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Feeling like Atlas by ACES PA of the Year, Gail Welsh
I don’t know about you but I often feel that I am carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. Like Atlas, I feel like I am carrying something heavy; something that slows me down and keeps me from my daily tasks. Thankfully, I have learned and experienced that if I look after myself properly this can load can be lightened, even if only for short space of time.
I have found over the years (and I’m not that old really) in my role as a PA I have to give more and more of ‘me’ to whoever I’m working for and with. In doing so, it’s very often the case that there’s no time or energy left for myself. This was when I first found out that it’s sometimes difficult to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Very difficult. Thankfully I am armed nowadays with the experience to know how important that is. If I don’t look after myself properly, I am worth nothing to no one, so I regularly treat my body (and soul) to a spa visit.
After winning the Scottish PA of the Year Award at the ACES conference last month, I was given the opportunity to visit PURE Spa & Beauty. As I am originally from Edinburgh, I was delighted to book in for a couple of treatments at their shorefront location at Ocean Terminal.
Do you remember waking up and feeling amazing? Or the last time you looked in the mirror and thought, “hey, I look awesome today”? Remember that? No? Okay, we need to point out why you need a pamper day.
1. When you wake up in the morning, you make far too many noises and take far too long checking Facebook in bed because… well, because you will have to go to work, and things will go wrong, and eventually you’ll crawl back into bed feeling even worse. Eww to that.
2. The power feature on your shower is the best massage you’ve had in a while. That nail polish you received five birthdays ago is your new ‘go-to’, even though it was originally a ‘go-away’. The closest to a golden tan is when you’ve had too many Doritos and your fingers are orange. You know what’s up.
3. “Wow, it’s like 23 degrees today”, followed by, “wow my legs feel like a cactus. I wish I could wear those really short shorts”. And manly men? We’ve literally got your back. Know what I mean, son? Book a waxing appointment ASAP, ladies and gents. No pain no gain.
4. Leaving work on your lunch break feels like a tropical vacation… that time to yourself, chilling, relaxing, being antagonised by a pigeon en route… #bliss. In short: you need a spa escape. Sometimes it’s good to be a little ‘me, me, me’.
5. You look at your nails and remember that time you dug through the garden for hours on end. Oh wait, that didn’t happen. “How did my nails even get like that?” Sometimes, it’s better not to know…
6. “Oh my god, even breathing hurts my muscles”. Whether you go to the gym or are as unfit as the vast majority of us (we try, we really do!), there are days where you just want to sleep it off… forgetting that even just a 25min. massage can do wonders for our health!
7. One word: holiday! I presume we’re all fleeing the island for sunny beaches and poolside lounging, right? Well, even if you’re staying in Scotland, you have to be prepared… even if it’s one of the few places you need a parasol for shade and shelter.
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This week, we’re delighted to welcome the return of Laura Carroll — owner of Prezent representation and current president of the Edinburgh Businesswomen’s Club. No stranger to a bit of pampering, she has already discussed the idea of “good pain” and has returned to us for a much-needed detox: a Swedish Massage, Elemis Spa Facial and Foot nourishing treatment.
Everywhere you turn we’re being told by magazines, television and the internet that we need to take more time for ourselves and give ourselves the rest and relaxation we deserve. And in my opinion, rightly so. Pampering is underrated.
After a particularly busy spell I decided to treat myself to a swedish massage, Elemis spa facial and a foot nourishing treatment. I was glad to be through the busy spell and through I deserved a treat, plus a detox of any sorts was going to be good news (to be fair it should have been a detox from drinking but one step at a time, eh?)
It’s no secret that we all love feeling pampered and relaxed. Men and women alike love nothing more than a great massage rub-down or that “I look amazing” moment in the mirror after a facial. And let’s face it, ladies, how many days does it really take before you’re wanting an excuse to change your nail colour?
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1) Specialist massages (from £19)Whether you’ve got muscular pain, chronic headaches or even pregnancy pains, massage has been shown to significantly relieve pain.
Massage also increases your brain’s level of feel-good hormones like dopamine and serotonin. We’re in the business of happiness, don’t you know.
We offer massage gift vouchers at all price ranges. Our best-seller? The 25min. Deluxe Massage for only £32 or a voucher for a 60min. hot stone spa massage for £74.
2) Manicures and pedicures (from £19)Allow us to let you in on the worst kept secret: women love to show off their nails. Complimenting someone’s nails is also a great ice-breaker. It’s like smoking, only without the health warnings.
Whether it’s Leighton Denny Expert Nails or the ever-popular Shellac, all of our manicures and pedicures will be the talk of the town. Okay, maybe just a fleeting compliment but when did those ever hurt…
Our £55 mani-pedi package or our manicure afternoon tea (for two) can do a girl no wrong.
