My Morning Routine for Mental and Physical Wellness 🩵 Meditation, Movement, and Journaling

[@lilya1308]

Mary you're really spoiling us with the long vlogs! The quality and cosiness is just *chef's kiss* x

[@MarySkinner]

aww love you!! thank you for noticing the effort, I really wanted to focus on KZbin this year!! 🩵

[@Finleylu67]

GIRL you are on your GAME lately. This was so calming and entertaining to watch while I did my make up. Thanks for brining the lightness!

[@TheLisamarie21]

Mary I’m obsessed with the longer vlogs 🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@MarySkinner]

thank you!! I’m still getting used to the fact that people want to hear me talk for this long 🤣

[@melissag2606]

I've been following you on TikTok since like 2020 and Instagram, but only recently started watching your KZbin videos. I don't know what took me so long but I am glad I am now watching them because it is so grounding and relaxing. I really love your content, and as a golden retriever mom myself, I love watching Ferg grow! And also as someone in a relationship with someone from a different country, I more than get all the paperwork drama and stress that comes with it! Sending love 💗

[@sarahmartinez4057]

Loved this video 🤍 I really felt like I was spending time with you🥹 I also enjoyed you going over all of your notebooks and how you journal and plan out your days.

[@tiffanyharrison21]

I love how beautiful, truthful and also just how calming your videos are!

[@andreafernandez8272]

Thank you so much for this, Mary. Always grateful for founding you and being here! You look so glowing from the inside 🤍

[@maddiea247]

thanks for an extra vlog this week mary! my fiancé came in while i watching and said "mary really is just your girl huh?" lol! always a big fan of you ❤

[@alaafawal_13]

i get so genuinely happy whenever you partner with brands we know you love and have loved for a long time🥹🥹 wishing you continue getting the brand deals of your dreams💞💞💞

[@Sharon_Cort]

Thank you sharing this Mary! Really needed this 🥹 Also, when you saw Ferg in the morning you said something like "being alive is so exciting" and I'm absolutely doing this from now every morning!

[@merymarieee]

obsessed with the longer vlogs, mary!! you're my comfort creator especially in mental health aspects. love youuuuuuuu

[@betweenfibroandbipolar]

I just discovered you on Spotify, and I am so thankful for that! Being bipolar myself, I struggled to find someone on the Internet who I could relay to, and I am so happy I finally did. Going to binge-watch all your videos! Thank you so much 💕💕 You are amazing!

[@xoIvon]

Gratitude is everything for my mental health too. Even on bad days, the smallest things like being grateful I have meals to eat, especially my favorite meals, is all I need to remind myself how life is ok. I found your channel today & I think I’ll stick around. I recently saw how you’re moving to Scotland soon & what a fun adventure to watch you do that. I find your videos to be very calming & I really appreciate that. 🩵

[@Prettylittletiger]

Loved this insight into your routine! Its very inspiring to have a consistent schedule, when able, as someone with chronic illnesses and mental health problems. I love to journal and do graditude journaling as well. Always loved your content and am really loving your youtube videos and podcast! Thank you for sharing!

[@NatalieGlaess]

This was one of my favorite vlogs you’ve ever posted! 💗

[@juliannaf4401]

Thank you for always talking about mental health and everything you go through, it makes me feel like my struggles are a little more normal (I have severe pmdd) getting to see content relating to parts of my life

[@kenzeeboutilier]

You are spoiling us so much with all of this amazing content. I love seeing your day-to-day casual content ❤

[@YoungFrancestein]

Came to rewatch this as motivation to go on a walk this morning.

[@athenamoutos1315]

every time I open this app and see a new vid I get so excited

[@sarahmartinez4057]

Also, I was so proud of you and happy to see your partnering with one of your favorite brands!! ☺️ I really do love watching you grow and I’m rooting for you in everything you do!

[@SammyBearX3]

i loved this vid mary!! thanks for taking us along

[@emreese11]

I’m really glad I started watching your vlogs 🥰 they’re very comforting and relatable!

[@juliediaz2174]

just visited DC for my last spring break and dedicated an entire afternoon for ✨Mary Activities ✨ long walk around arlington with my fiancé and a chai from kaldi’s. thank you for always reminding us all to slow down 🫶🏼 forever appreciate you!!

[@lucymarkovich3606]

I started taking Lamictal after YEARS of anti depressants, anti anxiety, etc. and I have never felt better!!😊

[@MarySkinner]

not exaggerating even a little bit when I say lamictal literally saved my life!! I think I’ll probably be on it forever

[@lucymarkovich3606]

@@MarySkinner same!!🫶🏻

[@annagiberson]

this was such a fun video!! I saw it on your insta story and I was SO excited to relax, drink my fun drink and end my screen time with this. absolutely lovely as always, thank you

[@Erenee52]

Mary you are seriously my favorite, thank you for sharing with us!

