Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “self-love”
This week, I had both a psychiatry and therapy appointment. In both of my appointments, I had to admit that I’ve been shutting down my feelings for a while and not facing the emotional truths I need to face. As an act of contrition, I’m writing an open letter to my heart to apologize for how I’ve wronged it. You’re …
The past few days, I’ve been in a little bit of a funk. I hadn’t been working out, I’d been overworking myself, and I was just exhausted. This morning, I slept through the original workout class I had scheduled, and I really didn’t want to schedule another one. I debated for over an hour whether I should go but finally …
Change makes us stronger. As scary as it may be, try not to run away from change. I’ve recently gone through a lot of change in my personal life. As I’m maturing and becoming the person I want to be, I’ve been experiencing change. I started therapy again, as we know, but I’ve also been letting go of people and …
Lately, I’ve been doing really well. With therapy and medication, I’ve been able to cope with my mental illness and properly take care of myself. This week, though, my therapist reminded me to be prepared for when things might take a turn. When we’re in a good headspace, it can be difficult to think about how we’ll continue to take …
This week was one big practice of self-care and self-love. I spent a good amount of time doing things exclusively for me, and I practiced turning things down that didn’t fit in my schedule. For the first time in a long time, I feel productive for the right reasons. First, I participated in OrangeTheory Fitness’s Hell Week. Hell Week is …
Let’s talk about toxic productivity. Last week, I had one of my best friends since childhood as a guest on the 1N5 of Us podcast. She’s a clinical psychology doctoral student, and she brought up the idea of toxic productivity. This concept is one I’d heard of before but hadn’t thought too deeply about. Essentially, toxic productivity is the concept …
You don’t have to hide the way that you’re feeling, whether it’s good or not so good. Are you tired today? That’s okay, talk about it. Are you happy and energetic? Great! Spread your joy. Are you not at the top of your game? It happens, just let someone know. We are all human, and we all experience so many …
Letting people in isn’t easy for me. I’m the type of person who can be friendly with anyone. I can strike up conversation, joke around, and have fun even if I just met someone. I’m not the type of person to build and maintain friendships, though. I have a hard time keeping in contact with people, even if I truly …
This week, we went axe throwing as a staff. It was so much fun, and it also taught me something about myself. I’m a hesitater. I never realized how nervous I get when I’m trying something new, especially if I’ve already convinced myself I won’t be good at it. When our coach was teaching us how to throw the axes, …
Yesterday was International Self-Care Day! In honor of that, I want to take some time to talk about some of my favorite self-care practices and how they’ve benefitted me. Self-care is such an important component of mental health and wellness, and building and maintaining a self-care routine has truly been life-changing. Since working on practicing self-care regularly, I’ve become more …
