Ok I need to say this and please don't misunderstand me. I think you're my feminine role model. I love the way your feminine energy shines through. It's not tacky or obnoxious but it's so... Elegant and soft in a confident way... If that makes any sense 😅
“... instead of trying to feel like I should feel any different” really hit me. I’ve been trying to convince myself that I’m not always going to feel this way but it’s true it’s also important to not feel shame for feeling this way. Thank you for the video ❤️
Kalyn you should try Rocky Mountain Soap Co! It’s a canadian brand that’s all natural and cruelty free and it’s seriously AMAZING, they have the best bath bombs and face masks 😊
I’ve never understood why everyone is always like “first ooh I’m first. Hey first comment!” Until I got here and there was no comments and I immediately wanted to comment “first!” Now I get it 😂
This is exactly what I needed right now. I feel like you always know exactly what I need to hear every time you post a video. I’ve been watching you since your messy bun tutorial soooo many years ago when I was just going into college. I’m 25 now and you’ve never failed me. Thank you! You feel like a friend, not just someone I watch on TH-cam. :) love you!
I've been watching your videos for about 5 years now and I swear they always come at just the right time. I need this self care inspiration right now. ❤️
I’ve noticed everyone commenting that Bioré is “not cruelty-free” and I hate to break it to ya’ll, but almost nothing is cruelty-free. I know I’m gonna get hate for this but I’m gonna say it anyways. You can be vegan/vegetarian and buy something that is not 100% cruelty-free. It’s okay. Do the best you can. (If anyone watched The Good Place they explained it well there lol). Most vegans buy vegan butter that contains palm oil which is harvested by destroying the rainforest and the animal’s homes but no one comments on that. There are so many negative, unintended consequences to everything. So we can only do the best we can, but it doesn’t make us bad people. Just a little epiphany I had recently 🙂💕
Totally agree, I've met many vegans that don't even consider palm oil. It's almost like wild animals and their habitats aren't as important as farmed animals.
Yes! Which is why I'm not vegan/veggie, I just try my best and love supporting the farm to table movement, doing organic, and just doing the best I can. ❤️
been watching you since your messy bun tutorial and your first room tour video all those years ago. seeing you grow and struggle sometimes, but always stay true to yourself has been so inspiring. I hope you find some clarity in the next upcoming months. don’t be so hard on yourself, no matter what the algorithm does, you will always have people who care about you!
Kalyn, I've been watching you for probably going on 8 years now and I just want to say I've seen SUCH an incredible change in your disposition and mental health this year. Like you mention in this video, in the past I've noticed you sort of dissociating into hyper-productivity mode in your videos, when it was clear something was on your mind. I've seen such a change with how open you are recently- not even just being open about when you feel down, but you feel so much more authentic and open and free in terms of your life in general, your emotions, your relationships- it feels like you're letting us see the real you! I know that must be very scary to do to a large and semi-anonymous online platform, so I just want to say thank you!! I see you, and it makes me love you even more! You rock!!
i haven’t watched yet because I’m saving this for a TGIF mental health evening, but just seeing this makes me feel warm 🥰✨🍁 this year has really proved that taking care of yourself is the cornerstone of EVERYTHING, and that In doing so we really can make it through whatever the world throws at us. and I’m so grateful that you’re always being an advocate for self-love and self-compassion. Sending you big hugs from (snowy, aka KOZY) Alberta 💛
Kalyn, thank you so much for opening up about how it's okay to not be okay. I think that phrase gets tossed around a bit at surface level nowadays, but you reminded me to think more on it: it's OKAY to NOT be okay. To just BE that way and to not try to change anything. To just FEEL those emotions, whatever they may be, and to honor that part of the human experience. Your explanation of feeling like you had to try to get past those emotions, or wanting to run away from or escape them through food, shopping, travel, etc. REALLY resonated with me. It's been something that I have also been working on this year - to take that energy that makes me want to focus on something else, distract myself from the negative, escape or hide away from those feelings and channel it instead for self-care moments and self-love. Thank you, again. You bring so much light into so many lives. Be true to yourself, honor your human experience, and keep on sharing your love.
Your videos make me feel so much better, or at least make me feel like someone gets me. This whole pandemic situation has affected us all and I've been in such a bad place for months now. I struggle to get out of bed and get pretty much anything done but your videos always inspire me to get things done and to take care of myself
Your message at the end saved me today! I felt really low today. I couldn't be positive at all. But when I watched your video, I felt relieved because you said we are allowed to feel low. Thank you very much!
Totally know what you mean when embracing how you feel, even the bad feelings. I have major depression disorder along with anxiety, and being accepting to having negative feelings has helped and healed me so much!
