SELF-CARE SEPTEMBER

September is National Self-Care Awareness Month. Self-care promotes growth by helping you pay attention to your own body and emotions. Are you familiar with the saying, “it’s impossible to love someone when you don’t love yourself?”. You will find that checking in with yourself and setting healthy boundaries will result in a dramatic decline in stress levels. It is important that we are able to encourage ourselves as opposed to relying on others. By taking the time for yourself, you will grow to appreciate your existence and the blessings you receive daily basis. Just a few of the benefits are:

• When we take care of our own needs first we are better equipped to help others
• Every aspect of our health improves
• Our emotional stability improves
• Our view on life improves
• We Smile More
• We live our lives with purpose and joy
• We discover ourselves and new interests
• We become our own best friend and love ourselves

Set aside time this month to incorporate self-care habits into your everyday life. Often it is as simple as focusing on your breathing or getting yourself to drink more water during work hours. The kindness we show towards ourselves reflects on those around us! Here are all the tips to practice self-care in a nourishing way.

• Book an event with MassageAtWork
• Take time to be still and present for a few minutes or longer. Just breathe
• Make an appointment to get a full-body scan with a dermatologist
• What kindness can you create today?
• Be open to what comes your way today. Let it in or flow past it
• Connect with someone you haven’t talk to in a long time
• Look through old photos
• Great creative (draw, paint, write, create)
• Make yourself a joyful music playlist
• Add some flowers or plants to your life today
• Have a phone-free meal today. Pick up a book instead.
• Go sit in nature and be still and listen.
• Leave yourself a positive message on a mirror or bedroom wall
• Donate clothes, food, or pet items you have no intentions of using
• Sleep in or make the time of an extra slow morning
• Make a bucket list of things you want to do by the end of the year
• Help someone without expecting anything in return
• Do something that makes you smile
• Plan a date night with your significant partner or loved one
• Take a social media break
• Dance to your favorite music
• Practice deep breathing
• Unfollow friends on Facebook who anger you or cause you angst
• Take a moment and be grateful for what you have

Self-Care is much bigger than we think. Practice being good to yourself!

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RESOURCES:

Behavioral Corner. (2020, August 31). Self-Care Awareness Month. The Behavioral Corner Podcast. Retrieved September 13, 2021, from https://www.behavioralcorner.com/self-care-awareness-month.