don't know if you guys have heard
of that. It's essentially a tool that allows you to
lock your phone, and it legitimately like puts your phone
in a brick mode, meaning like there's nothing you can do.
You can't even open it unless you like physically take
the brick off the phone. I think that's how it works.
I don't have one, so correct me if I'm wrong,
but I just heard something with this brick basically locking
the entire phone for like a certain period of time.
So it's like, Okay, you're on brick mode for three hours.
You can't you know, scroll on your phone, you can't
send text messages, you can't answer any phone calls. It's
fully just like dull, like it doesn't do anything, which
for me, I think would be really beneficial because even
when my phone's on, do not disturb. I do find
it helps obviously not seeing notifications come through and not
feeling eager to open my phone, but like, regardless, I
open my phone because I want to scroll, or it's
because I want to look on my social media platforms
and see, like, okay, what's going on, Like should I
be posting a video today? Whatever the case we need,
but I need to focus on putting my phone to
the side, especially like on weekends, like enjoying more time
with my husband and not like aimlessly scrolling. I bought
a puzzle for my husband and I a few weeks ago,
and I'm gonna be honest, we still haven't done it yet, Okay,
but this is the perfect opportunity for me to say, hey,
this is a perfect opportunity to not be on my phone,
not be watching TV and doing the puzzle. I think
that's a great sl activity, something to do together with
my husband. It's something that allows my mind to kind
of you know, work a little bit, but still adapting
that like calmer lifestyle, slower lifestyle. So yeah, I'm really
just trying to find ways to kind of calm my
nervous system down and really focus on destressing myself, and
by doing so, I really want to include those things
into my routine this month and really make it a
weekly non negotiable. Another goal that I have for March
and just Spring in general is getting out more and
being more social again. I want to see my friends again.
I want to be less of a homebody. I feel
like these past two months, I've literally locked myself up
in this house and I've avoided going out for dinners.
I've been avoiding, you know, people in general, and obviously
working from home to doesn't help. And for somebody who's
not going to work out classes, it's been very antisocial
and it's been very, very, very difficult. So my goal
this month is to make more plans with my friends,
doing friend days, you know, going outside for walks now
that it's actually nice out. You know, I'm going out
for dinner with my girlfriends tomorrow night, which I'm super
excited about. I'm going for a copy with my girlfriends
on Fridays. I'm making plans again. I'm getting out of
the house on the weekend. You know, Zach and I
are celebrating our anniversary, which is so exciting. We're celebrating
thirteen years, which is so crazy. So we're going out
for a nice dinner to celebrate our thirteen years together.
And we're also babysitting our niece. Me and Zach. We've
never actually babysitter just him and I, so it's kind
of like a test with a baby, which is kind
of fun. I mean, she's two, so she's not fully
a baby anymore, but it's going to be fun to
just like watch for him and I and just kind
of like get a feel of what it's going to
be like for parenthood. And anyways, so again, very exciting
first week of March. I'm doing things again. I'm getting
out of the house. And if you're that kind of
person like me, where like you really did become a
homebody these past two months and you had a hard
time leaving the house and you know, the winter blues
really got to you. This is your sign to make
plans with a friend, make plans with anyone. Really, just
get yourself out of the house. And it could be
as simple as a coffee date. It could be you know,
going for a walk. Like literally the easiest things ever,
it does not have to be a big thing going
out for dinner, as I said, like, it could also
be like they come to your house and you have
pizza together and wine and you have a super chill vibe.
And again, it's just more so seeing people socializing with
people I think is so so healthy and so great.
I don't know, I just I miss it so much.
So I'm very excited to plan more friend dates this
month and just be social again. Another habit that I've
taken back into my non negotiables on a daily basis
is journaling again. I've been really leaning into my journaling again.
