Self-Care

Self-care is so important to do daily, maintaining your wellbeing and personal health should be number 1 on your list.

Setting time aside to focus on yourself, making sure that you put it on your to-do-list, or it will be lost or forgotten. 

For many years my husband would ask me if you were on an airplane and something went wrong, who’s mask do you put on first; “yours, or the person sitting next to you”?  I would always answer the person sitting beside me.  My husband would then say, “how can you help someone if your struggling yourself.”  I didn’t understand his line of thinking; I am not a selfish person.  I realized If you don’t look after yourself there is no way you can help someone else.  That is why self-care is important for us to recharge mentally and physically, remember that we are all deserving of self-compassion and love.

Now I make sure that I check in with myself numerous times a day, and  listen to what my body and mind needs.  Once I get home and have everything settled I start my bedtime routine of self-care.  If you’re looking for some self-care ideas, I have listed it below.

Physical self-care:

• Going for a walk

• Dancing

• Hiking

• Swimming

• Spending time with your animals

• Take a bath

• Clean and declutter your space

Mental health care:

• Read a book

• Learn a new skill like photography or drawing

• Do a diy project

• Color a picture

• Turn off your electronics

Emotional/Spiritual:

• Meditation

• Practice yoga

• Light a candle

• Use essential oils or diffuser

• Journal

• Affirmations

• List of what your grateful for

Remember that you deserve self-care and compassion.  Take the self-care challenge, Speak kindly to your inner self.