Explore Your Spring Self-Care Renewal

Katie Howe|15th April 2025

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Spring is the time of year when the natural world starts to flourish and blossom in ways that never fail to take your breath away. It’s also a time when we start to feel like our mood is lifting from those post-Christmas blues and the cold, sometimes harsh, wintery weather. We no longer have to wrap up warm; there’s daylight to enjoy after work, and the feeling of all that natural sunshine on our skin makes us smile.

To help you cruise through the spring, make it to the summer feeling refreshed, we’re going to guide you through the personal world of self-care renewal. This is about more than just taking a break from your phone or treating yourself to an extra long soak in the bath — we’re talking about rebuilding how you feel from the ground up.

Why Does Self-Care Matter?

Just because the natural world starts to flourish and blossom doesn’t mean that you have to settle for standing there on the sidelines and taking it all in. We firmly believe that life is so much better when our bodies and minds are fully aligned with the natural world that’s all around us, and that means spring is also about renewing YOU.

Your sense of self, your health, and the way you look and feel can all go up a notch or two when you decide that you want to make spring all about self-care. Don’t get us wrong, you can use any of the tips and habits we’re about to introduce you to at any time of the year, but as it’s spring, we’re using it as our spark of inspiration.

Take a moment to consider just a few of the reasons why self-care matters now more than ever:

We have evolved to be on our feet and in the sunshine, but work, childcare, and seemingly endless driving means that many of us aren’t getting the exercise and natural exposure our bodies crave.

Your body runs on an internal clock (your circadian rhythm) that closely follows the ebbs and flows of the seasons outside. Aligning with the natural world allows you to work with it rather than against it.

Taking a moment to reflect on what you want your life to be will allow you to set the tone for a life well-lived and one that makes you feel like you are getting everything out of it that you can.

Some of those points may sound like big dreams and lofty goals, but you can get so much closer to them simply by taking action and starting to form a few new habits and daily wellness rituals. The beauty of it is that the more you invest in yourself early on, the easier you’re going to find it to build other new habits into your daily routine. Before you know it, this spring will become the season where you truly start to flourish.

Now that we’ve taken a look at why self-care is so important, it’s time to talk you through the specifics we know from past experience that can make all the difference.

Gentle Touches You’ll Love

Here are a few little bits and pieces that we think that you would love to incorporate into your spring self-care routine:

Apo. Ge offers a handcrafted cleansing bar that treats your skin to the nourishing power of pure mānuka honey

MANI combines avocado oil, St. John’s wort oil, and an elegant blend of herbal extracts to soothe and care for your skin

Sun Skills use the power of hyaluronic acid to replenish your skin's water levels and keep you hydrated in the heat

Bath House has created a new range of serums, including their facial hydration serum that combines olive squalane and grapeseed oil for younger, more supple skin

Feel offers clinically-backed formulas you can mix into your water that boost your intake of collagen and vitamins, and they even have special blends designed to lift your mood

Give it a little thought, and we’re sure that you’ll find a gentle touch that feels right.

Simple Changes That Work Wonders

No guide on self-care would be complete without a few habits that you can put into action without delay. Here’s our top 3 to get you thinking and moving:

Aim to spend at least 10 minutes outside in the sunshine first thing in the morning so that you can activate your body’s natural energy systems

Put the screens and phones away in the last hour before bed and pick up a book so that the blue light doesn’t disrupt your sleep as you begin to wind down

Switch sugary drinks and snacks for hydrogenated water and whole foods like nuts and seeds to give yourself a cleaner, more consistent source of natural energy and hydration throughout the day

The more you decide to invest in who you want to be, the further you’re going to be able to get in the same short period of time. Once you’ve committed to one of the simple changes above, take a look at a few of the foods that may just boost your energy this spring.

Meals That Always Matter

Food is one of the most overlooked things when it comes to self-care, and yet it’s probably the most important of all because it's what your body uses for fuel. While there’s no shortage of handy fatigue-busting foods out there, we want to draw your attention to a select few that combine plenty of energy with some mouthwatering taste:

Chia seeds are packed full of natural sources of energy and can easily be sprinkled on a salad or cereal

Pumpkin is juicy, easy to add to other meals, and offers many of the nutrients your body is craving right now

Oats give you slow-release energy that can keep you topped up from morning until lunch when you’re moving

The key here is to invest in whole foods because they are what will fortify and nourish your body with every mouthful. Processed foods, while they can taste great, have had so much of the natural goodness stripped right out of them. Go back to your roots with whole foods and you’re sure to notice the difference.

Keeping Up the Momentum

The key to maintaining momentum is to never try and do too much too soon. As anyone who knows how to master self-motivation will tell you, you have to be the one driving these changes. Start small, think big, and be consistent. You will not get it right every single day; that’s not a sign of failure; it’s a sign that you’re pushing yourself to grow in new ways. Learn along the way and then feed everything back into your daily habits and rituals, and you will soon have a routine that aligns with the person you want to be.

The more times you try little things and make little tweaks, the more you’ll be removing things from your life that aren’t quite the right fit. Remember how positive and constructive you are being, and you will soon be able to set the tone for a life that you feel is constantly bringing you new things to try and the energy to make it all happen.

Final thoughts

We love the fact that you’ve already made it this far! By deciding that you want to invest in the way you care for yourself, you’re making a conscious decision to align yourself with the natural world that brought each of us to life. This is about deciding how you want to live your life and then gradually making the changes that will allow you to feel everything from more energised and confident to less stressed and anxious. It’s a positive step you’ve taken by reading this guide, and we cannot wait to see where you go next.

If our past experience is anything to go by, you’ll find that there’s one product or habit above that just feels right. It doesn’t matter what it is or why you feel drawn to it, all that matters is that it has resonated and that you’re ready and willing to give it a try. Keeping an open mind and allowing yourself to feel connected with the world around you will set the tone for steady, continual progress that will gradually bring you into the space you want to occupy.

Now that you’ve heard what we have to say, it’s over to you to make your first pick and make your self-care renewal happen.

You got this!