I just went threw a depression spell this week too. At first I tried to fight and was upset with myself. But then I was like ok this usually happens in October. October is a bad month for me. I've had two people pass away in October a year apart, and a house fire one year. Plus the sessions changing and less sun and I just started a graveyard job. So one of my days off I just let my self feel it all. I bought ice cream, made popcorn and laid on the couch. I also read something that said your are not your emotions. You are not sad you are experiencing sadness. So I told myself I am not my depression I am just experiencing it right now. (Not saying that will work for everyone) I gave my self that day to just sit in it and cried a bit. The next day I felt good enough to do some self care and clean up the house and that made me feel better to. The last couple of days I've been feeling better so I got back into my workouts and that's been helping too. Sometimes you just gotta let yourself feel it. I hope you start feeling better mentally soon. And if not dont beat yourself up about it. Sending you lots of good juju!!
I needed this vlog. Today is the 3rd anniversary of my dad passing and it's been hard. The weeks leading up to today have been very foggy, deep, and heavy feeling. Mentally stuck and drained. Sending love & light your way. xx
Mine was 3 days ago. 9 years without him. The pain is still there but I have made it my friend. Pain is my pal now. I understand it and I grow from it. The only thing you have to keep in your mind is that your daddy was gonna be proud of you. Sending you virtual hugs
Girl, I gained really great advice from you! I have been going through a really rough time since January, basically all of 2020. I have been trying to climb out of it and it has been rough. I have been trying to get in the habit of self care nights and treating myself but I tend to get wrapped up in all the stress that I forget. I also hate having people feel sorry for me so I push my feelings down a lot. I really need to practice just being ok not being ok. And stop trying to control my emotions! I needed this today, thank you! ♥
You’re amazing. I’ve been watching you for years. You have uplifted, inspired, and been a soothing mood for me so so many times. Take time for whatever you need we’ll all still be here whenever you’re ready 😘😘😘
This video came at the perfect time. I'm moving in two weeks, working full time, and taking college classes and I've felt so overwhelmed. I have also been making an effort over the past year to ride the wave of my feelings and not try to control them. This can be hard for my personality type as I tend to want to take control of everything and "fix" things so it's been an uncomfortable journey trying to get away from that. I honestly relate to you so much in your videos. Binge eating and shopping sprees used to be ways I would try to mask my feelings as well and it's something I've seen significant growth with in the past year. I see sooo much of that same growth in you. It is really all of the hard work you are doing on yourself coming to fruition. It's a tough journey but when you see that growth in yourself it is so worth it. I'm sending you so much love and good energy, my friend. This time of year is gloomy for me too, and you're so not alone. Keep taking care of yourself and listening to what you need. You truly have the kindest, most beautiful heart that radiates even through a computer screen. Xoxo.
Yas girl. Love the low point bit. Low points are part of the process too. As a woman with a womb, I track my cycles by taking my bbt every morning along with noticing other symptoms. It has been an incredible tool in learning about my natural energy cycles. At different times in your cycle, your energy levels vary! You may know this already. I’ve learned a lot about when my energy levels are consistently lower and to accept this. When I’m low in a different part of my cycle, then I know something might actually be up. And then the inverse is true! At some times in my cycle I have so much energy that drinking coffee gives me panicky type vibes! Anyway, it’s a great tool. I highly recommend the fertility awareness method / symptothermal method.
Oh guuuuurrrrllll, I am SO feeling you! I have definitely felt that same feeling lately! I can affirm that healthy diet, adequate sleep, exercise/activity, and self-care are the remedy! I love, love, love that you are real and just say that you are feeling off. We've all been there and we totally understand. Know that it doesn't last forever too
I cannot explain how much this vlog came at the most perfect time. ❤️ I work so hard and don’t have low points often, but this past week was hell. I had to take a week off work (which I never do) and just sleep. It was so uncomfortable and I cried a lot because I couldn’t pinpoint why I was so tired. Today was the first day that I started to get a little more energy. Then watching this... 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I feel 100 times better! Is there something in the air or what right now!?!?
I might need to watch this one again. Your last few minutes I actually felt like u were talking just to me. Ty Kalyn.... u got this.... all of us got this!
I have recently discovered your chanel in a difficult period of my life. You have really helped me all this time (your honesty, being true to yourself, trying your best!). For me this week was one of the worst weeks of my life. Watching your videos (new and old ones) is a real comfort. I hope you will continue vlogging for all of us that we love you and find comfort through you. Things will get better eventcually (I have to believe that!). Thank you
Although i don't know you, just from watching your videos you seem so genuine and kind i adore your videos and the way you edit them, you seem to put so much hard work into them and i truly appreciate your content. i love you whatever you are going through you will get through sending you my love and positivity. Don't forget to reminf yourself you are amazing
I really like that you've recently been really paying attention to if the products you use are cruelty free or not. It really makes me so happy. Thank you 💓💖
I’m so glad I came across this video tonight- this deff spoke to me with everything going on rn - bc I feel the same way. Thank you for always being so insightful & sharing these moments with us 🙏🏼
Thank you for opening up about this. I think it's normal for you to feel like this because you just moved and it's a new beginning for you. It's normal to feel stressed out because you haven't settled quit yet. Maybe you settled physically but not mentally. it's gonna take time but I'm proud of you for taking the time to take care of yourself. You're not alone in this.
