S8 EP23: Re-Defining Self-Care

The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast

Constantly Varied Gear

Health & Fitness

4.9 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Think about the last time you took a “self-care” day. What did that consist of? More importantly, how did you feel during and after? Today we are tackling what self-care REALLY is.. And no, it’s not always bath bombs and face masks.

The term “self-care” was originally synonymous with “know thyself”.. The thought was that knowing yourself was best way to care for yourself. So, it used to mean practicing self reliance and knowing who you are.. Somehow along the road it’s turned into lavender eye masks (laugh) Why? Probably because we are desperate to find a product to reduce anxiety instead of doing the inner work that growth and true self-care requires.

What it boils down to: If you’re not feeling loved, valued, or important, lavender is useless. What can we do about this? Practice being more mindful in our daily actions, what we are doing, what we are feeling, what brings us TRUE joy. The beauty of this is that it means that self-care doesn’t look ONLY one way or the other. Tune into today’s The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast to listen to what Rachael and Kelsea have to say about REAL self-care, and tips on how you can find what works best for you.

Topics Discussed in Today’s Episode:

Balancing self-care and hustle culture
What self-care isn’t
Inserting martyr tendencies in self-care discourse
Commercialism in self-care
Where exercise belongs in the self-care conversation
What it looks like for each person to care for themselves first
What you feel like after potential self-care activities
Why we want self-care
Getting to a place where you don’t need emergency self-care
Finding daily opportunities for self-care
Focusing on our own consciousness
Fighting negative ideas about caring for yourself
The effect of social media

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0:00.0	Working moms, stay-at-home moms, moms who are making time for the gym, moms who are not making time for the gym.
0:04.8	Oh, you must be. And it's like, oh, my God, could we just take off all of the judgment?
0:10.1	Like, what, how someone decides to spend their time that they have on this earth.
0:19.6	The big question is this.
0:21.6	In a world of fake Instagram models and bad diets, how do real people achieve their fitness goals?
0:31.6	We are an army of hardworking women, changing their lives through fitness and health.
0:39.0	Wherever you are at on your journey, we have the answers to how to make working out
0:44.6	and eating well a part of your life.
0:48.2	Join us in changing the dialogue for women everywhere.
0:52.2	Welcome to the Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast.
0:57.8	Hi, guys, welcome back to the Thick Thys Save Lives Podcast.
1:01.3	I'm Kelsey.
1:02.4	Don't touch you anything.
1:03.9	I'm Rachel.
1:05.2	Don't make any sudden movements.
1:07.9	Guess what, guys.
1:08.5	We have an awesome sound team, and they spent a really, really lot of time maximizing today's sound.
1:17.4	So I hope we sound so good.
1:19.8	And just to let you know a little bit where they're at in their mental health,
1:24.2	during the sound check, one of our team members asked Kelsey if she's considered that she might be a liar.
1:36.9	I don't, I think that is the absolute best phrase to summarize where they're at. I'm like, can you hear it through this? Can
1:46.8	hear it through this? And she's like, have you considered the fact that you're a liar? I'm like,
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