NAVIGATING COMPARISON, COMPETITION AND WELLNESS | Lydia Elise Millen
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- NAVIGATING COMPARISON, COMPETITION AND WELLNESS
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“Perfectionism is fear dressed up in a mink coat and heels” - Julia Cameron.
I love this!!!!
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Great vlog Lydia and I once read a quote which stated “the expert was once a beginner”. It bought me peace during my wellness/exercise journey because a journey never ends. It’s our own race to conquer.🌻❤️🥰
Don't understand why you think "everyone" would be watching and judging you performance most of us want to be the best we can that's a normal human trait and sometimes others people's opinions matter, sometimes they don't...
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Such a beautiful response 💖
As a mother, i can confidentially say i have no idea what im doing. Running, learning something new and motherhood are as humbling as f. I know we can all relate.
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Nothing is more special and beautiful than the sound of nature waking up. I just love it
I am so happy for you that you learned this so young. I am just getting there now at age 57 (58 next month). Well done Lydia!
You looked absolutely stunning at the BAFTA'S❤
Oh thank you!
@lydiamillen the white dress in your pinned picture to this post… where is it from?x
I started a new hobby about a year ago, watercolour painting. It is probably one of the things I enjoy the most these days, guess much like your gardening. Yet the last few weeks I have become so frustrated by my lack of skill and not getting to where I "should" be. I actually said to myself exactly what you said in the beginning. "Why am I stressing and getting frustrated", it is because I want to impress others with my newfound skill, but yet that takes the joy out of it. Just painting and letting be what will be. It should be something for yourself and not to impress others.
Love drawing and painting trees
Just had to say Lydia the intro to your vlog was just lovely listening to the naturals sounds and sights was just so calming and peaceful ❤
Comparison is the thief of Joy. I'm pleased you've let go of those feelings and are now running for the pure joy of it. xx
The Ali and Lydia nature channel tune in on Mondays. Enjoy😊
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We are all Teachers and students having a human experience!
I loved the first part of the video. I often find myself wondering "I wonder if someone thinks I'm new to this" and I'm slowly shifting away from that & learning just to enjoy moving my body and feeling good
I enjoyed the first portion of the video so much! I am so guilty of doing that, of feeling this need to "perform" for other people. I love the way your videos have evolved and getting to ride on the wave of your personal growth, it helps me so much. I'm 24 and it's so easy to be caught up in following the trends when your friends does, both in fashion but also in regards to body image and confidence etc. Thank you for sharing all of this with us. You are by far my favourite content creator to follow. I've been following you for a long time, since you lived in your old house, and it's lovely to grow with you :)
The color of the suit looks beautiful on you!!
Great vlog Lydia. I was very lucky my grandmother was way ahead of her time. She told me never give 100% of yourself to someone. That way you won’t get totally hurt if you get let down. Plus you get out of this life what you put in. You are in control/charge of yourself no one can do this for you. No body is perfect so don’t try to be. Just try to be the best version of yourself. No one of us is better than the other. 👍🥰
Your dress was absolutely stunning for the Baftas, the best yet but what topped it for me in the insta story was Ali’s smile just looking at you… just lovely ❤❤
Soo nice to hear you talk about the importance of running for you self, to make you feel good. Booth i body and soul. I bern running for almost 30 years and I have always been running for me. Sometimes it goes well, sometimes I go fast sometimes I go slow, don't really matters. Sometimes it is really hard to just go out the door, especially in winter. Keep up the good work!!
I do everything for myself!
Other people’s opinions are non of my business! 🙌🙌😽
Well when ur on a platform u can’t live by that saying…
@@judyannkiwiwhy’s that ????
@@rexysmum ur open to judgment positive n negative.
That still doesn’t mean it’s any of my business x
@@lydiamillen 👏👏👏👏👏👏🌸
Life coaching well explained! Thank you Lydia for being the example of what is possible.
