08/07/2020
As self-care has become so commercialized, it is easy to connect it to things that are more indulgent and forgot that it is actually a holistic practice and that is often hard. 💞
True self-care includes physical, emotional, mental, spiritual, and relational components. It also, at times, involves things that you don’t always “feel” like doing. Some examples…
🚶🏼♀️walking
🧘🏼♀️yoga
🧘🏼♀️meditation
📵breaks from social media
It can be easier to simply flip on the TV or mindlessly scroll. And this is not to say that TV can’t be a piece of self-care. 📺
The other difference is self-indulgence often (not always) leaves you feeling worse in the long run and can come with a dose of guilt and shame, especially if you tend to be hard on yourself. 🌺
Self-indulgence is also more focused on short-term benefits (how can I escape right now) and often involves over-doing something. For example, watching a show or two a night could be good self-care, watching 8+ hours a day on a regular basis, probably not good self-care. 📺
True self-care is often a longer-term game. For example I know I don’t always feel like a yoga class, but have never regretted doing one. 🌺
A last reminder—if you find yourself in self-indulgence it is important to practice self-compassion. 💞
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