The Importance Of Self-care

How much do you care for your needs? Maybe you love helping others, and you don't even know how to say no... other than to yourself! Do you resonate? Well, you shouldn't! It is time you start taking care of yourself. So take a listen, and once you finish, take one little step, the easiest one!

Transcript

Today is all about self-care and honoring your needs.

It is a fantastic situation to be selfless,

But not caring for yourself is reckless.

Like with the last situations in your life,

I am sure that you know that you have forgotten some things in terms of self-care at a physical,

Mental,

Emotional and spiritual degree.

So you will find a lot of helpful points from here on.

So the main goal for today is for you to bring to every area of your life the opportunity for improving into greater balance and well-being.

When you keep a few simple things into account,

You bring massive changes to your life.

Some of these can be crazy,

They can sound like that,

Even more on the internet,

So you gotta find your way.

What matters the most is for you to be at a wholeness-less level of energy,

Passion and gratitude.

So let's start with the physical being.

The easiest step is working with what you perceive what are your physical senses.

So let's start with your body.

This is no more than taking good care of yourself,

For you to learn to communicate this way.

The best way for physical self-care is to be connected with your body and start listening to the,

Sometimes very clear,

Signs it gives you.

It's your body,

It is not that difficult,

You can do it naturally,

You only need to reduce the stimuli in your surroundings by starting to stop paying attention to them constantly.

One example of proper physical self-care is to ensure you have a deep and restorative sleep.

Because keep in mind that having a healthy lifestyle will define the many years to go.

Remember,

I have shared that you can take care of things,

That it's about maintaining a healthy lifestyle to promote a much better lifetime,

Regardless of your genetics and situation,

Because proper physical self-care on top of everything else will always bring improvement.

And you don't need to obsess here,

Because that's also bad,

But find the proper balance and be assertive for what you have done to promote your health.

So,

Let's check out a few points into account to keep in mind.

Regular exercise.

This is the same good old as always,

But exercise is essential for a healthy lifestyle and require time investment for proper physical self-care.

You don't need to be in the gym every day,

But you want to raise your heart a little bit every day for 25-30 minutes.

But even 15 minutes are great if your time is super tight.

But you must give this to yourself.

A healthy diet.

Yes,

Of course.

Here comes the second obvious step.

We are talking about the diet,

The food and what to eat.

Sure,

It's always the same mechanics.

You know what eating healthy means,

So I am not going to talk about that.

I am only going to drop you to think about eating mindfully,

Taking your time,

Being present while you eat and being focused on how you eat.

Ok?

Next one,

A no-brainer,

Restful sleep.

We continue to go with the obvious.

But guess what,

Maybe you failed to do this one properly as well.

We live in an overloaded society and this is taking a heavy toll.

Sleeping sometimes is easier said than done.

So if you need some aid,

Don't hesitate in seeking it.

And then proper grooming.

Maybe you didn't see this one coming,

But this is no less obvious.

When you invest proper time in grooming,

You are also taking proper self-care.

You need to feel connected to your body for proper self-care.

And I do not mean liking yourself and accepting how you are,

Even though this would be ideal.

It means keeping into account the four steps above,

Within the results of your efforts and rejoice with a healthier and happier physical body.

Next step is the emotional self-care.

Because in this society,

While there is a need to take good care of grooming,

Clothing and maintaining a decent health,

There is a lot more.

And one problem is that our current society doesn't honor the emotional help as much as the others.

So sharing your feelings with those who you love and who love you back promotes proper emotional self-care,

For example.

Because for starters,

At a soul level,

You and me and everybody else will feel a little lonely because of the concept of duality.

On top of this,

We have a society in which one of its cornerstones is unfortunately ego-based,

And not in a good way.

So you need to understand better your emotions,

Listen and learn to listen to your heart and don't be afraid to do it.

Proper emotional self-care allows you to receive the love that you need,

Starting from yourself and then coming from others.

So let's keep these four points into account.

Setting healthy boundaries.

It is important for proper emotional self-care for you to not allow others to take away your energy.

If you need to keep a distance from a person for a reason,

Keep it.

You want to make sure you have some intentions about what you want to feel.

Of course,

You can't control this,

But you can't stop doing something if it's making you feel wrong,

For example.

You need to know your feelings,

To be true to them and to not be afraid to pursue what you need.

Stress management techniques.

This perhaps sounds more mental,

But also goes to the emotions because it takes a heavy toll if you have anxiety.

Stress weakens your mental toughness,

As well as bringing several health problems and keeping you away from wellness.

So it's very important that you do some exercises that will help you to greatly slow down your anxiety on the spot.

Positive activities.