4 days I have just felt exactly how you have. I have planned a self love day 3 times but have not done it... until right now I just decided to paint my nails and was going through youtube and literally accidentally hit this video and I quite honestly needed it. I love your channel so much! Thank you for this much needed video
Thank you I totally get this. I too have been feeling the same and found myself trying to ‘pull myself together’. I then realised I can’t run away from this and went with it. Sooo painful like you say but obviously necessary. Thank you for sharing 💜
Thank you so much for this. You have no idea how much I needed it. I recently got out of the hospital for my mental health and I'm still struggling with allowing myself to do self-care. It may sound cheesy, but you truly have inspired me to let myself have some self-care. Thank you so, so much 💕 Sending you so much love and light 🥰
Yes! You always have to do what's best for yourself :) I feel like so many people feel pressure to live and be the way others want/expect them to be (myself definitely included!) and that can be devastating to your mental health if that's not true to who you are and what you need from life.
kalyn!!! i needed to see this vlog/reminder so much- my entire week was more or less like the couple days you described and i’ve been going back and forth between self-care things to address it & also just like feeling through my feelings if that makes sense 😅 but especially in this world of social isolation a lot of the time with covid, it’s SO important to be reminded that so many other people are feeling this sense of overwhelm and it’s not just me ❤️
YES KALYN! THANK YOU! I just wentthrough a phase where I wasn't feeling good and very, very low energy and I felt so bad about the very low energy part and my mom tried to make me feel bad about the not feeling good part and I, just a week ago, finally said, no I have the right to feel this and you can't shame me for it and I can't shame myself for it, it's not like I'm going to die just for being really down for however long I wasn't feeling good. Thank you for saying it's okay too and thank you for your AMAZING content and everything you put out there!
Watching this is making me so emotional. In my third year in university, and I get so burnt out sometimes, I just want to quit. But I have to keep reminding myself to care for myself more, and it'll all be worth it!
You spread so much of positivity, Kalyn! ❤️🥰 Love everything about you!! Rise and shine! ❤️ So glad that you're a content creator and that we get to be in touch, even being separated by geographies haha 🥰 Love from India! ❤️🥰🥂
Oh my. I needed to see this video. You spoke to me. The spending the bingeing all of that. Ugh I'm working on finding a therapist for help. Thank you for you for posting raw and real. You are amazing
This week for me has the same vibes you described! I feel sick almost but not in a physical type of way. I want to just work from my bed and not take care of my usual responsibilities. This vlog couldn’t have come for me at a better time, so thank you for reminding me I need to take care of myself!💕
Such a relief to see you sharing these feelings and talking about those days 🙌🏼 be nice for these days and things to be normalised, we'd all get out of them quicker and know how to support each other if it wasn't still so attached to shame
Tonight, I needed a break and had work to do after putting baby to sleep. I drank a glass (well, 2 and half) work at my desk and know I watch your today'S video. Youtober is my mental health break for the year honestly. Thanks for doing such great video and dedicating yourself to do such great content :)
Thank you so much, this video was nice to watch because I have had many days I have felt down and anxious. With graduating college in a pandemic the expectations of after college life have been a big let down and quite challenging. I have definitely felt defeated many many days since March, this evening being one of them. I am going to come back to this video whenever I need a reminder that it is okay to feel down and that everything will work itself out eventually.
I’ve binge watched all of your 2020 youtober (and even previous) videos. You know what? I love you more now than before. You’re real, you’re honest, you’re unabashedly yourself - that’s probably why your numbers aren’t increasing as they should. We live in a world that exalts an unhealthy big city life over a far less glamorous return to one’s roots. You are shifting, and your audience will shift with you. I’m so very proud of you and your choices, please stay true to yourself.
Thank you for this video, I have been feeling shit all week and trying to distract my self from it. It was nice to hear you talk about just accepting how you feel even though I find that so hard sometimes
I’ve been feeling exactly like you described at the beginning of the vlog. Thanks for this reminder to honor what my mind and body need as well as take care of myself.🧡
you're smart. i think thats why i've always enjoyed you.. you're the only one i've stayed following through all these years🧡 i admire the way you've kept your youtube so professional/fun while going through things in your personal life that we don't always hear about! idk...i just admire that strength and smarts🧡
You & me girl. We are the same in that talk you had while putting the mask in your hair. It’s SO important to notice that binging and shopping and those fixes are not the actual problem but are signs.
This video could have literally been me on Saturday night, when I was watching your Taylor Swift RED video. This moment in time has been rough, and then you put personals struggles and problems on top and it suffocates you. So, I've done a lot of self care nights, self-partnered dates, and I have had to learn to sit in the low moment... and work through it instead of against it. I've also learned that when I pile up dishes in the sink, it's usually a sign that I'm doing so hot mentally. You should be proud of yourself that, even though you're not feeling 100%, it has not knocked you down! You're still doing the damn thing, and you're taking care of yourself! And that is amazing! ❤️✨❤️✨
Just a friendly heads up that the rinsed-off lids and sleeves on starbucks cups are recyclable!! Also, living for the self-care night and Bentley’s morning glam shots 😍
Can you do a video about cruelty free products you love and use a lot? I have been trying to make the switch and want to know what you love and recommend! You’re such an inspiration! Been following you for years and years!
