Catch Ups with a Difference

What women doesn’t love a wonderful catch up with her girlfriends right? Bottomless brunches, shopping, picnic fun, mini hikes heck huge hikes, coffee catch ups & gossip sessions over margaritas…they are all fabulous but what if catch ups could give us a glow up even more than any of these? I’d hedge a bet you’d love them just as much if not more!

I personally love combining a catch up with active movement, a spa session, personal development and stress relievers. About 18 months ago I found myself sitting back and thinking to myself, boy have I had a lot of coffees or beverages this week while catching up with the girls. While I enjoyed it, I found that the spa sessions, the gym workouts, the personal development learning and the much needed stress releases I often did solo and I wondered why? All the ladies I was friends with at least liked one of the things I enjoyed doing on a regular basis so it simply made sense to combine a lady catch up with one of these fabulous hobbies I was already doing.

So, I would ask my girlfriends who wanted to go for an infrared sauna, attend a personal development or networking session or go for a walk to finish with coffee and all of them said YES! Soon enough the coffee swapped to something more meaningful, more thoughtful and had the bonus of a shared experience. I am not sure about you but I find these shared experiences are often overlooked for the fads of being seen at local hotspots or relieving the Sex and the City lifestyle portrayed in the 2000s, it was as if girls catching up with girls was pitched as being frivolous and shallow. I really wanted to challenge that for myself all the while reducing my coffee intake and improving my wellbeing (if I’m honest).

18 months on I still love the lady catch ups where we get a coffee together and explore somewhere new or ‘on the radar’ but I do it alongside the catch ups where my girlfriends and I are working on our health, mindset at the same time. My next aim is to go for completely tech free catch ups because these would increase the presence even more so and challenge us to live in the moment instead of needing to capture everything. I think that will take me a little bit longer to get a handle on because I do love capturing a great catch up or a new spot but I’m sure with my girls in my corner we can do it together.

Have you changed the way you catch up with your girlfriends? I’d love to see what you choose to get up to in the comments. Pop them below!