About The Self-Care Habit
Make Self-Care a Habit - Self-care becomes self-love and from there self-development happens
The self-care habit is a journey into self-care, self-love and self-development for the body mind and soul. The aim of this blog is to teach what I learn and learn what I teach. I believe my purpose is to inspire others to look after themselves through self-care, self-love and self-development.
Anyone else ever think mistakes are a bad thing? Well they are actually how we learn. Personally I usually make every mistake in the book before I learn the lesson. Did you know penicillan was discovered through a mistake made.
I no longer call them mistakes, I call them ‘rookie errors’. Then learn from them.
What are my values?
Our values are what we believe to be most important in our life and work. Our values are part of who we are and who we want to be. Sometimes in life we have to decide on what we value most. When I had my daughter I made a decision between time and money. I decided to work less in order to spend more time with my daughter. By becoming more aware of our values we can use them as our guide to point us in the right direction make the best decisions.
- Health, for me personally I took my health for granted, until I no longer had it. It was through ill health that I realised the importance of self-care and looking after not only my physical body but my mind as well. I was not happy when I was not healthy and that I why health is my top value.
- Time, I value time, time with family and friends and time with myself. We cannot get back time that has passed, but we can me mindful of how we spend our time now.
- Laughter/happiness, I want to spend my time laughing, because laughing makes me happy.
- Learning/teaching, I love learning and believe that is what we are here to do. I want to teach others what I am learning.
What am I practising now
I am always learning and I love to learn new things. You could spend a lifetime just learning, but what if you put what you are learning into practice? I am practicing Self-Care and making Self-Care a Habit. This includes, meditation, tapping, gentle exercise, hot baths, cold showers, drinking more, eating healthier. Resting more.
What are the pillars of self-care
When you do a basic google search of self-care something that comes up are the pillars of self-care. From what I can see there are many different definitions of what the Pillars are, I just wanted to explore this and see where it came from and what it is.
- physical
- psychological
- emotional
- social
- professional
- environmental
- spiritual
- financial
- Occupational
- Intellectual
- Knowledge and health literacy
- Healthy eating
- Good Hygiene
Physical Self-Care includes
- Hydrating the body
- Getting a good sleep
- Eating a healthy and nourishing meal
- Get out in nature
- Hot bath or shower
- Soak in the vit d from the sun
- Take supplements/probiotics to support the body
- Get your body moving
Psychological Self-Care
- Learning
- reading
- Writing
- Journaling
- Gratitude/forgiveness
- De-cluttering
- Positive Affirmations
Emotional Self-Care
- Set boundaries to protect your energy
- Spend time by yourself
● Journaling your feelings
● Speaking to a therapist
● Having a good cry
● Practicing self-love
● Writing down positive affirmations
● Asking for help
Social Self-Care includes
- Form new personal and professional relationships
● Stay connected to important people in your life
● Hanging out with a friend with zero distractions
● Messaging a friend to tell them why you are grateful for them
● Limiting time with negative people
● Reach out to support systems regularly
● Asking for help when needed
● Set healthy boundaries
● Ending relationships with toxic people
● Spend time with friends and family
● Building an engaged community online
● Writing letters to a friend
Environmental Self-Care includes
- Making your bed every morning
- Traveling for a change of scenery
- Tidying and organizing your workspace
- Decluttering your wardrobe regularly
- Heading to a coffee shop to work
- Exploring somewhere new
- Listening to music
- Setting a calm mood in the evenings
Recreational Self-Care includes
● Going traveling by yourself or with others
● Having a pamper day
● Watching Netflix or classic movies (if you like them)
● Getting creative by painting, coloring, or doing a puzzle
● Spending time in nature
● Reading fiction, magazines, or comic books
● Playing board games or doing a puzzle
● Joining an in-person exercise class
Financial Self-Care includes
- Listening to financial or money-related news
- Investing in your future
- Setting financial goals for the year
- Using a money app to help you keep track of finances
- Saving money each month
- Dealing with debt head-on
- Writing down positive money affirmations
Spiritual Self-Care includes
- Meditating or breathwork
- Spending time in nature
- Going to a place of worship
- Yoga
- Mapping out your core values
- Dedicating time to self-reflection
- Learning more about astrology
- Manifestation
Inspirational quotes
Quotes help me understand what I am learning and express my understanding in my own words
“A quitter never wins-and-a winner never quits”
Napoleon Hill
Our beliefs shape our thoughts, feelings, actions and ultimately our results. I believe we are all here to learn lessons. I believe if we do not learn the lessons in this life, we come straight back to earth until the lessons are learned. I believe that when we learn the lessons this time round, we get to go to fairyland, where summer never ends and the moon is always full. My quotes and the quotes I share are what I truly believe. I want to help others believe in magic and themselves.
“A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new”
Albert Einstein
It doesn’t have to be perfect, we don’t have to be perfect. We just need to try.”
It really can be as simple as that. No need to complicate it.
You may be interested in researching the many various types and styles of meditation including, guided, walking, focussed, open, loving-kindness, transcendental, visualisation, mantra and mindful. Guided meditations are great for beginners as they can help build structure to your practice and keep you focussed in the early stages.