From what life requires from you,

You need to provide it,

Whether you like it or not.

But this doesn't mean that it's all about duty calls and following only what is essential and nothing else.

A fantastic way to reduce this is to enhance proper well-being adding positive activities to your life,

And even more if you are feeling down.

You should not punish yourself if something doesn't go as intended,

But instead learn from it and continue to add positive experiences in your life to recover your mental strength.

And then the social connections.

Keep in mind that having the right people around you promotes a more positive life.

This is another form of self-care is making sure that you find and keep these wonderful connections because the human being is a social animal,

So it's essential to socialize a little.

Even if you have a small group of friends,

This is good,

But make sure to connect with them often and get the most out of your time with them.

Make sure to honor your emotions as they are powerful guides,

And make sure to allow yourself to have time for them.

So mental state.

The self-care of the mental state is super important as well,

Because there are way too many negative stereotypes that won't allow you to pursue a proper mental health,

But you need to do it if it's necessary.

One essential step is prevention,

For example from contracting anxiety.

And yes,

I am saying contracting,

Because it's something like a virus,

Something that you get,

Something that it cultivates over time and it develops and it takes control of your life,

So you need to pay attention to any signs when anxiety develops.

When you work on your mental self-care,

You gain a lot of mental toughness,

As well as resilience.

You need to be ready a lot more for challenges,

And you will feel a lot less drained,

Or perhaps not drained at all.

So the first point is saying no when necessary.

This might be a harder lesson than you think,

Especially for some people who are otherwise kind and very inclined to help.

But you need to set your boundaries and put some limits,

Otherwise people will suck your energy drain.

Now engaging in positive activities.

And it is similar,

As I had shared before,

You need to engage in positive activities in your life.

Even if you have a lot of problems,

You deserve to unplug a little and have fun,

So do it.

Also avoid toxic influences.

And when challenging,

This is a no-brainer.

Perhaps there are some people for some reason that you don't want to push away,

But they are very toxic.

You should not have toxic relationships,

So you need to keep into account this.

You need to allow yourself to have,

And to have the right people around you.

Engaging in negative thinking.

And this is a very easy one to fall with.

It is very easy to dwell within negativity,

But you should not.

You should avoid it,

Even if it comes naturally.

You should avoid of instead of just accepting the negative and feeling sorry for it,

To take action.

To start checking the positive outcomes,

Because they are always positive outcomes.

And focus on this.

For the negative parts,

Minimize them while you learn from them.

As you can see is quite simple,

They are not difficult steps but you have to take them.

So as with everything in life,

You need to take action.

And the same goes for the spiritual self-care.

You need to take proper self-care of your spirituality as well.

You cannot separate spirituality from the rest,

It is part of everything,

Including part of you.

For this reason,

You need to take care of your spirituality as well.

You can continue living your life in the same way,

You don't even have to change your beliefs.

But it is very important to have a good spiritual balance,

Because for example,

Your seven main chakras are connected to your main organs.

If your chakras are balanced,

You will promote optimal health plus other things.

You only need to keep a few things into account as you navigate through your day to day.

You will feel a lot more connected,

More in oneness,

Unable to temporarily disconnect from duality.

So keep these four into account for your spiritual self-care.

Meditation.

Well,

I bet you didn't know this one,

Did you?

Just kidding,

Of course you knew this one was coming.

So since you know it so well,

Let me ask you,

Are you meditating?

If not,

You should get started right away.

No excuse.

Now reading spiritual blogs,

Books,

And listening to audios like this one.

Exactly,

This is something fantastic because it helps you to develop a lot and to connect a lot more.

You can find a lot of wisdom around,

But I am going to ask you only one thing.

Question everything you read or you listen to.

Even question to what I am telling you right now and see how it applies to your life.

Connecting to the spirit.

You want to make sure you enable 5 or 10 minutes a day where you can clear your mind and heart.

So from here,

You open to your spirit guides and set intentions to feel them.

And as you get more used to them,

You will be able to ask questions and get answers.

And then act of kindness.

This world needs a lot more of this,

And I am sure that you already do many acts of kindness.

If we all help one person or did one selfless thing every day,

Every single human,

This civilization would be amazing.

So keep the positive ball rolling here,

Please.

Well,

These are very simple,

Right?

There is no need to complex outcomes or difficult activities.

You can ensure that you can go down the spiritual rabbit hole as you want.

You will always keep learning.

So to wrap up,

From here you are on your own.

But don't forget to ask for help if you need to.

I only want to recommend you to slowly apply this in your day to day life.

You don't need to make an abrupt change by implementing them all at once.

That definitely wouldn't be proper self-care.

Lots of light.