Kate Ferdinand reflects on 'slowing down and listening to her body' as she reveals her battle with acne after feeling 'fatigued and pressured to do everything'

Kate Ferdinand has said she is 'slowing down and listening to her body' and revealed she was battling acne in a candid Instagram post on Sunday. 

The TOWIE star, 34, who swapped life in the UK with husband Rio, 46, and their kids for Dubai last year, revealed earlier this month that she had been feeling 'fatigued and pressured to do everything'.

Now in a new post Kate shared a slew of snaps including a make-up free look at her acne as well as her yoga classes and thank therapy as she embarked on a new routine of 'deep self care'.

She penned: 'My January,  Lots of self reflection, Lots of ‘No’s’, Slowing downMatching buns with Shae, Less gym, More food, More listening to my body'.

'Zooms from bed, So much fatigue, Even though I’ve had lots more sleep!!, Less instgramable moments, More deep self care, Lots of acne! Family time.So many Ronnie cuddles'.

Before adding: 'Not the January I envisioned, but the one my body has needed. Every now and then your body gives you signs that it’s time to listen & adjust & January has been full of that for me'.

Stepdaughter Tia, 14, rushed to the comments to praise her honesty: 'Very real, hard month for you but so strong always will get through it lots of self love x '

While fans wrote: 'Don’t underestimate that moving home has rocked your world! X': 'Wow I love this !!': 'Looks like a whole lot of self love and prioritising your needs x': 'This is so much like my January, thank you for sharing and helping others. Self care'.

Kate and Rio are parents to son Cree, four, and two-year-old daughter Shae. 

She is also stepmother to his older children Lorenz, 18, Tate, 16, and Tia, 14, from his marriage to Rebecca Ellison, who tragically died in 2015. 

Earlier this month Kate said she was  'adjusting to taking things slower' after being praised for her post about feeling ‘fatigued and pressured to do everything’. 

She has thanked fans for their supportive messages and many have of her 1.4million follower said they are feeling the same. 

Sharing a sweet photo walking in the sunshine with one of her young children, she wrote: 'Thank you for all your messages! Turns out lots of us are in this together!

'Life has a funny way of forcing us to slow down sometimes! I feel like I live my life in fast forward so taking things slower is taking some adjustment.'

The couple and their children returned to the English capital over Christmas to see family before recently jetting back to their new life in Dubai. 

After returning to their new home, Kate admitted she has been feeling 'very emotional' after having an overwhelming Christmas in London. 

In an update on Sunday, she opened up about her struggles she said: 'So I have a December hangover, not alcohol but an emotional December hangover and I've toid whether to talk to you guys about this but I don't feel like I'm being myself.

'I'm not feeling myself, I don't want to do my usual activities and I feel highly emotional, I don't have that kickstart January feeling like I normally do. 

'I mean I've been thinking about it and as parents in December we want to get everything right for our children, we're busy and it's like the overwhelm of December, sorting Christmas and working and doing everything. 

'And then we see family that we really miss and that feeling of missing them, sometimes we have to see family we don't really like and fit back into roles we had as children which comes with an emotional hangover as well.

'And then on January first we are expected to be a new woman, new me, ready to go and actually sometimes it does take a bit of time and it's not realistic and I don't feel like that and I'm one of those people up in the gym early and my body is telling me no'. 

Kate said she is 'feeling the pressure' to workout but has decided to listen to her body which is 'coming to a hault' and reassured fans that 'it is ok not to be ok'.

She continued: 'I've been very emotional and I think it's ok to not be ok. 

'I feel the pressure in the industry and today I was going to post my workout but the truth is I went to do the workout and I haven't got the energy and my body is coming to a hault and I'm so fatigued and can't get through it.

'I want to be honest with you guys and I think a lot of people are going through it and I don't think it's very openly spoken about on socials so this is just a reminder that not everyone is good all the time and sometimes it's when you least expect it. 

'For me January is a month of listening to my body, resting and not pushing myself to any extremees and doing things that make me happy and I'm not going to be here, there and everywhere, but I'm just going to say no to people.

'It doesn't have to be the reset month. Anyone like me I'm sending you lots of love and I hope you are ok.'