E20: Upgrade your self-care belief system – part 4
How many times have you said — or thought — ‘I’d love to take better care of myself, but I just don’t have the time’? Or, ‘I’m way too tired.’ Or maybe, ‘I can’t afford it right now.’ These are probably the three biggest roadblocks therapists and other caring professionals name when it comes to self-care: time, energy, and money.
And we get it — those are real constraints. But here’s the thing: when we define self-care as something that requires extra time, energy, or money, we actually make it harder to sustain. We set ourselves up for a cycle of guilt and avoidance. So in this episode, we are here to convince you of a better way of dealing with these very real but ‘overcome-able’ constraints.
Episode Highlights:
- Self-care belief system upgrade #4: Self-care doesn't have to cost a lot of time, energy, or money
- Why the old view doesn't serve us: We wait for 'perfect' conditions — which never occur — that instead make us feel like we are falling short
- The new view: Sustainable self-care happens by weaving it into our days
- Self-care experiments