Self-Care Challenge
Self-care is a necessary part of recovery, though it has many, many ways to being done. A lot of times people think that self-care needs to have time set aside that we spend an hour or a day just to do self-care. I'm here today to challenge you to do self-care this week and to challenge your thinking on what self-care is!
Self-care is a conscious act people take to promote their physical, mental, spiritual and emotional health. It can be something that is done in as short as 5 - 10 minutes or as long as a week. It can be something done regularly or something done randomly. It can be an old faithful activity, or something that you've never tried before.
Let's discuss self-care for a bit.
When you think about self-care in recovery, what comes to mind for you?
What kinds of things do you do for your self-care that you find helps and works for you that others might find helpful, and how much time do you spend doing it?
How did you decide which things to do for your self-care? Did anyone help you get started?
What is one thing this week that you could do for you that would be beneficial to your recovery that is taking care of you, and just being kind to you in the form of self-care?
Please join me in discussing this and let's share how we utilize self-care in our recovery from eating disorders and other life challenges.
Kristen