I have started to set goals and am even going to have our family set weekly goals to include the kids (just one goal each as a family) as I can imagine the kids could come up with 1000 goals. For example my 5 year old’s goal might be that we take them all to the park on Sunday, my goal might be to pick them up from school on a day I normally wouldn’t and play out on their bikes with them. They don’t’ have to be hard goals. I just know in our household we can get so caught up with our weekly routine and busy life, that, that’s exactly what it becomes routine, Footy several time a week, swimming a few days a week, me working late etc etc. I just see this as a way of teaching the children the art of writing it down and making it happen. My husband says he already knows what he is going to put is goal down as every week,…… I told him this was a family rated goal session and he was to behave himself!!!!!! Haha.

I am also going to start to write my own goals for the month and year, for my personal life, business life and family life. I am reading a great book a friend suggested to me at the moment called “The Monk that sold his Ferrari”. If your life is a bit confused or you need a bit of focus, and you enjoy a good read I recommend this book, There is only a small part on goal setting but for the first time (and I have heard it a thousand times before) it sunk in with me!!!! Just makes you think about the way you work and ways you might be able to ease your lifestyle a little!

I already have my weekly personal goals that I am going to try and keep too and these include attending a meditation class, having a weekly treatment at Serene Beauty, whether it be a massage, or facial or a pedicure, allowing myself to put my computer away at least 2 nights a week and spend quality time with my family, do at least one session with Chisell-Fitness, just to name a few. I am going to buy a book as soon as I get back to Denpasar and even write some goals down for the rest of my stay in Bali and yes much of that will be shopping, massages and lying by the pool – hey a girls got do what a girls got to do!

I know one thing that being away from my family for the first time has taught me is how much of me they are that without them I truly don’t feel complete. Don’t get me wrong I think having the break away is going to give us an added love and stronger bond than was even there before. So if ever you think Gosh home is hard and work is hard and I just wish I could have tome time out, don’t feel guilty, do it. It won’t be easy and you will have days where you will miss your partner and or your kids so bad you will want to jump on the plane and come home but I think if you can get past that it will be a journey that will bring you even more love and joy into your home.

I was going to write this blog all about the Shira Dara Chakra treatment I had yesterday as we do them at Serene Beauty and wanted to compare, it was amazing as it is at Serene and I totally recommend you book in and have on at the salon, you will walk out feeling you are walking on air you will be so relaxed (ours is even better than theres over here!!!!! ? (If I do say so myself!!!!)

So I will write about some of the treatments I have had over here in my next blog, please feel free to comment on anything I have written, I know these blogs aren’t quite the beauty based ones you would expect from Serene Beauty but I thought why not change things round a little….

So until next blog, look after you.. And to my day, my husband and all the dads out there Happy Fathers Day, enjoy, relax and most importantly have fun with your family.

Anyway here I am in in Bali, on my own such a big girl thing to do (says she who travelled the world at 18 for years) but you lose that who cares attitude when you get older. Anyway here to rest, meditate, do yoga whatever it takes to get my mojo back, cause that mojo has disappeared and swapped itself with stuff I really don’t want to think about! Maybe it had something to do with turning 40… Anyways. I decide to stay close enough to civilisation that I am not away from everything but far enough that I can’t just walk out and shop etc. Who was I kidding, Cab costs me about $10 and thats with a tip or $30 to keep the cabby with me nearly all day. So lets just say about as yogaish that I have gotten has been the trance I go in as I pass all the shops with all the things I think I could buy…. I even was thinking about getting a container and bringing it back filled with marvellous things that we really don’t need but god they would be marvellous!
But then I took stock as I had my 10th massage in 5 days (still none of these places have anything on Serene I have to say) and started hunting around for a way to be Zen to do what I had come here to do and find inner peace and learn to slow the pace down a bit. After all my business is called SERENE I am not a very good example, never slowing down to enjoy the Serenity!!! Ha Sound like the Kerrigan’s

So I grabbed the local rag and found a holistic retreat in Ubud, called, cheap as chips too cheap so checked it out rang back and realised I would be in a tent, a pretty tent but I don’t do tents so I said “do you have a pool” “only in our villa” he said well the haggling began I won and off I go tomorrow for 4 nights, they meditate and yoga in the morning, they have tribal council which is kind of freaking me out and hoping that is just when they have groups there and they find all the things that need fixing and help fix them!!!!! I may come back with shaved head and a monk but I will be Serene and found my mojo!!! Scott Prince (who is quite witty sometimes) asked if Monks have their laptops with them, I replied “if they have wifi then yes they do” smarty pants!!!!

So this future possible monk may or may not be in contact for a few days so thought I would give you a quick overview of where things are in Bali…. I could live here so easy if you aren’t in the thick of the hustle and bustle that would drive me crazy, the shopping OMG now theres a whole other blog!

I am doing good people this inner health along with with massages (which of course you can start with now at Serene) is just what the Doctor ordered.

