Are you ready to fill up your fall with cosiness, joy and fulfillment? As the leaves turn orange & brown and the season changes, autumn offers you a cosy vibe and a wonderful time to embrace fall self-care. Think cooking fall recipes, practising daily healthy habits and getting your fall nails done, there are so many lovely ways to fill up your self-care cup for a healthy and happy autumn.
In this blog post, you’ll receive 14 fall self-care ideas to help you feel more healthy and happy during the cosy fall.
Embrace the fall aesthetic
Let’s start off our fall self-care ideas for a healthy and happy Autumn first by embracing the fall aesthetic!
Think cozy fall vibes, wearing your fall style and pumpkin-spiced lattes.
As the leaves start to turn burnt orange and the weather starts to get cooler, let’s enjoy the fall aesthetic that the change of season provides.
As the fall aesthetic turns on, there are so many simple pleasures to embrace.
You can embrace the fall aesthetic by:
- Setting up your home or apartment with fall decor
- Buying a fall-style flower bouquet
- Create a fall music playlist for your morning and nighttime routines
- Wearing your fall outfits that you feel incredible & you in! You can always browse Pinterest of fashion bloggers for fall fashion ideas
What is self-care and why is it important?
Self-care is about practising intentional activities that improve and maintain your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health and well-being. Supporting you to feel as best as you can and show up as a more happy, fulfilled and aligned version of yourself every day!
Overall, during the fall season (and all the other ones too), prioritizing self care is important as it helps you lead and live a more joyful and fulfilling life without the unnecessary stress & anxiety. Lastly, prioritising your self-care supports you to increase your energy, health, focus and motivation to achieve your goals and dreams!
Let’s go!
14 Fall Self-Care Ideas for a Healthy and Happy Autumn
1. Cook fall recipes
Get in the autumn spirit & practise your fall self-care by cooking nourishing meals. Eating more nutritionally dense fall meals may support you to have a more healthy and happy autumn.
As the season changes, so does the fresh produce of fruit and vegetables.
Here are some of my favourite healthier fall recipes that you can try to get you into the cosy fall vibes:
- Creamy coconut beef and pumpkin curry
- Homemade Hot Apple Cider
- Healthy Pumpkin Spice Latte
- Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal
- The Best Healthy Cinnamon Rolls (High Protein & Super Fluffy)
- Treat idea: Brown Butter Maple Cookies
2. Read a new book for the fall
Why not start a collection of books you would love to read this fall?
Reading books can be such a great use of your time when the weather starts to get cooler. Grab a book or your Kindle, put on a fluffy blanket and embrace those cosy indoor fall vibes.
3. Have a cosy dinner & movie night at home
After a full and successful week or day, does’nt it just feel so rewarding to take the evening off to enjoy a home cooked meal and watch one of those feel-good movies or tv shows?
Have a shower, prepare your favourite meal that just makes you soul happy, light a candle and set up your room all nice for a cosy at home dinner and movie night.
4. Spend quality time and make special memories with your loved ones
This idea for fall self-care is sure to make your heart happy.
Make time to spend quality time with your loved ones during the fall season. And to add to that, during every season. 😉 Without a doubt, spending quality time with the people you love can increase your happiness and fulfillment!
What type of wonderful things can you do this fall season to create special memories with your loved ones?
Idea: Make a fall Polaroid photo album!
5. Visit a sauna and bathhouse experience
What a wonderful activity to take care of your longevity and health this fall. Visiting a bathhouse is an enjoyable activity to add to your fall self-care routine. I go to the bathhouse at least once a week and I really notice the benefits in my energy and overall health & wellbeing.
Bathhouses generally allow you to use an infrared sauna, steam room, cold plunge/ice bath, spa bath and traditional saunas.
Not only can it be truly valuable for decreasing your stress, but it can also be a lovely way to spend time with your friends & loved ones.
6. Get your fall nails done
Doing your nails for the fall is a wonderful activity to add to your fall self care routine.
Either, do your fall nails at home or indulge in a nail appointment at the salon.
It’s okay to leave your nails just plain & natural, however, getting your nails done for the fall can spark more inspiration and beauty into your days.
Gorgeous, eye-catching fall nail design to get done this fall ⬇️
7. Complete a fall reset
What is a fall reset you may say?
A fun activity to complete as a fall self-care practice is to complete a fall reset.
A fall reset is exactly as the name says- a reset for the fall season.
See this as a time to let go of the old & the heavy and welcome in the new and a fresh perspective.
Analyse what’s not serving you anymore and what you would like to get better at and improve.
