Our Best Selves

10/04/2021

Hi there! 👋

We have been pretty quiet on here recently while we work on some changes for Our Best Selves.

We are now taking a moment of pause with our monthly subscription boxes, while we get everything in place to let you all know about some exciting updates - coming soon!

For now, click through the images to see what was inside our March 2021 box! We would love to hear what you think of it! Tell us in the comments! 💕

08/03/2021

Celebrating women everywhere, today and all days. 💕

The past 12 months have hit women hard - at home, at work, in finances and in mental health. As we look forward to the world beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, what progress would you like to see for women before International Women's Day 2022? How can you play even a small part in making it a reality? Let us know in the comments. We are always stronger together. 💪

05/03/2021

As a huge admirer of AllBright, I am super happy and grateful for the Our Best Selves subscription box to be featured in the Little Bright Book through March! 💕💕💕

04/03/2021

It's ! 🥳

To be completely honest, I didn't read books for pleasure for a long time. I was a big reader as a child, but the pressures of school exams and busy jobs eventually got in the way. 📝

In my 20s, my book collection grew, and especially with personal and professional development books, but mostly as decoration pieces for my bedroom in a London flatshare. Of course, I intended to read all of those books at some point, but I never seemed to carve out the time. 🗓

The Our Best Selves subscription box, as well as a way for me to share my passion for personal and professional development books, is also part of my own journey of rediscovering my love for reading books. 📚

I would be really happy to get to know our Facebook community a little better today! Tell me in the comments: what is your top personal and professional development book recommendation of all time? 💕

Cathy xx

02/03/2021

The February 2021 Our Best Selves subscription box shipped last week and is now with our lovely subscribers and lucky gift recipients all around the UK! 🤗

Here's what's inside:

📚 'Fears to Fierce: A Woman's Guide to Owning Her Power' by Brita Fernandez Schmidt

📝 Our Best Selves worksheet for 'Fears to Fierce'

📘 A6 fabric notebook from Hex Codes and Ginger Tea - for journaling alongside 'Fears to Fierce'

💕 Vegan Pomegranate Hearts (jelly sweets) from Biona

🍵 Mint, lemongrass, moringa herbal tea from Kib

🥰 'Kind people are my kinda people' greetings card from Paperchase (Planet Kind range, made from 100% recycled, sustainably sourced materials)

💝 £1 donation to a UK-based children's charity - more details coming soon

We would love love love to hear what you think of this box! Let us know in the comments! 👇

26/02/2021

The Our Best Selves February 2021 subscription boxes shipped this week! 🥳

Stay tuned to find out what's inside! 🕵️‍♀️

P.S. - Our packaging filler is wood wool - light and made from sustainably sourced wood. It is biodegradable, recyclable, plastic-free and compostable! 💚

17/02/2021

Today and always. 💝

10/02/2021

I had so much fun putting together the first ever Our Best Selves subscription box for January 2021!

The box contained:

📚 'Outspoken: 50 Speeches by Incredible Women from Boudicca to Michelle Obama' by Deborah Coughlin

📝 Our Best Selves worksheet for 'Outspoken'

🛁 Pride Bath Ball (vegan) from Miss Patisserie

👩‍🍳 Marbled iced biscuit (vegan) from M+H Cake Company

🫖 Black Tea with Peach from Fortnum & Mason

🤗 Sunshine & Rainbows greetings card from The Happy Newspaper

💝 £1 donation to a UK-based children's charity - more details coming soon!

Subscribe (or purchase or gift a one-off box) by the end of today to receive the February 2021 box later this month - for another uplifting non-fiction read and focus on self-care: https://www.ourbestselves.org/join! 💕

Cathy xx

09/02/2021

Every month, the Our Best Selves feminist non-fiction book subscription box will include a worksheet with some questions for you to think about as you read through the book. 📚

Click through the images to see last month's questions on 'Outspoken: 50 Speeches by Incredible Women from Boudicca to Michelle Obama' by Deborah Coughlin! 📝

08/02/2021

We were over the moon with the response last month to the January 2021 (and the first ever!) Our Best Selves feminist non-fiction book and self-care subscription box!

Click through the images to see what was inside!

Subscribe today to receive the February 2021 box onwards: https://www.ourbestselves.org/join.

Or gift to a friend: https://www.ourbestselves.org/store! 💕

07/02/2021

We love these Forbes winter reading recommendations from Shelley Zalis, CEO of The Female Quotient: https://www.forbes.com/sites/shelleyzalis/2021/01/27/winter-reading-list-seven-books-to-fuel-your-2021-vision/.

Have you read any of the books? Which others would you add to the list?

With social distancing still in place, more time at home provides the opportunity to dig deeper into ourselves and find a better path forward.

31/01/2021

Hope you are all having a lovely Sunday! 👋

Our gift shop is now live, for gifts (or one-off purchases for yourself) of 1, 3, 6, 9 or 12 Our Best Selves boxes! 🎁

Take a look: https://www.ourbestselves.org/store - and if you can't see what you are looking for, let us know in our DMs or the comments on this post! 💕