Love this so much! This year has definitely been a roller coaster. I have been working on cutting mused slack and working through my perfectionism (yay for gettin better but perfect isn’t possible) and today instead of pushing too hard when exhausted I just took a late afternoon nap and now feel much better, moved my body and feel inspired to edit tomorrow’s video! Much love!
I hope you find your person! You deserve every happiness. I have felt these exact feelings and videos like yours helped me so much. I hope someone lifts you up soon.
You’re amazing 💕 thank you for sharing this! I definitely have had similar days where I am very stressed and where I find myself trying to escape my feelings but you’re so right, it’s part of the human experience 💕 Please keep posting these vlogs because they are so real and relatable!! love you 💕
I’ve been thinking a lot about your q&a video and how you said you lose followers all the time. But watching this I’m reminded of how glad I am that your content had continued to evolve and stay sincere. I’m excited for Youtober but excited for you to get a lil break after this month 🖤🔥
I've been feeling low since the last 2-3 days and in those days I feel lonely. Watching this video made me feel that I'm not alone in this. Love you Kalyn❤️
Literally feeling the exact same way like it’s so hard to pull myself out of bed but yet so hard to fall asleep I’m falling behind on things I’m usually so great with keeping up with And I’m being super hard on myself for it. I just want to hide but it’s good to know that there are other people out there. You’re so right I should not feel shameful for this it will pass. Hope you’re feeling better💜
I just love all your content you create! You’re like a pep in my step or just a mood booster 😂 odd to say, but accurate! This past year and a half I’ve been trying to have some self care days too and it’s been the best so far!
Yes!! I have had so many of those mental (sick) days recently. I think 2020 is just hitting us all like a truck. So glad to hear I'm not the only one having more of these days recently
Yey!! It's 9am in the UK and I woke up to this video ❤️ I feel the exact same with hitting a wall. I was literally telling my Husband that I can feel myself getting Bad again ✨ selfcare is important and is a start to get going again.
OMG ! I used to watch all your videos back then.. but somehow lost your channel... Now accidentally found it back !😻 Feels so good !😻😻 So many memories! ☺️ Missed you really !! You look amazing as always🤗🤗 Hugs and kisses from Azerbaijan🤗 🇦🇿
Kalyn, your so awesome girl!💛This video touched my heart.. Once we understand that we have a choice to either stay down,or get up.I think that is when we can have control over are mental health and not the other way around. 🧘♀️
Ok I need to say this and please don't misunderstand me. I think you're my feminine role model.
I love the way your feminine energy shines through. It's not tacky or obnoxious but it's so... Elegant and soft in a confident way... If that makes any sense 😅
YESS!!! goddess energy
yes TOTALLY UNDERSTAND where u are coming from. She’s so inspirational
”It’s just a part of the human experience” such a good mindset to have when everything sucks
Yes! 🙋🏻♀️Self-love and self care should be a priority… If you don’t take care of yourself you for sure can’t help anyone else. 💜❤️🙌🏻
Its always so soothing to watch someone else doing selfcare almost like living vicariously. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
“... instead of trying to feel like I should feel any different” really hit me. I’ve been trying to convince myself that I’m not always going to feel this way but it’s true it’s also important to not feel shame for feeling this way. Thank you for the video ❤️
Vlog Chapters 🕯:
00:00 - quote + intro ✨
01:05 - mental health days
03:21 - dinner + the bachelorette
03:43 - bubble baths & face masks
05:15 - morning cuddles + walk
06:45 - cleaning up & journalling
07:42 - hair mask & mental health life chat
Kalyn you should try Rocky Mountain Soap Co! It’s a canadian brand that’s all natural and cruelty free and it’s seriously AMAZING, they have the best bath bombs and face masks 😊
The way you're feeling this time of year is so normal. You're SAD. (SEASONAL ANXIETY DISORDER)
@@Sabrina_0626 That's something that I go through as well!
I’ve never understood why everyone is always like “first ooh I’m first. Hey first comment!” Until I got here and there was no comments and I immediately wanted to comment “first!” Now I get it 😂
This is exactly what I needed right now. I feel like you always know exactly what I need to hear every time you post a video. I’ve been watching you since your messy bun tutorial soooo many years ago when I was just going into college. I’m 25 now and you’ve never failed me. Thank you! You feel like a friend, not just someone I watch on TH-cam. :) love you!