So remember Look after you….. I am loving looking after me!!!! Till next blog…

Obviously owning a business I jump at the chance to have a paper or magazine write an article on me and the business, I mean all advertising (particularly free) is good advertising. I do however shudder every time I open an article and I saw the word “Superwoman or Super mum” Now if they were writing a business article on a man, would he get Superman or Captain Marvel? Highly unlikely but because I am a mum to 3 little ones plus 4 older stepchildren who are a huge part of my life and I class as my own and I own and run a successful business I was super woman. NO NO NO…. Just a businesswoman and mum thanks very much. Anyone can do it and plenty do. Many choose not to and to them I say well done, as I think my escape to work sometimes is a lot easier than dealing with children, I think full time mums are amazing and I think working mums are amazing, but none of us are superwoman!!! We are all human and at times crack! I love my kids to the ends of the earth, there is nothing I wouldn’t do to try and teach the well, give them a good life, help them to make the choices (when asked) when not asked I just subtly throw a few comments their way that sometimes are picked up on some aren’t. Some of our older children have made choices in the past that weren’t great but we were there to help pick up he pieces and show them where they made the choices and how they could fix them…

We don’t fix them for them we just offer them tools and advise to help them to fix them themselves. That is an important lesson I have learned of late. You can get people to help and advise and work with you when you are in need of help with different situations whether they be present or past but you can’t expect people to fix them for you! Took me 40 years to learn that lesson but finally get it….

Well now it is time to take some of my own advise If anyone told me they had 7 children, a business for 13 years a week off for each of the births of their children and the occasional 4 day long weekend camping oh and once a 4 day trip to the Hyatt as a treat I would tell them they were stark raving mad and they needed to take some time out for themselves or they were going to burn out and end up in an early grave!

Oops burn out! I didn’t quite listen to my body quick enough so I am currently sitting on a Jetstar (oh best give my Titan’s boys a plug!) plane heading to Bali for 24 days!!!! I know right 24 days without my husband, without my babies and without my business. But I needed this because as much as I love each and every one of the I had lost my drive and that came with too much, too long and no down time!

I am staying in a quiet inexpensive villa, no luxurious 5 star but they will organize anything I need and I need healthy food, lots of yoga and Pilates and meditation and massages (wont be as good as Serene’s of course) I have so many books friends have advised me on and I intend to walk and swim every day! I am not going to lie I will do some work after all I am a workaholic but it will be done round a pool ,unfortunately not sipping a pina colada because I am going to go healthy and try and get this body back to where it should be so it will be beautiful market fresh seafood and veges every night a stroll and early to bed hopefully to wake up with a session of yoga and a run (yes chris from Chisell a run!!!!!!)

I urge others out there that are reading the above man or woman to take notice, our family and health are far more important and to be honest I wasn’t a nice person when I wasn’t in business mode cuase I just couldn’t keep the persona up all the time.

So here is a shot of my crazy 7 kids whom I am doing this for aong with for my husband, my business and me… Next photos may have braided Bali hair. Watch out!

If you want to really talk to someone about trying to find work life balance in exercise, food and calming the mind, give Chris from Chisel-fitness a call. What you may need he may be able to work with you on but if not he will has plenty of colleagues that might be able to help along the way . This is a business that deserves to be praised and if you want the best in PT and good health head their way. www.chisel-fitness.com.au tell him Megan sent you, he thinks I am fab! Haha!

Until Next Blog…. Take care of you! Cause finally I am taking care of me!

Renee Garnter Megan Waters and Titan's lads

Serene were lucky enough being the Gold Coasts Salon to the stars to show “Jordy P” the winner how the day in a star can be! So we invited Scott Prince captain of the Gold coast titan’s along. The boy’s were welcomed with a XXXX Summer Beer, Cool Towls and nibblies, pampered to a pedicure (Mr Prince says his feet have never felt so good, Jordy P commented women could eat off them (I wasn’t so sure about that!)

After beers and pedicures the boys were whisked away to our tranquil room to be givent the ultimate in massage using hot rocks and amaizng pressure! We must be doing something right the Titan’s love our massages and Will Zillman has become a try scoring machine since becoming a regular!

Then was the big night at Jupiters. Jordy P had his own vip section, the likes of Scott Prince Will Zillman, Kevin Gordon, Hayley Bateup,Les Sherrington Bree Amer and of Course Baby John Burgo along with many more many for such a fun night! A new look photo booth kept us all entertained for may hours and if you go like our serene beauty facebook page you will see some very funny photo’s! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Serene-Beauty-and-Medispa/222477797765980

Must admit I had a little sore head from the red wine the next day but an amazing massage tool with special healing chrystals in the rollers are amazing for soothing and relaxing with a head massage, Thanksfully we found at the sydney Beauty Expo the weekend before and 15 minutes with these and I was as good as new.

Next Blog will be about the Expo… So much to tell you!!!! until Then….Take Care of you!

Wallabies visit Serene Beauty and Medispa

Serene Beauty and Medispa ™  played host to a new sporting group this week when Wallabies Stars Quade Cooper and James O’Conner dropped in during their training camp on the Gold Coast, to try out our infamous Massage!  I guess word has got around in the sporting world if you’re on the Gold Coast a visit to Serene is a must!  Now of course our massages are not just for the elite athlete but these are some pretty tough customers having been the receivers of massages in their careers from all over the world!  So if they have given us such  a good wrap, it must be time for you to come and give us a try too!

People are under the impression massages are either for injuries or for pampering but let me tell you there are many more benefits to having a massage…  Here is my top 10!

*Great Stress Release

*Improve Energy Levels

*Assist in General Wellness

*Provide Emotional and Spiritual Balance

*Relieve Muscle Tension and Stiffness

*Assist with Poor Circulation

*Improve Posture

*Reduce Fatigue

*Alleviate Sleep Disorders

*Boost Immune System

So there you have it…. When was the last time you had a massage?  Have a look at my top 10 list I am sure you will be able to tick more than one of them as a good reason to join the likes of Quade Cooper, Scott Prince and Jesinta Campbell who are regular massage clients at Serene!  Until next time………  Look after you!

Serene beauty and Medispa staff will be cheering Mat on when he does take the paddock for the Jetstar Titans. We promise to be on call for massage as required!

If you want to have an amazing deep tissue massage call the salon 55210688

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