Ahhhhh, Self-Care
Are you familiar with self-care? Is this an alien topic to you? Or are you well invested in it? I first heard about it during my training where we were being taught the importance for Therapists to take time to re-cooperate their minds. Self-Care is something that we can do, on purpose, in order to take care of our emotional, physical and mental health. For some people that may be activities such as going for a walk, reading a book, meditating or dancing about their living room (a personal fav of mine). As a trainee Counsellor my self-care routine is essential for not only my own mental health but also my relationships, my effectiveness as a Counsellor, my normal day job and so on. Basically poor self-care infiltrates into all aspects of my life so it’s fairly high on my priority list. If I’ve taken a couple of weeks off I’m noticeably grumpier, snappy, tired and usually it makes my anxiety worse. My self-care routine usually revolves around anything beauty related. That may ...