I’ve heard self-care bashed as selfish or trendy. It’s not. It is essential.
This week a friend called me, asking how to navigate some difficult waters and spoke of the weariness she was experiencing, both physically and emotionally. As we visited, I asked her what brought her joy, what filled her bucket. She had no answers for me.
I shared with her some ideas on taking care of herself and challenged her to create a list of things that bring her joy. She saw she had been missing white space in her life and that there was one really important person she had been neglecting — herself.