You were worried about what people were thinking because of your own insecurities! As you age and grow older you acquire more wisdom and stop caring about what others think of you. You are becoming wiser as you have more birthdays 😃 and you just had a birthday recently ... that's another mile stone you accomplished 👏👏👏👏🤩💖💖
Lydia, I need to make a statement. Previously I questioned amd critiqued the lack of authenticity and appearance of the theme of supposed materialism but how humbled I have become now to sit here and witness you in all your grace and beauty as you share with us more of who you are. Too beautiful to watch - so heartwarming so vulnerable yet so so amazing. Thank you for sharing yours and Ali’s incredible, beautiful and amazing life with all of us… lump in my throat… dare I say you have come fully into who you are and I just can’t wait for all that is to come. Well done on yet another extraordinary day in the life of you! ❤❤❤❤❤
Mrs Millen Gordon, I fully expect to see you one day win the” Oscar Book Prize” with your enchanting story of the “ Adventures of Fifty Cent and Friends.” 💕💕💕💕
I'm married to a man that's always been good at everything. Sports wise.. especially water skiing because we live in Florida everybody skis.. and he's so good at everything that it makes me feel like I have to be too when I was younger.. and you're right.. one day you just wake up and say life is not a competition but a journey and it's what I enjoy.. and I do everything at my own pace.. and it makes me so happy
Put sheets of sandpaper under your small pots to stop slugs and snails from eating your seedlings.
Really does this work? Interesting I will try it 😊
@@RosemaryOltarzewski Hi Rosemary, they don’t like the scratchy surface.
Another monday with Lydia! 🥰
I need to watch you in the morning before my training starts…I find your speech in the beginning of the video so motivating!
Loving all the garden updates 🥰 we've just got back from a lovely weekend in the Cotswolds, and we popped into The Bull in Charlbury from your recommendation and my word, the food! We had the best time, honestly a beautiful part of the world to live in 😍
Glad you're doing well - you've popped a pep in my step to get back into running now the weather's getting better ☀️
Oh my gosh I couldn’t agree more with your perspective of working out and trying new types of fitness activities. Loved your view, very freeing!
I am truly enjoying your vlogs so much Lydia. Especially when you give insight into your personal growth/journey. That jumpsuit is absolutely adorable btw, will definitely be putting it on my list of items to buy as I spruce up my Spring/Summer wardrobe. I can wear it both to work and to brunch on the weekend! 💗👍🏽
I really enjoyed this vlog Lydia! I love when you show us your gorgeous garden and all your plantings..etc.. The wild garlic (what a pretty weed) mustard in your woodland is cool. I look forward to seeing what you make with it.. xo
We put humic acid on our very compacted lawn in addition to aeration. It helped a lot.
Love this vlog as always! I’m late to the party so have been catching up on vlogs but just wanted to say you’ve inspired me to get running again, especially with the better weather. Love your vlogs, a little bit of loveliness ❤
Another great video Lydia. Thank you for your content, it brightens my day, week and month. I work full time in the nhs and this is my guilty pleasure 😊what really inspires me is your love for life and the way you have found yourself and love what you love. You truly are an inspiration and we should all take a little leaf out of your book. Thank you 🤩
I listen to nature and tune everything else out!
Dear Lydia, I always put a little bit of gravel when planting plants in the pots. About 1cm so that the excess water can easily go through the soil. Also, ash from wood fire is good when you put it around plants, snails wont touch them then.
Oh wow that first minute is just lush! Such ASMR vibes ♡
Love you in the green one piece!! Looks comfy and fits you so great!! Keeper❤️❤️❤️
I just love watching you and you help so much talking about this stuff. I have always struggled like this and your right who cares what people think.
Great blog love great to find such a find with the wild garlic. Love the haul especially the all in one the shirts . Everything looked amazing on you the garden looks amazing 💯💯💯💯😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️🔥🔥🔥 the suit you wore to London looked fabulous.
It’s so wonderful to hear how your life changed with life coaching Lydia ☺️ I went through a transformational journey myself and have left my finance career for coaching and couldn’t be happier!
Please never stop posting, I love your content and your style ❤❤
I can relate to the first part of the video - thanks for sharing
Another beautiful start to a video! 🥰
The jumpsuit is wonderful on you, all the outfits are great!
Oh Lydia, the intro's to your last couple vlogs have been absolutely divine. Your seasonal spring / summer home & garden content is just the best 😍🌿🪻
Love the Beaufort & Blake haul!
I simply love your videos, thank you for sharing.
I loved how you started this vlog ! Also you make me a better person ❤ from Chicago
Love the bird song at the beginning. Needing to be good enough is a part of wanting to belong and feeling valid and of value. It’s very hard to let go of not needing to be seen as A+ with everything. 😊
I loved the walk through the garden on Honey Bee Lane!! Nature is the gift that keeps on giving❤❤
Run like Phoebe at friends! Who cares! Just enjoy life!❤
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's an epic episode.
In America, Garlic Mustard is considered an invasive. I do use it for cooking early in the spring when it is most tender, but mostly I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle as it spreads so quickly.