I've been watching your videos for about 5 years now and I swear they always come at just the right time. I need this self care inspiration right now. ❤️
I’ve noticed everyone commenting that Bioré is “not cruelty-free” and I hate to break it to ya’ll, but almost nothing is cruelty-free. I know I’m gonna get hate for this but I’m gonna say it anyways. You can be vegan/vegetarian and buy something that is not 100% cruelty-free. It’s okay. Do the best you can. (If anyone watched The Good Place they explained it well there lol). Most vegans buy vegan butter that contains palm oil which is harvested by destroying the rainforest and the animal’s homes but no one comments on that. There are so many negative, unintended consequences to everything. So we can only do the best we can, but it doesn’t make us bad people. Just a little epiphany I had recently 🙂💕
I love this 🥰 So true! We can only do the best we can
Totally agree, I've met many vegans that don't even consider palm oil. It's almost like wild animals and their habitats aren't as important as farmed animals.
Yes! Which is why I'm not vegan/veggie, I just try my best and love supporting the farm to table movement, doing organic, and just doing the best I can. ❤️
been watching you since your messy bun tutorial and your first room tour video all those years ago. seeing you grow and struggle sometimes, but always stay true to yourself has been so inspiring. I hope you find some clarity in the next upcoming months. don’t be so hard on yourself, no matter what the algorithm does, you will always have people who care about you!
I "met" Kalyn in the messy bun tutorial too!
Kalyn, I've been watching you for probably going on 8 years now and I just want to say I've seen SUCH an incredible change in your disposition and mental health this year. Like you mention in this video, in the past I've noticed you sort of dissociating into hyper-productivity mode in your videos, when it was clear something was on your mind. I've seen such a change with how open you are recently- not even just being open about when you feel down, but you feel so much more authentic and open and free in terms of your life in general, your emotions, your relationships- it feels like you're letting us see the real you! I know that must be very scary to do to a large and semi-anonymous online platform, so I just want to say thank you!! I see you, and it makes me love you even more! You rock!!
i haven’t watched yet because I’m saving this for a TGIF mental health evening, but just seeing this makes me feel warm 🥰✨🍁 this year has really proved that taking care of yourself is the cornerstone of EVERYTHING, and that In doing so we really can make it through whatever the world throws at us. and I’m so grateful that you’re always being an advocate for self-love and self-compassion. Sending you big hugs from (snowy, aka KOZY) Alberta 💛
the vibes you bring are UNREAL
temps tires just dropped here in chicago, ready for a colder fall! 🍂
Yes they did, today is freezing!
I can’t believe we have a freeze warning here. 🥶
Self care is so important! I’m loving your videos so much!
That shot synced to the music when you removed the lid from your deck of cards made my heart really happy. As did the rest of this vlog. Thank you
Kalyn, thank you so much for opening up about how it's okay to not be okay. I think that phrase gets tossed around a bit at surface level nowadays, but you reminded me to think more on it: it's OKAY to NOT be okay. To just BE that way and to not try to change anything. To just FEEL those emotions, whatever they may be, and to honor that part of the human experience. Your explanation of feeling like you had to try to get past those emotions, or wanting to run away from or escape them through food, shopping, travel, etc. REALLY resonated with me. It's been something that I have also been working on this year - to take that energy that makes me want to focus on something else, distract myself from the negative, escape or hide away from those feelings and channel it instead for self-care moments and self-love. Thank you, again. You bring so much light into so many lives. Be true to yourself, honor your human experience, and keep on sharing your love.
Your definitely my role model and favorite youtuber. You help motivate me to take care of myself and get out of my comfort zone. Thank you!
Your videos make me feel so much better, or at least make me feel like someone gets me. This whole pandemic situation has affected us all and I've been in such a bad place for months now. I struggle to get out of bed and get pretty much anything done but your videos always inspire me to get things done and to take care of myself
Your energy and your positive vibes crossed the oceans and the seas and reached me up to Algeria. Thank you so much.
You're so inspiring, and I always watch your videos at the exact right moment! So thankful to have people like you making content like this
Thank you for being so transparent and not fake through these times! ❤️
Your message at the end saved me today! I felt really low today. I couldn't be positive at all. But when I watched your video, I felt relieved because you said we are allowed to feel low. Thank you very much!
Totally know what you mean when embracing how you feel, even the bad feelings. I have major depression disorder along with anxiety, and being accepting to having negative feelings has helped and healed me so much!
I just went threw a depression spell this week too. At first I tried to fight and was upset with myself. But then I was like ok this usually happens in October. October is a bad month for me. I've had two people pass away in October a year apart, and a house fire one year. Plus the sessions changing and less sun and I just started a graveyard job. So one of my days off I just let my self feel it all. I bought ice cream, made popcorn and laid on the couch. I also read something that said your are not your emotions. You are not sad you are experiencing sadness. So I told myself I am not my depression I am just experiencing it right now. (Not saying that will work for everyone) I gave my self that day to just sit in it and cried a bit. The next day I felt good enough to do some self care and clean up the house and that made me feel better to. The last couple of days I've been feeling better so I got back into my workouts and that's been helping too. Sometimes you just gotta let yourself feel it. I hope you start feeling better mentally soon. And if not dont beat yourself up about it. Sending you lots of good juju!!
