Here are ten easy ways to start incorporating emotional self-care into your daily life, starting right now:
- Take a few deep breaths, especially before expressing your feelings
- Learn to say No and serve yourself first
- Protect your energy from others
- Create boundaries that feel good to set and encourage others to do the same
- Stop over-explaining yourself to others
- Reserve the word Sorry only for those moments when you’re truly sorry
- Call on others for help when you start to feel overwhelmed
- Accept compliments without argument or pushback, just a simple Thank You
- Experience your emotions without judgment, guilt, or embarrassment
- Give yourself the grace to try again when moments don’t go as planned, acceptance of yourself as you are is so important