What Is Self-Care, Really?
Self-care is doing what helps you stay well—not just what helps you feel better fast. It is an intentional set of actions we take to maintain and improve our psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical well-being. Simply put, self-care is how we tend to our needs and refill our tanks so we don’t run ourselves empty. Self-care helps us develop and maintain a healthy relationship with ourselves—one where we listen, respond, and refuse to abandon our own needs. As Michelle Obama reminds...