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7 Types of Self-Care Moms Need
They’re far more powerful than pedicures and comfort food
The last thing you need is another to-do list. You probably already have a bunch of those, and each one seems to be never-ending.
What I’m about to share is not a to-do list.
Instead, it’s a list of things I’d like you to permit yourself to do, and not to feel guilty about taking the time to do any of them.
I’m sharing these because many are things I’ve resisted doing myself. I put them off. I tried to tell myself they weren’t “important.” I didn’t “need” them.
I was so very wrong.
Because these types of self-care make me happier than a bowl of mac n’ cheese or a monthly pedicure ever could.
In a roundabout way, they make me a better mom, wife, friend, and human being. But none of these are why I do them.
I take the time, when I want to, to do these things because I’ve come to realize that they’re the things that help me feel like not just a mom, or a wife, a client, a customer, a user, a follower, a number…
They help me feel like me.
These actions also help me feel more like I am living and not just surviving, not just getting by, going through the motions, working for…