Here are some interesting ideas that you can incorporate into your fall reset:
- Do a juice cleanse
- Make a master to-do list of all the things you’ve been saying ‘I’ll get to it’ to
- Declutter and deep clean your home & car
- Have a digital break for the weekend
- Set your goals for what you would like to have done by the end of the fall season
- Do a habit audit and refine your daily habits so they are in alignment with accomplishing your dreams!
8. Complete a creative project that you’re passionate about!
Fall self-care includes filling up your passion cup! Keeping your passion alive during the fall season is necessary to boost your happiness!
What is a creative project you would like to do this fall?
It can be anything from starting a YouTube channel to attending a pottery-making class or launching your own website!
Jot down a few ideas and what you are passionate about, then start taking the aligned action steps to make your creative project a reality. 🎨
Recommend read: Unique Ways to Boost Creativity
9. Have a fall self-care pamper day
If you’re like me, you probably too don’t mind a sloww pamper day.
Do you know those days when you get to take time out to do all the great self-care practices like face masks, hair masks and get your beauty treatments done? Giving you that feeling fresh and revitalised feeling.
Schedule time in your weekly routine this fall for consistent self-care practices. And when you can throughout this fall, make time for DIY spa at home days/nights where you do all the lovely self-care routines like long bath soaks and pumpkin spiced body scrubs.
10. Create a fall self care exercise routine
What exercise do you enjoy and that also makes you physically feel your best?
Keeping active during the fall months is a great way to ensure you can feel your best and boost your feel good endorphins.
Here are some exercise ideas that you can add to your fall self-care routine:
- Long walks
- Yoga
- Group workout classes
- Hiking
- The gym
- Dancing
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11. Set or revisit your Q4 goals and make it happen
You have 3 months of fall. It’s a great opportunity to set or gain more clarity on your Q4 goals now that summer has come to an end.
As the fall season is within the Q3/4 months, have a good look at where and what you most need to focus your time and energy on.
- Dates for Q3: July 1 – September 30.
- Dates for Q4: October 1 – December 31.
Some Quarterly goals that you can set include:
- Fitness
- Budgeting and savings
- Trying new activities
- Personal relationships/ social goals
- Career and business
Once you set your goals, take the action steps and build the habits that are in alignment with your quarterly goals.
Overall, setting yourself up for a successful fall season by planning or revisiting your quarterly goals can support your fall self-care by keeping you motivated, balanced and aligned with making your dreams come true!
12. Try new things
Trying new things can be a form of self-care as it boosts your creative energy and personal growth, improves your personal relationships and can help you relieve stress!
Furthermore, embrace learning something new every day this fall. Maybe, it’s by taking a new online course, a new style of dance class or learning how you can improve and better maintain your health and well-being.
Overall, trying something new and stepping out of your comfort zone this fall can open you up to new possibilities and improve your mood!
13. Practice daily healthy habits
Practising your daily healthy habits can truly set you up for a more happy and healthy fall season!
Auditing your habits and ensuring that you’re practising habits that are in alignment with the version of you that you’re becoming & your dreams and plans is a valuable practice to implement into your daily fall self-care routine.
Additionally, your daily habits are what bring you towards achieving and grasping your dreams in your physical reality!
To sum it up, stay inspired and motivated towards accomplishing your goals & living your best life by practising daily habits that are in alignment with this.
Your goal is your desired outcome. Your system is the collection of daily habits that will get you there. This year, spend less time focusing on outcomes and more time focusing on the habits that precede the results.”
– James Clear
Here are examples of some daily healthy habits that you can practice in your fall self-care routine:
- Work on your passion project/ side hustle
- Regulate your nervous system by taking deep breaths
- Practice positive self-talk
- Intentionally practice gratitude
- Embrace the simple pleasures
- Romanticise your life
- Stay dedicated to your goals
- Plan your day the night before
14. Spend time in nature
A lovely way to practice your fall self-care and replenish + fill up your cup is to spend time in nature.
The benefits of nature are plentiful, including the aesthetic fall vibes that the autumn leaves from the trees offer you.
Here are some fun ways that you can incorporate spending time in nature during the fall into your routine:
- Have a fall picnic outside
- Go on a fall camping adventure
- Watch the sunrise or sunset
- Go hiking
- Walks in the park or by the ocean
- Visit a pumpkin patch or apple orchard
Increase your health and happiness this fall by intentionally practising fall self-care. From embracing the fall aesthetic, and cooking seasonal recipes to spending quality time with your loved ones, there are so many ways to enjoy the little things this fall and make this season more bright. 🌼
These 14 fall self-care ideas have hopefully ( most likely definitely ) inspired you to fill up your cup and prioritise your self-care this fall!
So, are you ready to make this fall incredible?
What do you most love about the fall season? Share your response with me and the Living Her Way community below!
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