Hey everyone so I am coming at you from our almost empty apartment. We are moving into our new home tomorrow and there's such a whirlwind of shifting and changing and energy happening and I'm just feeling really grateful for everything that's been coming up and just being able to, I don't know, find new ways to take care of myself through such shifts that are going on.

So I wrote a newsletter today and I wanted to share some of my summer self-care intentions with you

all.

Recently I made a list of what self-care could look like for me this season.

I have to admit I haven't been doing the best job at leaning in

and showing up for myself because I have been so busy, but what I realized recently is that being busy isn't an excuse for not showing up for self.

So here's 10 things that I intend to do over the summer that helps me move forward in my

self-care practice.

The first thing is penciling myself into my calendar, even if it's just for 15 minutes.

If I can make time for a meeting, for a phone call, for X, Y, and Z, then I can also make time for

self-care. The next thing I have on this list is my stop drop

and self-care alarm. So this helps me reconnect with my breath for at least five

minutes. I have the alarm set for 1130 and when it goes off I stop

drop and self-care. I know that that sounds really silly but it has helped in the past and it's also a tool

that I give my coaching clients when they're looking for ways to implement easier self-care.

So I am taking my own advice of course disclaimer do not stop dropping

self-care if you're driving or doing anything that requires your full

attention make sure that you can step away the third that requires your full attention,

make sure that you can step away.

The third thing I have is there's this awesome place

near my house called the Day Spring Retreat Center

and they have quiet days monthly and you go and you do a quiet

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