by Bettina | Jul 19, 2026 | Self-care tips
I didn’t think I had a problem — until I checked my screen time and saw the number seven hours, staring back at me like an accusation. Somewhere between the morning scroll, the midday “quick break,” and the late-night doom-scroll, my phone had...
by Bettina | Jul 15, 2026 | Self-care tips
For most of my working life, my evenings looked the same: I’d push through until I collapsed onto the sofa and scrolled my phone in a half-frazzled daze, then wonder why I felt depleted and slept badly. There was no transition between “doing” and...
by Bettina | Jul 8, 2026 | Self-care tips
For years my Sundays were just a frantic catch-up day — laundry, meal prep, errands, and a creeping dread about Monday that started around 4 p.m. I’d end the weekend more tired than I started it. The summer I decided to protect one slow Sunday a month, and then...
by Bettina | Jul 2, 2026 | Self-care tips
I did my first proper full moon ritual on a night when I was completely burnt out — overworked, resentful, and carrying a grudge I couldn’t seem to put down. I’d read about release rituals and felt a bit silly, but I lit a candle, wrote the whole mess out...
by Bettina | Jun 25, 2026 | Self-care tips
For years I genuinely thought I was just “a bad summer sleeper.” The sun was still up at 9 p.m., my bedroom held the day’s heat like a stone, my brain wouldn’t stop replaying every conversation I’d had — and I’d lie there wide...
by Bettina | Jun 23, 2026 | Astrology, Self-care tips
Cancer season has always felt different to me than any other stretch of the year. When the Sun moves into Cancer on June 21, 2026, the whole mood softens — the fast, chatty energy of Gemini melts into something slower and more tender, and I notice myself wanting to be...