I kind of took a break, which I feel like
it's a very common thing for people who love to
use a planner or a journal. I feel like I
always like sometimes need the break of like stepping aside,
but then I always come back. I always always come
back because it's always something that I want to make
a priority. I feel organized, I feel like I have
my shit together when I'm doing it. I love to
write out my thoughts. I love to remind myself what
I'm grateful for the things that I have, And I
don't know, it's just something that I find very therapeutic,
and I think I go through phases where I'm like
out of it and then I'm back in it. And
I think that's very normal to have that type of
wave of a relationship with the habits. So kind of
like if you're someone that you know might work out
constantly for a short period of time and then you
kind of take a really big break of not going
to that specific WORKO class anymore, and then you realize, oh,
you know what, I actually miss it. I want to
get back into it. You get back into it, you
feel good. So it's just like a thing for me
that I keep coming back to. But sometimes it's okay
to take breaks for it. And that's with journaling. So
I'm getting back into it. I love it. I've been
also using it for my meal planning. I've been really
making meal planning a huge priority this month. I think
I talked about that in the last episode, but getting
back into healthy recipes, feeling inspired again of trying new
recipes out, you know, really just like locking in and
dialing in on e more food. And yeah, that's like
my biggest goal too for this month as well. And
then the last goal that I have taking into spring
and March is just kind of like updating my spring wardrobe,
finding more staple items that I want to include into
my wardrobe. I always think it's okay to kind of
like make modifications almost to your style or two things
that you have in your house. You know, I'm really
embracing the spring colors right now, which is what I
kind of wanted to talk about in the next part,
which is just like how colors make such a huge
impact in your mood. Like I was wearing yellow this weekend.
I found this yellow cardigan from H and M a
few weeks ago, and I haven't linked on my LTK
for anybody that wants to. It's currently sold out of
the one that I have, but they have a quarter
zip of the exact same one, which is like a
half zip versus a full zip. And it's such a
beautiful color. But it makes me feel so good wearing
like bright fun colors again, like blue, yellow, pink, like
feel alive again. So sometimes it's okay to, yeah, just
like update your spring wardrobe if you feel the need
to do so, which brings me into the next topic
I wanted to talk about, which is things that I'm
looking forward to for the spring, so one of them
being spring colors and being able to incorporate it into
either my wardrobe or my home decor. So as I said,
like I love yellow, I love baby blue, I love
baby pink. And for like home decor things, I actually
went to home Sense this past week. And that's also
something that I always love to do whenever it's a
new season, even if it's just like getting a few
little things like I got these really cute tea towels
for my kitchen. I got like this really nice green
and white print that I love. I got these beautiful
yellow mugs. I'm obsessed with them. They're the perfect tea
mug in my opinion. And again it's just like little
things that bring me excitement and joy. And I also
got these beautiful pink fake flowers, which looks so realistic
to me. Put them on my dining table with this
beautiful beige Stecco pot, and again, just like doing that
made me feel so good. It brought little joys into
my home, brought some excitement, it brought some color into
the house, and yeah, I think that really helps getting
out of the like that seasonal depression feeling like just
kind of doing those little things that brighten up the
home or breaking up the space, or again wearing fun colors.
It just kind of like makes you feel alive again.
And these are things that are romanticizing your life. Like
this is the perfect example of why people should romanticize
your life, is doing these little things that you know
people might say like, oh, yeah, if you buy this
and if you put this out on your counter, like
you'll feel good. Like I have to be honest, it's
the truth. Like doing those things like wearing spring colors,
embracing the spring season, romanticizing it, like, it does work
and it does lift your mood. Speaking for myself of
someone who was literally feeling awful the entire two months
of winter and now going into a new month and
feeling way more energized and feeling way more excited. I'm
putting in the effort by romanticizing my life by doing
those little things, and I feel like it just like
makes a huge difference. Other things I'm looking forward to
is going on outdoor walks again. Guys. I'm so excited.
I'm actually going to walk Friday right after I record
this episode for like forty minutes, and I'm so excited.
It's like ten degrees out today, which it has not
been ten degrees and like I don't know how long,
And I'm so excited to have the long outdoor walks again,
just seeing the snow melt, you know, the warmer days
are coming, and just like setting the mood with either
like making a nice coffee, listening to a podcast, or
you know, putting on your favorite playlist, like getting those
vibes again are going to be so healing. And I'm
so birking excited. As much as I love my walking pad,
she has done such wonders to me, honestly these past
few months with the winter season, and again, I will
still use it, you know, watching TV or reading or whatever, like,
I still love to use it and I will include
it into my routine every single day. But walking outside
again in the summer will be the best thing ever.
I'm literally so excited, and yeah, it's just so therapeutic.
Anything with flowers right now again brings me so much
joy and excitement. I just bought these fake flowers from
home sense that I love. But you could also get
into the habit of purchasing fresh flowers like tulips, and
this could be like a bi weekly thing. Zach got
me flowers the other day, which was very kind of him,
and it just feels really nice to have some fresh
flowers in the house. So especially during the time of
the year in the summer, I just feel like I
always make the effort of like purchasing some bouquets the
odd time and putting it in the house, and it
just feels really nice. And again that fresh feeling, that
new feeling, that excitement of going into the warmer days
is just always so exciting. Doing a bit of a
spring clean or organizing also feels really good during this
time of the year. I am actually doing a big
bring cleaning starting this weekend. So Zach and I actually
rented a storage unit for the move of our new house.
