Create a New You With These Self Care Strategies

In our busy world, finding time for self-care can be quite a challenge. However, it is essential for keeping you healthy, vibrant, and strong, physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Are you uncertain about where to start with self-care, or perhaps you are struggling to fit it into your routine? Read through the following guidance and discover a whole new you.

What is Self-Care?

As the name suggests, “self-care” is the practice of taking time to look after your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual well-being. It will look slightly different for each one of us. The good news is that incorporating self-care into your life does not have to be difficult.

What are the Benefits of Self Care?

We live in a world where many employees are expected to work long hours, give up their free time, and dedicate themselves to work. This can come with negative repercussions, including the risk of burnout.

Burnout can result in you feeling anxious, stressed, and depressed, and has been proven to have a detrimental impact on your physical health. Self-care, therefore, is important in preventing yourself from getting to this stage. It offers several benefits: 

Reduced stress and anxiety. Taking time for regular self-care has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety, and this has a positive impact on your well-being, not to mention your productivity.  
Improved physical health. As well as offering mental benefits, self-care also reduces your risk of suffering from serious health issues.
Improved concentration. Neglecting your own well-being and happiness can reduce productivity. When you implement a regular self-care routine, you will find that your ability to focus is increased, offering benefits for you and everyone you serve or care for!

Six Steps to Self-Care

Now that we have explored the benefits of self-care, you may be wondering how to incorporate it into your life.

Add small rituals to your daily routine that help you to cultivate self-care. These may include things like:

Pencil it in. You must treat your self-care time as a priority. Take the time to physically pencil it into your schedule, and don’t let yourself skip it.
Find what you like. Self-care doesn’t have to be bubble baths and candles if that is not your thing. The most important thing is to find the things that works for you.
Get comfortable with “no”. It can be easy to say “yes” to everything, either out of obligation, or good old-fashioned FOMO. This leads to us being overwhelmed and exhausted. Get comfortable with saying “no” if something doesn’t work for you.
Get enough sleep. Sleep is essential for our body, so don’t skimp on the z’s.
Move your body. Even if you don’t feel like it, schedule time into your week to exercise. The endorphins will help your body look and feel its best.
Eat properly. It sounds obvious, but you need to fuel your body with goodness. Meal plan, prep in advance, and pack in those fruits and veggies. Your body will love you for it.

Creating a personalized self-care routine should not be an obstacle - it needs to be your top priority. Remember, you can only be your best self to others when you have taken care of your own needs first. You can never pour from an empty cup!! 

Moira Hutchison,  An Intuitive Coach guides clients to surrender to the power within when their personal trinity of trust, inner awareness, and self-confidence ignites. She helps them flow in harmony with life and serve the world using their unique talents - providing insights into what blocks them from this natural state. https://wellnesswithmoira.com/