Hello :)
A friend of mine had a horrible series of events happen to her last year, and is in grief counselling. A lot of us have rallied round and she has lots of support (plus a good therapist). She’s described it as like having flu, but emotionally. She’s taking small steps at getting back to “normal life”.
It’s slow steps and I know not the only answer but... initially she liked having flowers in her flat, which she said were very cheery. So a group of us took it in turns to buy her flowers each week.
But we’re wondering what else we could get her as a pick-me-up gift? She doesn’t like baths so oils aren’t possible... we’ve already got her special soft pj set and socks, moisturisers, candles, we’ve taken her to a spa and afternoon tea. I’ve bought her sudoku books and others have got her novels (she can’t do long ones, or anything too challenging). We’re not doing endless gifts, some of these were for her birthday etc.
Any help would be appreciated! Have you come across good self care ideas? The lists online are all much a muchness