Misunderstood Self-Care

Ironically, both Jill and Linda had different understandings of self-care and what that meant when planning for this episode. It makes for a fun discussion and means the conversation darts around several different points, including:

• The landscape of self-care talk for self-care's sake.
• How self-care isn't about putting your own needs ahead of others.
• Self-care isn't typically about treats or pampering.
• Self-care and selfishness.
• Self-care isn't a list of behaviors; what constitutes self-care depends on the situation.
• Self-care involves a lot of the self-talk, not just the external things that other people see.
• Self-care isn't just by yourself, it's often social interactions and connections.
• It isn't a one and done situation.
• Others' understanding of what is self care for me- having to defend/explain that something is self care.

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Until next week – we hope you can unstuck your muck!