This is Part 10 in a 10-part series on Taking Care of Yourself We’ve talked a lot over the last several weeks about why self-care is good for you and how to do it. So, in this final installment of the series, let’s look at what happens if you don’t take care of yourself. It is important to note that being too productive can cause both short term and long-term negative effects on your body, mind, and even the people around you. It might seem like working hard is a good thing because you are … [Read more...]
5 Reasons a Self-Care Practice Is Essential to Your Wellbeing
We’ve talked a lot over the past few weeks about how to take care of yourself, but the one thing we haven’t really delved into is exactly why self-care is so important. So let’s do that today. Does this sound familiar? A head full of dreams and promises in your heart, thinking you can conquer the world. You think that you’re still capable of burning the candle at both ends like you did when you were a 20-year-old college kid, but I have bad news for you. You can’t. (And I know this because I’m … [Read more...]
10 Easy Ideas for Daily Self-Care
This is Part 8 in a 10-part series on Taking Care of Yourself Now that we’ve established that self-care is not selfish, and that it’s something you should be doing every day, let’s look at a few ideas for putting that into action. You don’t have to make a major shift in your lifestyle in order to practice daily self-care. In fact, if you go for simple, you can easily find a few minutes to take care of yourself every day. Here are 10 easy ideas for daily self-care. Idea #1 – Wake up … [Read more...]
Self-Care is NOT Selfish
It’s probably happened to you more than once… that someone, perhaps a family member or friend, tells you that you’re being selfish when you want to take care of yourself. You might even get a little pushback when you’re doing your self-care practice. It’s no surprise really, even though it is demoralizing to know that western society tends to see self-care as a reward for taking care of others. And only when absolutely no one needs your time, your help, or your energy, are you allowed to do … [Read more...]
8 Simple Tips and Ideas for Taking Care of Yourself
Taking care of yourself doesn't have to be hard to do. I think we, as humans, tend to always make things more difficult for ourselves, especially when it comes to doing something that's just for ourselves. In previous posts I mentioned that self-care can be whatever you want it to be. Your ideas of self-care might be completely different from my ideas of self-care. That being said, there are some ideas that are almost universal when it comes to taking good care of yourself. Here are 8 simple … [Read more...]
Taking Care of Yourself with Quiet Time
You’ve probably experienced various times in your life when you felt tired, overloaded, and out of gas. You realized you were just getting up and going through the required motions each day, only to start all over again the next morning. When you feel this way, luckily, there are many things you can do to take care of yourself and bring yourself back to life. Why not take care of yourself by using some quiet time to re-charge your physical and emotional states? Planning to have some … [Read more...]