Views on this annually celebrated day vary, some see it as yet another commercial day designed to make us part with our money whilst others see it as an opportunity to step back from the hectic natures of our daily lives and take the opportunity to truly cherish the ones we love. Through the years this has evolved from being purely about people we’re in a relationship with (or would like to be) to also include all those that are cherished by our hearts, even including pets. Valentine’s Day is the second most popular card sending holiday, after Christmas, with people sending around 145 million cards each year worldwide.

Since June the 24th we have been in Self-Care month, culminating with Self-Care day on the 24th of July. Whist this centres around a month and day, the concept of taking care of yourself has year round benefits. 

The seemingly endless, changing restrictions and lockdowns related to Covid-19 are leaving many people struggling emotionally and sadly in many cases also financially. Thus causing a large variety of negative emotions such as despair, fear, anger, depression, anxiety and loneliness to name but a few. These can be relating to yourself and concern for loved ones.