Your vlogs are a joy to watch. Thank you.🥰
Watching you blossom has been so so lovely! I can’t hardly watch anyone else. Your authenticity is a breath of fresh air.. Thank you for your content. I got up off my arse and ran around the block after this vlog! (And by running I mean briskly walking. 😆)
What a beautiful message, just let it go !
I live in Northern Michigan and we have a lot of garlic mustard and it is extremely invasive. We are encouraged to pull it out as it crowds out everything else. May not be a problem there but you might want to check.
Lydia, I love that you incorporate hints of your spiritual side on here whether you mean to or not. Spirituality does not equal religion but what one puts in the center of their life; love, peace , gratitude, compassion, generosity, respect for Mother Earth, etc. I do wonder what the cost of making these videos has been on your soul. Native Americans and many cultures across the world believe a camera captures more than an image or moment. Surely sharing bits of your soul with thousands takes a toll. Sending you lots of love and healing for your headaches. Celtic sea salt, sun & lemon is essential for water otherwise it’s dead. ❤
Excellent message, Lydia. I think, to even pare this thought process down another level, you are speaking about finding validation from the approval of those observing you. So, in essence, we need to stop seeking the validation of others. In doing so, we give people around us the permission to determine our worth and value, not to mention how draining it can be to spend your life trying to be impressive to others. Good work! (Not that your video needs my validation.......;)
Okay we NEED the lawn treatment details 😍
Ali, try the lawn aerating spiked shoes. It works like a charm😊
Lydia- you are self made sophistication. ☺️
Nothing can stop what’s coming, it’s going to shock the world!
The Best Is Yet to Come! ❤️💜❤️🕊️🙏🌎
Really ????
What’s coming ?????
Come on more info please. How do you know that we don't 😮😂
Love your channel! (When you corrected yourself)Honey bees+ bumblebees= Humble Bees😊
Great vlog Lydia 🌷
I'm in the US and our garden supply sells Lady Bugs.
What 🐞 really omg. We call them Ladybirds in UK 🇬🇧 you say Tomatoes 😂❤. How do they sell them?
ASMR at the beginning of this video gave me goosebumps please upload more sounds
Love seeing you and Katie together but I always cry when you both say goodbye to each other 😢❤❤❤
OMG first the little bird finding her way down the chimney, and you not letting Lumey eat her, brilliant. When you said you had wild garlic, I called my husband in and said Lydia and Ali have wild garlic isn't that so cool. Oh the land is amazing and it's giving back to you and Ali and all the animals and insects because ye are minding it.
Hello Lydia… not sure you will see this comment but still thought it would be good to share.
I am a 49 year old Christian/American/Latina/Wife/Mother/Mother in law. I enjoy your content though I don’t relate or share in all your opinions or lifestyle choices.
I am noticing that as your growing older your more in touch with what you like and don’t like…also you share that your not so self conscious about other people’s opinions of you,etc.
Honestly this is what happens for most if not all of us…we start to become more confident and less concerned about others negative opinions and we stop apologizing for being ourselves and choosing to believe and live as we find is best as we grow older. In other words… let’s all just take a deep breath and know that we cannot stop the hands of time and so let’s try our best to enjoy all the seasons we get to live through.
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I just want to acknowledge the amazing birds singing❤
Lydia you are doing great - dont worry about silly people. I have learnt so much from you but doesn't matter you did good or mistake at least you enjoy and improve yourself. I am doing the same thing x
There is never a dull moment when you take us outside your doorstep! That wild Garlic discovery was epic! enjoy!!
Slugs ate my entire garden. Couldn’t see anything until I read up they only come out at night 🤯🤯🤯🤯 start again ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My hubby is a greenkeeper. If Ali needs any additional advice just let me know and he’ll be happy to help with your lawn. It sounds as if, by your description, he’s scarified the bad patches
Ooo wild garlic!! :) Amazing!!😍 The garden looks beautiful💚
Do you have any suggestion on audio books? Thanks in advance💚
Hello x Thank you for another wonderful vlog! what is the ratio of washing up liquid and water for spraying your plants please 🙏🏻 🌼🌷
I make rhubarb lemonade every summer. Boil then simmer a bunch of stalks. Strain and add a bit of lemon and sugar. I also take small cut up pieces of rhubarb and roll in sugar and drop them in my glass sometimes.
