Do you roll your eyes when you hear Self-care? Me too.

Jennifer Aniston said something very wise a couple years ago.  I saw her on a Youtube clip where she appeared on Jimmy Kimmel shortly after she joined Instagram and nearly broke the Internet after accumulating over one million followers in just over 5 hours.

Jimmy asked her, ‘So what made you finally join Instagram?’  She answered, ‘well you know, what you resist persists..’  And that has stuck deep in my mind since then.  Actually, I just did a quick little Google search and it seems Carl Jung was the one that said it first.  But still, very wise of her to quote Jung!

So, my point here is: What you resist persists.  And it’s so true, isn’t it?!  How often a new fashion trend comes up and we scoff and roll our eyes about it and the next thing we know we’re wearing scrunchies and parachute pants.  Or the latest pop tune hits the mainstream and we gag but then we find ourselves belting out Taylor, Gaga and Harry.  

Same goes with all these weird new age practices.  Affirmations are silly, daily gratitude rituals are useless and mindfulness is just a bunch of mumbo jumbo.  Right?!
Well, perhaps at some point, I must admit, I had been rolling my eyes at all these alternative, esoteric type activities as well.  In honesty, I just didn’t get the whole idea of repeating these airy fairy type statements over and over again when my reality seemed to be the complete opposite.  I got the idea of acknowledging my gratitude towards the blessings in my life but didn’t consider there to be a striking impact on anything.  As for mindfulness, or meditation, I really just have found it to be too hard and hence threw my hands up to it.  

What do all these things have in common?  Self-care.  They all come under the self-care umbrella (perhaps even the pop music and parachute pants… in a way..)  There’s another term I would cringe at.  Self-care.  I myself, like many others it seems, took that term in a selfish way.  Not understanding it properly, I thought it was just about spa days and manicures.  Now with more knowledge and understanding, I get it.  It is so much more than that and it is truly necessary in the world of Holistic Health.  

In reality, it is the act of engaging in activities to gain or maintain an optimal level of overall health, which means you’re looking at more than just looking after your physical body.  There are the emotional, mental, social, environmental, financial, professional and yes, physical sides to it too.  Together, all these things make up the pieces of the whole.  And they must all be tended to consistently.

This week in my Weekly Checkin talk on Facebook, I’ll be focusing on selfcare and what it means.  Specifically, I'll talk about:
☆ Defining Self-care
☆ The 8 Main Areas
☆ 7 practical tips to start implementing today
☆ Busting meditation myths
☆ My personal Self-care resources

This talk will leave you inspired and motivated to get cracking at your own personal self-care commitment.

Hope to see you there this Thursday at 3pm EST.