[@sarahtellesen555]

LOVED this video! This kind of content is so enjoyable to me. And oh my gosh, I can absolutely relate to what you said about sometimes just not wanting music with words!!

[@Anne-tt5eb]

I really enjoy your vlogs, Mary! Looking forward for those in Scotland!!

[@MarySkinner]

hehe yall better stick around once I move!!!!!

[@KateBeeEll]

I just started lamotrigine for BPD and you're the first person I've heard who is on it for mood stabilization so I love that I'm not alone

[@isabelleedsall6405]

Love this vlog so much!! My partner & I are picking up our golden retriever this weekend. We’re so excited!!!!

[@MarySkinner]

ooooo so exciting good luck! the puppy stage is intense but you’ll miss it!!

[@rithamal6801]

I put this on during my post meal digestion walk and it was so calming 😌 I’m curious if you would be comfortable filming a not so great mental health day morning routine because I feel like my good days and bad days look so different in terms of routine (or rather lack of)

[@MarySkinner]

I could - it wouldn’t look like much. It would be me waking up late, not talking much, and probably doing work in bed. It wouldn’t be productive it would just be survival. Is that something that would be interesting?

[@alyssa321100]

​@@MarySkinneri think it would be! you're so good at verbalizing the things! I love your content, especially these longer vlogs, because they're so real and inspiring. You're so honest about the harder parts, you don't hide them, but it's so validating because you don't shame them either. I've been starting my day with your videos or podcasts recently, it feels like having my Internet big sister hold my hand over FaceTime and help me get going, so thank you for that

[@ft.malina]

I really loved this video! It's such a lovely calm video 💗

[@mattisontaylor8618]

Would love to get a dedicated perfume collection similar to the one in this video. I don’t know much about perfume and would love to know more. Skin scent vs non-skin? Top vs dry etc. if this appeals to you!

[@nedakeann569]

I’m on the same mood stabilizer and antidepressants don’t work on me either. Makes me feel a lot better to see someone else have a similar experience

[@Hersheychocolate12]

Well I needed this, this morning for sure

[@deannaciarletti4395]

I’m definitely easily influenced by you, lol I bought some perfume and I definitely needed an exfoliating mitt as well! I’m loving the longer vlogs!!!!! Thanks for sharing your life/routine with us !!!! ☺️

[@JKat94]

the good thing about moving to europe is insurance so if they sell that antidepressant in the UK you'll easily be able to get it! :D and I too struggle with perioral dermatitis, excema (mostly dyshidrotic exzema on my hands in the summer) and psoriasis on my ellbows (thanks dad) but it gets even worse because I had psoriasis arthritis haha so like quadruple whammy?!

[@kjos7427]

As a Welsh person iv never heard Gaelic before, but it sounds kind of similar to the Welsh language which makes sense really but it’s so interesting

[@SamanthaPaige26]

I have a sauna blanket and it’s great!

[@Kate-jm5co]

I love these vlogs! Also I’m super excited for you (and a wee bit jealous) you are moving to Scotland soon. Ever since watching Outlander it’s been a dream to go there. I’ve never heard you talk about that show have you seen it and what do you think? Love, from Texas ❤

[@lisaurydiaz4570]

Love this video, it was like calming in some way🤍 also, I can’t find what are the electrolytes you always share?

[@MarySkinner]

LMNT!! DrinkLMNT.com/MarySkinner that links get u a free sample pack with purchase!

[@kaylee1975]

Loved this video! Also a couple (?) of videos ago you asked for UK KZbinr recs and I love Madeleine Olivia (she’s vegan and lives in the countryside in Cornwall and does long vlogs and cooking videos that are so cozy) and I also love Lucy Moon and Lizzy Hadfield who are both London fashion lifestyle creators who do do vloggy style videos!!

[@AmberPLuttrell]

I thought I was the only one who got overwhelmed by lyrics sometimes lol. I’m telling you the instrumental Celtic folk playlist on Spotify hits different in the early morning making breakfast while the sun is rising. Peak Cottagecore for me 🤌🏻

[@MarySkinner]

you get me on such a fundamental level

[@maryh6495]

Ok convince me to buy more perfume - the PACKAGING is everything!!

[@Jeweliart]

Have you tried Vraylar? It’s a newer medication so it doesn’t have a generic version but I take it with my Lamotrigine!