Kalyn you're honestly my biggest source of inspiration and you always find the words to describe how I'm feeling inside.
I needed this vlog. Today is the 3rd anniversary of my dad passing and it's been hard. The weeks leading up to today have been very foggy, deep, and heavy feeling. Mentally stuck and drained. Sending love & light your way. xx
sending love and light to you. those milestones can be rough
Mine was 3 days ago. 9 years without him. The pain is still there but I have made it my friend. Pain is my pal now. I understand it and I grow from it. The only thing you have to keep in your mind is that your daddy was gonna be proud of you. Sending you virtual hugs
Sending live and light back to you 🕯🕯🧡
Sending you lots of love today ❤️
Girl, I gained really great advice from you! I have been going through a really rough time since January, basically all of 2020. I have been trying to climb out of it and it has been rough. I have been trying to get in the habit of self care nights and treating myself but I tend to get wrapped up in all the stress that I forget. I also hate having people feel sorry for me so I push my feelings down a lot. I really need to practice just being ok not being ok. And stop trying to control my emotions! I needed this today, thank you! ♥
You’re amazing. I’ve been watching you for years. You have uplifted, inspired, and been a soothing mood for me so so many times. Take time for whatever you need we’ll all still be here whenever you’re ready 😘😘😘
Thank you for being you, thank you for sharing real life - the up and downstairs, I needed this reminder so much rn ❤️❤️
This video came at the perfect time. I'm moving in two weeks, working full time, and taking college classes and I've felt so overwhelmed. I have also been making an effort over the past year to ride the wave of my feelings and not try to control them. This can be hard for my personality type as I tend to want to take control of everything and "fix" things so it's been an uncomfortable journey trying to get away from that. I honestly relate to you so much in your videos. Binge eating and shopping sprees used to be ways I would try to mask my feelings as well and it's something I've seen significant growth with in the past year. I see sooo much of that same growth in you. It is really all of the hard work you are doing on yourself coming to fruition. It's a tough journey but when you see that growth in yourself it is so worth it. I'm sending you so much love and good energy, my friend. This time of year is gloomy for me too, and you're so not alone. Keep taking care of yourself and listening to what you need. You truly have the kindest, most beautiful heart that radiates even through a computer screen. Xoxo.
needed this so much, want to take self care seriously
Yas girl. Love the low point bit. Low points are part of the process too.
As a woman with a womb, I track my cycles by taking my bbt every morning along with noticing other symptoms. It has been an incredible tool in learning about my natural energy cycles. At different times in your cycle, your energy levels vary! You may know this already. I’ve learned a lot about when my energy levels are consistently lower and to accept this. When I’m low in a different part of my cycle, then I know something might actually be up. And then the inverse is true! At some times in my cycle I have so much energy that drinking coffee gives me panicky type vibes! Anyway, it’s a great tool. I highly recommend the fertility awareness method / symptothermal method.
Oh guuuuurrrrllll, I am SO feeling you! I have definitely felt that same feeling lately! I can affirm that healthy diet, adequate sleep, exercise/activity, and self-care are the remedy! I love, love, love that you are real and just say that you are feeling off. We've all been there and we totally understand. Know that it doesn't last forever too
I cannot explain how much this vlog came at the most perfect time. ❤️ I work so hard and don’t have low points often, but this past week was hell. I had to take a week off work (which I never do) and just sleep. It was so uncomfortable and I cried a lot because I couldn’t pinpoint why I was so tired. Today was the first day that I started to get a little more energy. Then watching this... 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 I feel 100 times better! Is there something in the air or what right now!?!?
Yessss!! Changing of seasons I think has been making me feel so low too. Nice to know I’m not the only one. Thank you for sharing ❤️
I might need to watch this one again. Your last few minutes I actually felt like u were talking just to me. Ty Kalyn.... u got this.... all of us got this!
I have recently discovered your chanel in a difficult period of my life. You have really helped me all this time (your honesty, being true to yourself, trying your best!). For me this week was one of the worst weeks of my life. Watching your videos (new and old ones) is a real comfort. I hope you will continue vlogging for all of us that we love you and find comfort through you. Things will get better eventcually (I have to believe that!). Thank you
Although i don't know you, just from watching your videos you seem so genuine and kind i adore your videos and the way you edit them, you seem to put so much hard work into them and i truly appreciate your content. i love you whatever you are going through you will get through sending you my love and positivity. Don't forget to reminf yourself you are amazing
I really like that you've recently been really paying attention to if the products you use are cruelty free or not. It really makes me so happy. Thank you 💓💖
When you were dancing while brushing teeth, my toddler started dancing with you haha 😋 love how you stay so true to yourself, always!
I’m so glad I came across this video tonight- this deff spoke to me with everything going on rn - bc I feel the same way. Thank you for always being so insightful & sharing these moments with us 🙏🏼
Thank you for opening up about this. I think it's normal for you to feel like this because you just moved and it's a new beginning for you. It's normal to feel stressed out because you haven't settled quit yet. Maybe you settled physically but not mentally. it's gonna take time but I'm proud of you for taking the time to take care of yourself. You're not alone in this.
