self-care

“It’s common to reject or punish yourself when you’ve been rejected by others. When you experience disappointment from the way your family or others treat you, that’s the time to take special care of yourself. What are you doing to nurture…

A highly sensitive person is someone whose nervous system is more developed than that of most people. They are intuitive and empathetic, and can become overstimulated very easily. They often feel overwhelmed by the world around them and…

“The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are. You trade in your reality for a role. You trade in your sense for an act. You give up your ability to feel, and in exchange, put on a mask. There can't be any large-scale…

Most of us spend our lives doing things for others. If we’re parents, we spend a great deal of time doing things for our kiddos. If we’re professionals, non-professionals, or in any way employed we spend countless hours working for our…

"To experience peace does not mean that your life is always blissful. It means that you are capable of tapping into a blissful state of mind amidst the normal chaos of a hectic life," explained Jill Bolte Taylor. This sounds great in…

“We change our behavior when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change,” explained Henry Cloud. When we don't set boundaries, we allow a situation to…

Being stressed-out, overly busy or overwhelmed happens to a lot of us these days, and unfortunately, one of the first things that goes straight out the window is self-care. We’ll make sure the laundry is done or the dishes are clean or…

“Acknowledge, accept, and honor that you deserve your own deepest compassion and love,” wrote Nanette Mathews. You may make a point to practice self-care - but do you do so fully? Or is your self-care lopsided, engaging your mind but not…

"Be nice to people, be kind, and be considerate all you want, but at the end of the day, never put someone else before you," wrote G.L. Lambert. Kindness is wonderful, but even this virtuous trait has a dark side. Sometimes we are kind…

Being an empath is a difficult thing. It can change the way that you relate to others, and even to yourself. In a way, your heart is just too open for other people’s emotions and sometimes all of that emotional baggage in the air may…