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Hey there, welcome to Radio Headspace. It's Dora.

I was watching Vogue 73 questions with Tracy Ellis Ross on YouTube,

and she was talking about how she lovingly tends to her home,

not because anyone else is coming over, but because she lives there.

She said something like, I make my bed for me, I like candles for me,

I cook a beautiful dinner for me, and I thought, yes, that is self-care, not obligation, just pure intentional tending to what's yours.

And I deeply believe that self-care begins with how we treat ourselves, our time, our space,

and our energy.

When we care inward, we move through the world more grounded, more whole, and better

able to care for others from that place.

This reminds me of a Zen story about a woodcutter who worked from sunrise to sunset,

growing more exhausted each day.

When a traveler asked why he didn't sharpen his axe, the woodcutter replied,

I don't have time to sharpen it. I'm too busy cutting. The traveler smiled and said,

if you took time to sharpen the axe, you'd need less effort to cut. For some, this story may be

what we've always done. We push through, we give, we grind,

telling ourselves we don't have time to rest or care or even just breathe.

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