This sounds wonderful! I have a rhubarb plant that was grafted special for my grandma by her neighbor, and dates back maybe 50 years or so. It has been moved 3 times, and after each move I have to make sure I pull early and often to keep the "brain active" as we used to say. I love making sauce, honey, rhubarb, and lemon cordial, and a cake from Zoe Francois, Zoe Bakes Cakes book. I will need to try your lemonade with the harvest from this weekend.
Loved first 8 minutes, Lydia and you were not "waffling" at all. I think this realisation comes with age and experience. I do not care a bit what people think when I run/jog/power walk. In fact, dear Lydia - NOBODY gives ONE😆 - trust me, people seeing you run either just register you running or not (nobody has time to actually stop and judge you). People tend to think about themselves and everyone is busy these days, in their own thoughts, etc.
I run because I feel happy afterwards and it helps me stay fit and slim but there are days when I have to drag myself and end up power walking but then I add my weighted vest (5kg) - I look like FBI in it a bit🙈😆 but again, it's me thinking that, nobody actually told me that!😆 Keep on running!❤
My dad drills into his lawn like that too it works!!!!!
Thank you! 🤎
Great vlog Lydia you and Ali have a great day 😊..
Watching your video from running made me realize how much I miss running in the English countryside. I am now living in Abu Dhabi and it’s plenty of sunshine here but running is not as enjoyable as it use to be when I was living in Cambridge,
Hi Lydia ❤ for the Celtic Sea salt ... Don't put it in the water, put a small pinch on your tongue and let it dissolve. This allows your cells to absorb the water, thus greater hydration ❤ you can research Barbara O'Neill for all the details. Best to you.
I love Lydia said This is a nature vlog, but don’t get soot on the carpet . Love it👍
You should definitely put a wooden sign saying Honeybee Walk there 😍
I just had the exact same thing happen in my log burner, I was able to open it up and open porch door, luckily it found its way out rather quickly.
I think we are all brought up to compare ourselves like life milestones and we need to break those cycles ❤ glad you are doing things for you! I want to do this more I still get quite self-conscious xxxx
Loved this
To aid your grass growing, you and Ali should check out the guys from Clarkson's Farm Season 3, who aerated the ground using some giant machine and SEAWEED!! So fascinating.
I would love to see Lydia do a colour season consultation xoxox
Hi Lydia! Celtic salt will help a lot, especially if you get headaches. It’s basically natures electrolyte supplement. In the summer most of all it’s a god send. Also - hope you don’t run without any food in the stomach, it’s the worst thing for a woman.
I would love to hear more about your sunglasses! I don’t think you ever done a video about that! I love all of your sunglasses and I can never find out where they’re from.
Hi Lydia, you are lovely and I like your style of life. Thanks for sharing your life.
MaryNell, CZcams friend from Atlanta, Georgia 🇺🇸
Motivation and passion to succeed can sooner than later turn into obsessing about bein first, perfect or excel.
Any good habit can turn into bad.Any journey can turn into a nightmare unless you are constantly monitoring ego issues, map your thoughts for reflection and last but not least navigate accordingly your emotions
I may be late to the party but congrats on your 1 million subscribers 🎉❤
The plant you have in back yard is known as garlic mustard in the states and originates from Africa and Asia . Unfortunately it’s invasive and can cause damage to local biodiversity which especially can affect butterfly population. Try to keep some in a specific area of your yard and maybe plant some butterfly friendly plants to balance it out. I have just discovered this plant last year in my backyard understory of our woodland as well but only discovered it was edible this year!
Just thank you for this.
Hi Lydia 😊 I had the same issues with my training journey in the past to show others I know what I am doing... I used to be sucks at running 😂 and with time which took me 5 years I learnt to enjoy to run and last year I did my first race of 13k in Jersey Island. Last month I ran my first 15km during my training took me 2hours and I am a slow runner at the end of the day who cares 😃 I learn my capacity without the approuval or to please people after an accomplishment if you know what I mean 😊
We are all unique of who we are. We are living in different pace in our lives that the beauty of life it's to enjoy to learn what we may love or not 😇
PS: I really like your watch which brand it is please 😇
PSS: Awesome the sheep is ok 😃
Take care 😊
Well now I need that holland cooper half zip…
If you are finding that your plants are being nibbled by slugs. Get some copper tape and put around the top of your plant pots. They really don't like it. It is double sided.. This helped me. X
You need to get those shoe airaters . I want to see you both wandering around the garden in them . Be hilarious 😂beautiful vlog authentic and honest. Love the shirts and the blue gingham xxx