[@JamieRenee101]

Hey girl! I have ocd too! I also felt like no SSRI worked for me. Have you tried Anafranil for ocd specifically? It worked well but I think caused side effects and gut problems. I take lamictal too for stabilization as well.

[@jenessadennis]

My golden also isn’t food motivated!! She’s 4 now but when I did her initial training I had to use her favorite squeaky tennis ball as a high reward. She loves her dehydrated chicken now though lol

[@naurcleorrr]

I used to eat morning/night routines UPPPP in middle school and now I’m in college and feel like I’ve come full circle🥹

[@MarySkinner]

in my Bethany Mota era 💁🏻‍♀️

[@juliannaf4401]

I have two dogs one food motivated and the other one will sit and pretend to wait with her brother and then walk away and eat on her own time it’s funny, her and Fergus seem to be the same

[@SimplySubah]

Which alarm clock do you use? the sound was so soothing~

[@MarySkinner]

it’s a hatch 1! amzn.to/3PwMrI0

[@Mak2346]

Where are the pajamas you’re wearing in the beginning from?

[@Thereynapacheco]

I felt that I’m not in phase to listen 😂😂

[@katehurst5849]

I have been wanting salt for YEARS but I have never committed. Now I may have too

[@MarySkinner]

do it ‼️‼️

[@AlexandraMarotta]

Can you add a link for the one piece bathing suit you wear to the gym?

[@MarySkinner]

it was from free people but it’s no longer available - it was called the rhythm tie front underwire one piece, in case it ever comes back!!

[@ElizabetAnna]

Hi Mary! I hope you don’t mind answering this, but do you keep up with daily journaling when you’re experiencing a particularly rough period with your mental health? Do you find that it helps or hinders you?

[@MarySkinner]

i try to journal no matter what because I find it’s one of the only things that helps 🩵 even if it’s just writing one or two lines!!

[@ElizabetAnna]

@@MarySkinner Thanks 🙏 I’m trying to get into journaling and bringing my boyfriend along too but I struggle to stay consistent. But your podcast episode left me feeling really inspired!

[@amandacooper1306]

Okay, random, but, do you ever have issues with your jewelry burning a bit once you've been in the sauna for a while? Ive gone in forgetting im wearing a long necklace til the chain or pendant feels like its burning me😅😅😅

[@MarySkinner]

I always take mine off beforehand for that reason!

[@jenniferbrown2402]

SSRIs and SNRIs have never worked for me either. I think most of us bipolar girlies have that experience.

[@oliviaeckert9627]

so wild you and payton mentioning each other in your content today. she mentioned missing you on the pod!!

[@MarySkinner]

aw omg that’s crazy! I haven’t listened yet but that is a wild coincidence

[@Sharon_Cort]

Hey! I'm not familiar with Payton, could you tell me what the name of her podcast is? Heard Mary mention it a few times and want to give it a try :)

[@MarySkinner]

Note to Self by Payton Sartain ◡̈

[@Sharon_Cort]

Thank you ♥ @@MarySkinner

[@RebeccaABeaudoin]

Would prefer this content just in a normal vlog, but thanks for sharing ❤

[@MarySkinner]

good to know!!

[@PiranhasAndPandas]

How long does it take to do all this normally? This feels like a full day of tasks lol

[@MarySkinner]

I think it just seems like a lot because I was talking so much haha but honestly the workout is the biggest thing and everything else takes less than an hour!

[@PiranhasAndPandas]

@@MarySkinner lol fair 😂 I love these types of videos but it always seems so daunting to do all this. But it’s probably just that thing where you think the dishes are gonna take an hour and then you do it, and it takes 5 min lol! This def makes me want to get in the habit of journaling more tho! I just need to convince myself it won’t be an hour long task 😅 Loving the videos lately!

[@Lizdrinkscoffee1]

Guess who has been spitting out their coconut oil into the sink until now…oops

[@MarySkinner]

omg 🤣 I’ve just always heard it can clog the drain!

[@Lizdrinkscoffee1]

@@MarySkinner well it’s a good thing I rent then 😂

[@geminibambi]

Not sure if you’ll see this cause it’s an old video but I would assume you may have the MTHFR gene mutation!! I have this and no anti depressants work for me either. I did TMS instead. The only anti anxiety that works for me is Elavil ❤ the mutation makes it hard for us to process meds and hormones etc

[@ellarose8696]

Hippie mum children who took sups as a kid unite!

[@rw9112]

Babe that Old Spice says aluminum free on it.

[@MarySkinner]

I feel like a clown LOL

[@zachary5683]

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