Thanks for being so real on camera. Everyone definitely goes through these low moments, not many people show it on social media unfortunately.
4 days I have just felt exactly how you have. I have planned a self love day 3 times but have not done it... until right now I just decided to paint my nails and was going through youtube and literally accidentally hit this video and I quite honestly needed it. I love your channel so much! Thank you for this much needed video
Thank you I totally get this. I too have been feeling the same and found myself trying to ‘pull myself together’. I then realised I can’t run away from this and went with it. Sooo painful like you say but obviously necessary. Thank you for sharing 💜
Thank you so much for this. You have no idea how much I needed it. I recently got out of the hospital for my mental health and I'm still struggling with allowing myself to do self-care. It may sound cheesy, but you truly have inspired me to let myself have some self-care. Thank you so, so much 💕 Sending you so much love and light 🥰
Yes! You always have to do what's best for yourself :) I feel like so many people feel pressure to live and be the way others want/expect them to be (myself definitely included!) and that can be devastating to your mental health if that's not true to who you are and what you need from life.
kalyn!!! i needed to see this vlog/reminder so much- my entire week was more or less like the couple days you described and i’ve been going back and forth between self-care things to address it & also just like feeling through my feelings if that makes sense 😅 but especially in this world of social isolation a lot of the time with covid, it’s SO important to be reminded that so many other people are feeling this sense of overwhelm and it’s not just me ❤️
Oh my God!! That's my bath time playlist too!! I love love love how it makes my bath/shower so relaxing!!
This is so needed right now for me. I hope you know what a wonderful inspiration and friend you have been to so many including myself. Love you lots!!
YES KALYN! THANK YOU! I just wentthrough a phase where I wasn't feeling good and very, very low energy and I felt so bad about the very low energy part and my mom tried to make me feel bad about the not feeling good part and I, just a week ago, finally said, no I have the right to feel this and you can't shame me for it and I can't shame myself for it, it's not like I'm going to die just for being really down for however long I wasn't feeling good. Thank you for saying it's okay too and thank you for your AMAZING content and everything you put out there!
Watching this is making me so emotional. In my third year in university, and I get so burnt out sometimes, I just want to quit. But I have to keep reminding myself to care for myself more, and it'll all be worth it!
Wishing y'all a happy and cozy Thursday :)
Watching your vids is part of my daily October self-care! Loving the content this year
You spread so much of positivity, Kalyn! ❤️🥰 Love everything about you!! Rise and shine! ❤️ So glad that you're a content creator and that we get to be in touch, even being separated by geographies haha 🥰 Love from India! ❤️🥰🥂
Oh my. I needed to see this video. You spoke to me. The spending the bingeing all of that. Ugh I'm working on finding a therapist for help. Thank you for you for posting raw and real. You are amazing
What you said in the end of the video about accepting bad feelings as part of life was soooo wise!! Loving youtober ❤️
This week for me has the same vibes you described! I feel sick almost but not in a physical type of way. I want to just work from my bed and not take care of my usual responsibilities. This vlog couldn’t have come for me at a better time, so thank you for reminding me I need to take care of myself!💕
Such a relief to see you sharing these feelings and talking about those days 🙌🏼 be nice for these days and things to be normalised, we'd all get out of them quicker and know how to support each other if it wasn't still so attached to shame
Tonight, I needed a break and had work to do after putting baby to sleep. I drank a glass (well, 2 and half) work at my desk and know I watch your today'S video. Youtober is my mental health break for the year honestly. Thanks for doing such great video and dedicating yourself to do such great content :)
kalyn
your content is so genuine and pure. makes me feel all warm and cozy. :)
Thank you so much, this video was nice to watch because I have had many days I have felt down and anxious. With graduating college in a pandemic the expectations of after college life have been a big let down and quite challenging. I have definitely felt defeated many many days since March, this evening being one of them. I am going to come back to this video whenever I need a reminder that it is okay to feel down and that everything will work itself out eventually.
I love your videos. They are literally a part of my self care! 😍
I’ve binge watched all of your 2020 youtober (and even previous) videos. You know what? I love you more now than before. You’re real, you’re honest, you’re unabashedly yourself - that’s probably why your numbers aren’t increasing as they should. We live in a world that exalts an unhealthy big city life over a far less glamorous return to one’s roots. You are shifting, and your audience will shift with you. I’m so very proud of you and your choices, please stay true to yourself.
I loved this so much, it was just what I needed to see. I’ve been feeling the same way these past couple of weeks.
