Self Care: Putting it into Practice

Self-care is the actions that we do and intentions that we set to protect and enhance our well being and health. Sounds super complicated… but it’s not. It’s making a point to get that bath in tonight, or making time to exercise because it makes you feel good.. It’s the little things and the intentions that we set that help us to take care of ourselves.Self-care can be emotional, physical, mental spiritual, or social. Aim to enhance all of these, not just one to fully get the benefits and much needed R & R that we deserve. See how many from the lists below that you implement into your day or week.

Social

Social self-care is spending time with others. We as humans are social creatures and without contact and communication with others of our kind, we get lonely and it impacts other facets of our lives. Try incorporating some of the idea below into your weekly/daily routines:

Go out with friends or family for the day

Spend time with a loved one

Call an old friend or a new one

Compliment someone

Hug someone you care about

Visit your parents or grand parents

Workout with a friend or loved one

Have lunch with your coworkers

Tell someone what you appreciate about them

Spiritual

Spiritual self-care is having a relationship with something bigger than yourself. This doesn’t have to be God, or any specific religious idol, just a connection with something.. Maybe the Universe or Mother Nature. Having a belief in something bigger than yourself can relieve some of the burden on you because you feel that you are not alone and that something.. Somewhere is able to help and guide you.

Meditate

Yoga

Volunteer

Get outside in nature

Journaling

Use essential oils and candles to create a calming ambiance

Set up positive quotes to be sent to your phone randomly

Relax over a cup of tea

Mental

Mental self-care challenges you and stimulates your brain more than the mundane daily thoughts. It’s more than worrying, it’s something that makes you pay attention and use your brain, but at the same time it can be calming and almost meditative.

Drawing

Puzzles

Gardening

Reading (fiction or Non-Fiction)

Crafting

Create a to-do list

Complete one of your tasks from the above to –do list

Take a short nap to refresh your mind

Listen to music while you do things around the house

Netflix and Chill (maybe with popcorn??)

Declutter something- a clean space makes us feel better

Find a hobby

Physical

Physical self-care is probably the easiest for ideas because you hear about it all the time. It’s taking care of your body. Making sure that your body has what it needs to continue to function and thrive is the best form of self-care.

Lift weights

Go for a run or walk outside

Hit the treadmill

Eat your veggies

Drink enough water

Get a massage

Skip the alcohol when you go out

Get your nails done or paint them at home

Take a bath

Take a longer nap to refresh your body

Shave- cause smooth legs are so confidence boosting

What does your routine look like? What self-care actions do you take daily or weekly to make yourself feel good?

My Self Care Routine

Everyone should have a nightly self-care routine and hopefully a morning one too. I always see posts on Pinterest about having the best morning routine and how it sets the tone for you day, but I feel people forget about their nightly routine.Your nightly routine can be just as important as your morning routine, if not more. Your nightly routine sets you up to get the best sleep that you can, which will impact your morning and your day quite a bit.

My Nightly Routine:

I have a very specific nightly routine and find that when I don’t complete my routine I don’t sleep as well, I don’t feel as rested in the morning and I’m more cranky the next day…My routine typically starts when I get home from work (yes, I still work a 9-5.. or 7:30-4:30) it can start later for you but I like to make sure that when I am home, I am doing things that not only need to get done, but also lift me up and show myself that I care about me.I typically complete the following nightly:Workout in the garage gym or go for a run outsideGet some blogging/YouTube work done- if you haven’t checked out myYouTubeyet, subscribe and stay tuned for some awesome upcoming content!Watch TV or play video games with my husbandCook and have a healthy dinner (sometimes healthy means comfort food :-) )Then I have mybedtime routine.. this is something that is almost non-negotiable. It’s something that I will complete pretty much no matter what before bed.ShowerYoga while listening to calming music (I like theRelaxing Melodies Appand theBeatfulness App)Mediate- I typically only use the Beatfullness app to listen to music or sometimes I will find a YouTube meditation to use. Yoga Nidra is great to do too!(optional) Read a bit when I get in bed- this sometimes doesn’t happen because I am just too tired to focus.

