What I want y'all to shift in your mind is to stop thinking of self-care as like a special occasion.

Self-care is honestly basic care. It's hydration. It's sleep. It's stretching. It's moving your body.

It's creating boundaries. It's giving yourself really specific times of day that you're

going to work and really specific times of day that you are going to shut things off so that you can

recharge. It's like with your phone, you don't wait until your phone is on 1% to charge it. At least I

hope you don't because that's so stressful. You charge your phone

before it's completely empty and the same is true for you. What does it look like to start having

practices around just taking care of yourself? And if you don't know what that looks like

and you're a mom, ask yourself if you would treat your daughter, raise your daughter,

feed your daughter, give your daughter water or sleep or any of the things the way you do

yourself.

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