SELF-CARE 101

Physical self-care ​

 

Physical self-care is all about nourishing your body, staying hydrated, exercising, and getting enough sleep. Most of the time, our schedule gets busy and we often neglect physical self-care. Getting adequate sleep will allow you to give your body time to heal and repair itself. Feeling well-rested will reduce stress and increase your ability to make better decisions. Moreover, physical daily movement and eating healthy can help boost your immune system, burn calories, and increase self-confidence. Taking time to feed your body with nutrients and staying hydrated is a vital way to fuel your body. Physical self-care also include putting time and energy into your physical appearance. Be sure to use your favorite beauty products and honor the beautiful skin, hair, and body you have. Physical self-care will help you improve your overall health and self-esteem.

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Emotional Self-Care

 

Emotional self-care is setting clear boundaries for yourself and prioritizing your mental health. Self-love is the best love.  It's simply taking love, attention, joy, forgiveness, and acceptance that you give to others and turning it inward. Self- love can be learned and is the ultimate form of self-care.  When you learn how to love yourself, it is easier to attract love into your life. You will set clear boundaries because you know your worth and you will discover who you really are. When you enforce your boundaries which comes from self-love and self-respect, you will be able to protect your peace at all cost and achieve emotional stability. Never put your feelings and emotions to the side to accommodate someone else's, you deserve to be respected and heard. If someone truly respects you, they will understand. At the end of the day, we are human and should be able to freely express our emotions.  So, how do you learn self-love? First, you discover your boundaries, meditate daily along with saying positive affirmations, and find things that you love about yourself. An affirmation allows you to replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts. When you implement positive affirmations, you train your mind to choose positive over negative. Meditation practice will help you stay grounded, reprogram, and clear your mind so you can make better decisions.  

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Intellectual self-care

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Intellectual self-care may include creating art, music, writing, puzzle solving, reading, time management and de-cluttering your home. When creating art, remove the feeling of being perfect. Let go and allow yourself to explore your imagination. There's no right or wrong way to create. Whether the outcome look beautiful or not, it shouldn't stop you from enjoying the process. In addition, music is powerful form of self-care whether you are listening, creating, or attending a live show. Music increases feelings of comfort and connection. Futhermore, writing is a great way to communicate to yourself, you tap into your thoughts, manifest your dreams, and release any tension or stress. Different ways to write for self-care is journal prompts, gratitude journal, love letter to yourself, and manifesting your goals. While practicing self-care, it is important to make sure your space is decluttered. There are many psychological benefits to de-clutter your space. An organized space decreases anxiety and depression. You are taking care of your environment so that you could have a spa-like experience. Did you ever wonder why the spa is so relaxing? Well, a spa tends to be a clean environment so that you could focus on your peace and comfort. The world is overwhelming and stressful as it is, you deserve a relaxing space. Another way to reduce stress is time management. It is essential to have consistency in your weekly schedule. Learning how to work with your pace can get you in sync with the flow of your day. Focus on doing one task at a time, purchase a planner so you can stay on track with your daily goals. Sometimes, its best to take time out to educate yourself, your brain needs a workout too. You can read a book, solve a puzzle, watch a documentary, or listen to a podcast. Educating yourself improves your focus and memory, increases knowledge and wisdom, expands your vocabulary, and provides entertainment. Intellectual self-care involves being responsible, practicing mindfulness, and learning.

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