My Morning Routine:

My morning routine is nothing to brag about, but it’s practical and it’s not about getting up before the sun to feel productive. Yes, I am more of a morning person, but I think it’s more of a late morning person thing for me.. not the 5 am it’s still dark out. I like to get things done when the sun is out and it’s bright out. The sunlight just seems to make everything better, and happier.So my typical morning routine looks something like this:Get up about 6 am get ready and head downstairsFeed and walk the dog (sometimes I do this barefoot to get some Earth time in)Pack my lunch and make my teaSit for a few minutes and meditate, if I’m being good that morning, or scroll through Instagram if not.This meditation is a breath mediation where I just sit and notice my breath.On the way to work, I make sure that I am not zoning out and wasting time. I listen to inspiring or educational podcasts to stay in the loop about things and get my learn on! After so many years of listening to podcasts and sometimes books, which you can get a ton of for free from your library and an app calledOverdrive.When I get to work, it’s typically 15-20 minutes early. I like to take this quiet time to get a few minutes of reading done in a self growth book, do a quick tarot spread for myself if needed, or I will sit and take a longer meditation.When I read and meditate, I notice the benefits all day long. I am happier and more motivated and my brain just seems to work better.What does your morning routine look like? Do you have one or do you just rush out the door stressing about your day? Leave me a comment below!ShareTweetPinShareNo CommentsWhen doing tarot spreads, there is a lot of focus on specific situations. I wanted to create a spread that gives a really good overview of the week that focus on what a lot of people focus on.. their wellness.

What do I consider wellness?

I consider wellness to be anything that you do to improve yourself and take care of yourself. Things like health, fitness, self care, mental health, being positive, getting outside, going inside yourself etc.So I created this wellness spread to give myself an overview of everyday aspects that people think about everyday. I wanted something more than a Mind Body Soul spread and felt guided to create this spread.

The Card Positions

Card 1

Connecting to your inner or true self is important to be the best person that you can be. This is what you can do to better connect to your true self this week.

Card 2

What you need to know about your food. Eating healthy is an important part of taking care of yourself and this is what you need to know about eating healthy this week.

Card 3

What you need to know about movement. Movement doesn't just mean going to the gym, it could be going for a walk after dinner, or getting up from your desk more.

Card 4

How to take care of yourself this week. This card talks about your self care. This is an area that you can focus on this week that may need some TLC. This could contain things like taking time to meditate, taking a bath, a Netflix and chill sessions, curling up with a good book, etc.

Card 5

This card tells you about the obstacles that you may run into this week. What may obstruct you living the healthiest week.Now, I know this different from most spreads, but make sure to use you intuition when reading the cards because a lot of the time, the most common meanings may not make sense.Check out myYouTube Channelfor weekly readings using this spread.

If you try this spread leave me a comment and tell me what you think about it.

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ShareTweetPinShareNo CommentsHow to Listen to your IntuitionIntuition- what is it? Intuition isthe ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning.So who has it? Detectives? Psychics? You? Me?Yes! All of the above.Think of intuition as your inner guidance system. This is the instinctual answers and gut feelings that you just know are true, but may not want to believe.So how do you listen to your intuition? You sit down, calm down, and listen. In other words, you meditate. You listen to what thoughts are going through your head without focusing on them. You acknowledge that they have been there, but you let them go for the next one.The ones that are your intuition are going to be the ones that you feel strongly about. The ones that make your insides twist, in excitement or worry. This is more than your normal stress.Meditation to listen to your intuitionFind a comfortable place on the floor or in a chair. Sit comfortably, but keep your spine straight as if someone is pulling up on a string from the top of your head.Focus on your breath for 10 slow, calm breaths. Let the stress of the day fall to the floor and float away. You can either close and relax your eyes, or you can look up at your third eye chakra. The preference is yours, but try both ways and see which one works best for you.Now just relax and let your thoughts flow by. Don’t grab any and hold on, just let them float by. If you have something that you are trying to find an answer to, think of one word and notice the feelings in your body. Do muscles tense? Do you feel sick or dizzy? Does your heart rate increase? This is your gut feeling. Now just focus on this one word and see what feelings come to mind. What thoughts go by.This is your intuition.The more your tune into your intuition, the easier this will become and you may not need to do a full meditation.Once you feel you have gotten the answer you seek, or that you may need to try again. Slowly start moving your fingers and your toes and then work your way up to standing. Give your body a good stretch and then reflect on how the mediation went. What feelings it arose, what questions now feel like they have answers.ShareTweetPinShareNo CommentsOlder Posts

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