As Yvonne and I talk to women all over the country we learn a lot about the busy lives they live and it makes us think about what ideas we can give you to help achieve the balance and rest we all need!

Yvonne will let you know her ideas in April-here are mine!

I think of my life as being divided into a number of parts

• Physical
• Spiritual
• Emotional
• Financial

I try to assess on a daily basis whether of not I am paying attention to these four parts!

This is what I mean:

Physical: How is my diet? Am I eating wholesome fresh food? Am I eating 3 meals a day? Am I saying no to fattening food? Is my diet balanced? Am I drinking too much of my favourite white wine?!!

I really try to take a very conscious look at my food intake daily.

The other part of our physical life is of course exercise. I have a really strict regime around this-every day starts with either a 4 k jog or a 5 k walk!! (and when I remember a bit of stretching too - I know stretching is really important and definitely need more discipline around that!).

This sounds like self promotion-but I can honestly say that I do my griffin+row daily skincare every day-as I know that healthy ingredients are very powerful for healthy skin.

Spiritual: By this I really mean my sense of wellbeing, my soul. Do I feel hopeful, happy? How are my connections with other people? Am I doing something to inspire or motivate others?

Emotional: Partners, family and friends come into this. What am I doing to be considerate to them? I find it's easy to get so busy that they get ignored and I feel very unhappy with myself when this happens and try to correct immediately!

Financial: It's said that there is nothing charming about poverty, so I watch what I spend my money on and where my savings are going. griffin+row comes out of this thinking -how could we give women the best quality at a low price- as we know how much women can spend on stuff!!

I love the expression, You can never have enough of what you don't need!!!'

So there are a few of my thoughts for March. Please email us your best ideas for a balanced life. The March winner will receive a free griffin+row product!

Congratulation to our February winner Roz Bevan with her tip about how to feel young. Roz said simply,

Stay in the moment ... 

Great advice, thanks Roz.

Enjoy your day

Marcia