We're starting to buy furniture and buy things for the
new place, which is so exciting, but we have nowhere
to store it, so we needed to rent a storage
unit for the time being so we can start putting
the new stuff in there. And we're going to also
go through the house and start storing stuff in storing bin,
so almost kind of like prepping for a move, but
also kind of cleaning things out and things that we're
not using currently or things like that we would typically
use like in the colder winter days that we're not
needing right now, we can start packing it up and
start putting it in the storage room and just kind
of get it out of the house. So it's going
to feel really good just to kind of like deep
clean and organize each space of the house. And also
I plan on organizing my closet. I usually do kind
of like a closet inventory for each season. So with
it being spring and we're getting near the end of winter,
you know, typically all bring out my like lighter and
warmer clothes, things that I would you know, typically wear,
like my trench coats, my lighter jackets, and then like
all my heavier ones I can kind of like put
to the side or store it not needing it obviously
with the warmer weather coming. So I do always love
to do a bit of a like a reevaluation of
my closet and making sure that the things that I
would actually wear for this type of weather I can
adjust and then figure out, Okay, what do I need.
Do I need more t shirts, do I need more basics,
more jackets, whatever the case av So it's kind of
a good way to also see like what you need
to purchase and what you don't need to purchase. It's
actually saving you money in a way, so or it's
making you spend more money, one of the two. But
it does feel really good just to kind of like
do a bit of a spring clean going into the
spring season. I'm also very much looking forward to opening
the sun roof again, going on sunset drives, you know,
listening to music this again is very therapeutic to me.
And also the fact that the sun is rising at
seven am. Guys, can we talk about that for a second.
That has probably been the most healing experience is waking
up at like six thirty. You know, it's still a
little dark. But then like literally as soon as I
open my windows by like six forty five, six fifty,
I'm like, oh my god, the sun. The sun is
rising by seven o'clock. When I'm downstairs in my kitchen,
everything is bright, Everything is not dark. It doesn't feel gloomy.
So the fact that the sun is rising at seven
am is amazing, and that the sun is now setting
at like what six six thirty, Like wow, wow, wow, wow,
that to me just brings me so much joy. Is
not feeling like I'm in a dark, gloomy house anymore.
Like the fact that I'm cooking dinner and it's still
light outside is music to my ears and it does
feel really really good. But those are things that I'm
looking forward to. I am very very excited for spring,
and I would love if you left to comment down
below of what you're looking forward to this season or
things that just bring you joy during this time of
the year. I think we're all ready to take on
a new season and we're really starting to see the
excitement out of it. And I think we're all starting
to get out of our seasonal depression and we're just
feeling alive again, which is so so exciting. And then
the last two things that I wanted to talk about
about things that I'm looking forward to is kind of
specific for me personally, But Zach is turning thirty this month,
which is very exciting thirtieth birthday. And guys, I actually
have a whole trip that I'm surprising him with, just
a little weekend trip, nothing crazy. He has no idea
that this is happening, so I really hope he's not
listening to this episode because he doesn't even know that
I literally had to contact his boss take time off
for him. You know, I purchased flight tickets like everything,
Like he has no idea this is happening at all.
Like I fully just like went in with like, you know,
girl boss mode, like let's just get this guy having
the best, you know, thirtieth. And he really did not
want to party. I was going to throw him a party,
a surprise party, but he's like, Nope, I don't want that.
I was like, Okay, that's fine, I will still do something.
He's like, oh, don't do anything. He's that kind of
guy where he's like, I'm not a birthday guy, like,
please don't make it a big deal. And I'm like,
it's your freakin thirtieth. I'm making it a big deal.
I'm making this like my top priority this month. So
I booked a little vacation with him. So I'm very
excited to surprise him with that. And that's something I'm
very much looking forward to. I'm looking forward to celebrating
our thirteen years, which is so wild. That's something I'm
looking forward to this month. And then yeah, that's kind
of it, like just focusing on that, and next month
is my thirtieth which is so wild. Guys, thirty, I'm
gonna be thirty. That is so wild. I can't believe that.
But anyways, lots of excitement and things to look forward to,
but I think I'm gonna end this episode off here.
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