Prioritizing Self-Care


Self-Care isn't just an occasional bubble bath or spa treatment, although both can be ways to nurture yourself. Self-Care is the way you honor the gift of your life and stand in your personal power.

Self-Care isn't selfish, even though that is what I was led to believe growing up.


It was a badge of honor to work yourself to a frazzle, and have a jam-packed calendar: going, going, going all the time. A good mother, wife, daughter, and employee put everyone else's needs first, and hers dead last. Giving, giving, giving, until there was nothing left.


Living from that place of deprivation, was awful. I would never treat anyone like that and yet, I lived in that place for many years. It was so much pressure and exhausting. I was so depleted that I ended up getting a health scare, which was a real wake-up call. Maybe you have lived in that place too, dear heart.


I love how we are shifting as a culture to give ourselves the gift of downtime, rest, and self-care is being spread far and wide. Self-Care is being normalized!

Make some time, just for you. It needn’t be a lot, even a few minutes of solitude will benefit you and those you love.


By taking good care of ourselves, we are great examples for the next generation as well as those we interact with. Self-Care not only benefits us, but it also benefits every relationship.

Prioritizing our self-care and "filling our cup" increases our energy, raises our vibration, makes us feel better mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually, and it also benefits all of our relationships.


Each Sunday, I like to remind others to treat themselves to some self-care and that they are worthy and deserving of this treatment. If Sunday doesn't work for you, pick another day that will become "your self-care day."

Here are some Self-Care tips you may want to try:

  • Go Outside

  • Rest

  • Create something

  • Play

  • Dance

  • Do something you loved as a child

  • Inspiring content

  • Unplug from technology

  • Have a favorite snack that brings you joy

  • Buy yourself flowers


Schedule some "you-time" now. Even 15 minutes of self-care can make a huge difference in your life. Grab your planner and prioritize your self-care now. You won't be sorry.


My friend, Becky, and I have a venture called Well-Being and Wonder and the mission is Living Life Better through peace, love, joy, and ease. We do this by offering inspiring content, programs, and reTREATS.


We're offering a year-long program called Well-Being for ME in Twenty Twenty-Three. It's an inner journey of self-discovery. Each month, we'll focus on a key topic beginning with clarity in January, and during August are taking a deep dive into the topic of self-care. Find out more HERE.

You can also sign-up to receive my free Self-Care Rituals booklet to give you more ways, tools, and practices to prioritize self-care in your life. You are so worth it, dear heart. Get your copy HERE.


Remember, self-care is not selfish. It is a way to honor the precious gift of your life.


Blessings of love, joy, and peace.

Love,

Janette









Self-Care Your WOW Card of the Week Message

You are worthy and deserving of self-care. It is honoring the gift of your life.

You are worthy and deserving of self-care. It is honoring the gift of your life.

SELF-CARE

I tend to myself because I am worthy and deserving.   

Definition: Intentional upkeep for mind, body, and spirit.

 

Other: Filling up, nurturing oneself, tending

Opposite: Depleted, spent, deflated

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Self-Care is a sacred act of appreciating the gift of you.  Honoring the gift of your life.  Valuing yourself, confidently knowing that caring for yourself, makes life better for you and those you interact with.

 

Self-Care is not just an occasional facial, bubble bath, cup of hot cocoa, or time away from our routine although all of those things certainly can be self-care measures. 

 

Self-Care can be removing or limiting exposure to things in our life that are not nourishing to us such as excess noise, media, toxins, places, people…which are draining to us.

 

Think of your body as a precious holder or vessel which contains all that we put inside it. 

What or who are we listening to?  What media are we ingesting?  What are we consuming?  What type of people are we spending time with?  What are we eating and drinking and filling our surroundings with? 

 

What we put inside of ourselves, will fuel us and that’s what we have to “share”  with others.   If we feed it garbage, scary images, neglect, or negativity that’s what we’ll cultivate and dispense.   If we feed it nutritious food, uplifting content, care, and positivity, that’s what we’ll cultivate and dispense. 

 

Today is a prime example of taking the necessary steps for self-care. I felt like I was doing and experiencing too much and wanted to take today and perhaps tomorrow as rest days to nurture and fill up my cup. I am planning to be off social media for a few days.

 

I also see a nap in my future, I’m listening to soothing sounds and I am writing which always replenishes me.  I’ve also been for a walk with my dog and spent time out in the yard enjoying the warm sunshine and beauty at my fingertips.

 

What do you need more of?

 

What do you need less of?

 

How do you tend to yourself?

 

Here are some ideas:

 

·       Soothe yourself

·       Nap

·       Get still

·       Connect with an uplifting friend, relative or pet

·       Listen to peaceful music or sounds

·       Move your precious body

·       Meditate

·       Journal

·       Unplug from media or electronics

·       Be out in nature

·       Diffuse essential oils

·       Bathe

·       Drink a green smoothie

·       Hydrate

·       Enjoy a favorite meal, snack or beverage



Here are some Self-Care Quotes you may enjoy.

“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self-indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” — Audre Lorde

 

“An empty lantern provides no light. Self-care is the fuel that allows your light to shine brightly.” – Unknown


How can you live life better by allowing yourself the gift of Self-Care today?


Janette Stuart: Best Selling Author, Certified Angel Card Reader, Blogger, Military Mom, and Emissary of Joy at Angel Angles with Janette Stuart which will assist you to own and embrace your Divine Beauty and live a life of love, joy, and peace. Ge…


Janette Stuart: Best Selling Author, Certified Angel Card Reader, Blogger, Military Mom, and Emissary of Joy at Angel Angles with Janette Stuart which will assist you to own and embrace your Divine Beauty and live a life of love, joy, and peace. Gentleness and Joy are my Superpowers. www.angel-angles.com