Self-Care Capacity [DEEP DIVE]

When I think about capacity, I like to think about mugs of coffee or my Hydro Flask. A coffee cup might be 12 or 16 ounces, while my Hydro Flask is 40. I like to fill those things up in the morning, so I have them easily accessible to me throughout the day.

Some of us know exactly how much self-care we need, and we practice it. But others may have no self-care practice or have an espresso size cup dedicated to self-care. We may not realize the importance of it, or may not intentionally make time for it.

For those of us who don’t have a self-care practice, this isn’t about beating ourselves up. It’s about meeting yourself where you are and developing one to give yourself what you deserve in your life. You are a priority, and it’s time to start treating yourself like one.

I invite you to ask yourself: what is your self-care capacity? What do you need to do to take care of yourself so that you can take care of others? There is no right or wrong way for self-care, but when you give yourself permission to look after yourself in whatever way works for you, wonderful things can happen.

Join me this week as I share some ways to cultivate your self-care capacity and the importance of integrating self-care into your routines or systems. The path to self-care is through observation, compassion, and learning, so I’m showing you how to create a self-care system that works for you and how to prioritize your self-care in your life.

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WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER

• The biggest motivator for change.
• What gets in the way of your self-care capacity.
• Some examples of thoughts that can help you support your self-care capacity.
• The importance of prioritizing your self-care.
• How to make decisions ahead of time and where to make them from.
• Why routines and systems are so beneficial.
• Some examples of what it looks like to make decisions ahead of time.

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