3 Radical Acts of Self-Care

Google the phrase “self-care” right now and you would generate a search page with over 81 million results. Click over to the Images tab, you’re likely to find a similar deluge of helpful challenges, charts, and tips on how to sustain yourself. If you venture onto social media, you’d be bombarded by marketing aesthetics masquerading as beneficial; long soaks in a bath, laughter over a shared brunch, and an endless rotation of indulgent products to make your life easier. Doesn’t it sound like heaven?

Here’s the catch: these rare moments will be sandwiched between large sections of your everyday life. You cannot wait for a brief opening in your obligations to begin to live. You have to grant permission to quiet the guilty voice worrying in your mind and choose to empower your existence.