Thank you for this video, I have been feeling shit all week and trying to distract my self from it. It was nice to hear you talk about just accepting how you feel even though I find that so hard sometimes
I’ve been feeling exactly like you described at the beginning of the vlog. Thanks for this reminder to honor what my mind and body need as well as take care of myself.🧡
I am loving the mental health talks portion of this Youtober, thank you Kalyn!
you're smart. i think thats why i've always enjoyed you.. you're the only one i've stayed following through all these years🧡 i admire the way you've kept your youtube so professional/fun while going through things in your personal life that we don't always hear about! idk...i just admire that strength and smarts🧡
You are like reading my mind lately and providing exactly what I need 💗
Love this I had a self care night Saturday and it was so good and much needed✨
Each season is like a rebirth to me in your videos 🧡
That bubble bath is amazing! i use ths rose green tea scent its so luxurious.
The struggle is real...we all are struggling :) You are the cutest girl , most resilient girl with the cutest dog :) Stay strong
You & me girl. We are the same in that talk you had while putting the mask in your hair. It’s SO important to notice that binging and shopping and those fixes are not the actual problem but are signs.
Glad to see you're taking care of yourself. You are rocking this Youtober, but make sure you keep taking care of yourself. Love you ❤️🙏🙏
This video could have literally been me on Saturday night, when I was watching your Taylor Swift RED video.
This moment in time has been rough, and then you put personals struggles and problems on top and it suffocates you. So, I've done a lot of self care nights, self-partnered dates, and I have had to learn to sit in the low moment... and work through it instead of against it. I've also learned that when I pile up dishes in the sink, it's usually a sign that I'm doing so hot mentally.
You should be proud of yourself that, even though you're not feeling 100%, it has not knocked you down! You're still doing the damn thing, and you're taking care of yourself! And that is amazing! ❤️✨❤️✨
Just a friendly heads up that the rinsed-off lids and sleeves on starbucks cups are recyclable!! Also, living for the self-care night and Bentley’s morning glam shots 😍
I always recycle the sleeves but I didn’t know about the lids! Thank you!
Can you do a video about cruelty free products you love and use a lot? I have been trying to make the switch and want to know what you love and recommend! You’re such an inspiration! Been following you for years and years!
Oh my god. The description of feeling mentally ill these days... it‘s really what i felt for days. In Not weeks. I needed this
Love this so much! This year has definitely been a roller coaster. I have been working on cutting mused slack and working through my perfectionism (yay for gettin better but perfect isn’t possible) and today instead of pushing too hard when exhausted I just took a late afternoon nap and now feel much better, moved my body and feel inspired to edit tomorrow’s video! Much love!
I hope you find your person! You deserve every happiness. I have felt these exact feelings and videos like yours helped me so much. I hope someone lifts you up soon.
Love you so much! You always touch my heart ♥️ I needed this video more than I knew.
You’re amazing 💕 thank you for sharing this! I definitely have had similar days where I am very stressed and where I find myself trying to escape my feelings but you’re so right, it’s part of the human experience 💕 Please keep posting these vlogs because they are so real and relatable!! love you 💕
I’ve been thinking a lot about your q&a video and how you said you lose followers all the time. But watching this I’m reminded of how glad I am that your content had continued to evolve and stay sincere. I’m excited for Youtober but excited for you to get a lil break after this month 🖤🔥
SO needed this. I've been so stressed and this is perfect xo thanks so much!
I have been feeling this same way for sure for a little bit now. Thank you for sharing ❤️💞 sending you love
I've been feeling low since the last 2-3 days and in those days I feel lonely. Watching this video made me feel that I'm not alone in this. Love you Kalyn❤️
Really needed to hear what you said about accepting the way you feel, even when it's uncomfortable. Thanks for keepin it real ✌
Literally feeling the exact same way like it’s so hard to pull myself out of bed but yet so hard to fall asleep I’m falling behind on things I’m usually so great with keeping up with And I’m being super hard on myself for it. I just want to hide but it’s good to know that there are other people out there. You’re so right I should not feel shameful for this it will pass. Hope you’re feeling better💜
Needed this. Mentally sick for past three weeks. It was tough to explain people what I am going through is really tough. Thanks for this Kalyn🥰
I just love all your content you create! You’re like a pep in my step or just a mood booster 😂 odd to say, but accurate! This past year and a half I’ve been trying to have some self care days too and it’s been the best so far!
Literally this video couldn’t have come at a better time ♥️♥️
Yes!! I have had so many of those mental (sick) days recently. I think 2020 is just hitting us all like a truck. So glad to hear I'm not the only one having more of these days recently
Yey!! It's 9am in the UK and I woke up to this video ❤️ I feel the exact same with hitting a wall. I was literally telling my Husband that I can feel myself getting Bad again ✨ selfcare is important and is a start to get going again.
Been having a rough week so this vlog was MUCH needed, sending you so much love 💕
OMG ! I used to watch all your videos back then.. but somehow lost your channel... Now accidentally found it back !😻 Feels so good !😻😻 So many memories! ☺️ Missed you really !! You look amazing as always🤗🤗 Hugs and kisses from Azerbaijan🤗 🇦🇿
Kalyn, your so awesome girl!💛This video touched my heart.. Once we understand that we have a choice to either stay down,or get up.I think that is when we can have control over are mental health and not the other way around. 🧘♀️