About The Self-Care Habit

My Mission is to Make Self-Care a Habit and teach others to do the same
Self-care becomes self-love and from there self-development happens

Hi, I’m Debbie-Ann — and I believe self-care is not a luxury. It’s survival. It’s a grounding force when life feels chaotic, painful, or confusing. It’s a habit you build when you’re tired of abandoning yourself. I didn’t always know that.

For a lot of my adult life, I was doing, rushing, coping… but not really living intentionally.

Then lockdown arrived in 2020. The world slowed down, and for the first time in years, I did too.
It was uncomfortable at first. When the noise stopped, I was left with myself: my thoughts, my fears, my health, my exhaustion.

But in that stillness, I found something powerful — the beginning of my self-care journey.

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During furlough, I signed up for a Reiki course. I learned tapping (EFT), meditation, and gentle ways of calming my nervous system. I didn’t master anything overnight — I simply began.

 

One breath at a time.

 

One habit at a time.

 

One act of kindness toward myself at a time.

 

It wasn’t a perfectly lit “healing era.”
When I starting using EFT Tapping I thought. Oh no I am really opening a can of worms here. It was messy, real, human… and it changed me.

 

Living with ulcerative colitis has been one of the hardest chapters of my life.
When flares hit, they affect every part of who you are — mind, body, identity, confidence.

Self-care didn’t cure me, but it gave me something to stand on when everything else seemed to fall apart.
It helped me rebuild trust with myself. It helped me feel capable again.

 

That’s why I created The Self-Care Habit.

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What You will find here

This space isn’t about perfection, aesthetics, or forced positivity. It’s about habits that help you feel safe in your own life:

 

  • Practices that nurture your body, mind, and soul

  • Journaling prompts and self-reflection

  • Gentle breathwork and grounding

  • Gratitude, forgiveness, and self-acceptance

  • Real talk about resilience, chronic illness, and healing

  • Tools to help you reconnect with yourself — not someone else’s idea of who you should be

I don’t believe self-care is one thing you do when you’re burnt out. It’s a habit you build, slowly, with compassion.

I share what has helped me — not as a guru or expert, but as a woman who has lived through stress, anxiety, illness, and uncertainty…and learned how to hold myself through it.

I’ve poured this journey into my writing — both on my blog and in my books.
If you’re overwhelmed, exhausted, healing, growing, or simply trying not to give up — you’re not alone here.

Whether you’re managing a chronic illness, navigating a new chapter in life, or just trying to remember who you are —
I created this space for you.

 

Start anywhere.

 

Breathe.

 

Pick one habit.

 

And begin again.

 

Welcome to The Self-Care Habit.
I’m so glad you’re here.