The Complete Self-Care Guide
Self‑care is a term you’ve probably heard and used around a lot. However, people sometimes don’t realize that it involves much more than just the physical aspect. To self‑care describes the conscious act of promoting your physical, mental and emotional health. Unfortunately, most people see self‑care as a luxury rather than a priority. These are 5 simple, everyday self‑care practices to cover every aspect of your life.
EMOTIONAL SELF‑CARE
If you have healthy coping skills you can always positively react to your emotions, whether they are positive or uncomfortable ones, like anger, anxiety and sadness. Any activity that helps you acknowledge and express your feelings regularly and safely falls into emotional self‑care.
Emotions are also greatly connected to mental health, so if you have a positive way to let out what you’re feeling regularly your mind will be at peace and coping correctly as well.
Taking time to have a cup of coffee with a friend or a partner is already a simple and enjoyable way to incorporate emotional self‑care into your life. Therapy is also a great ally when it comes to mental and emotional health, since it provides a safe space where you can learn how to cope with everything in a healthy way as well as let everything out.
SOCIAL SELF-CARE
Close connections are important to anyone’s well being, we’re social beings it’s just the way we are. The best way to cultivate any relationship is putting time into it to build up that relationship. Everyone has slightly different social needs, but giving yourself time to have a good social life is important. If you start to feel alienated and alone your mental health can end up affected. Having coffee with a friend, having dinner out, working out with friends. These are all simple ways to keep connected and happy.
MENTAL SELF‑CARE
Mental self‑care includes doing things that keep your mind sharp, you might find that things as simple as reading books or watching movies that inspire you fuel your mind. Mental self‑care also involves taking actions that ensure your mental health. Having a healthy inner dialogue with yourself can help you stay mentally healthy. There are other small things you can do that will highly impact your life without taking much time off of it; take your time while waking up and make your bed, listen to a podcast or simply enjoy coffee in bed.
SPIRITUAL SELF‑CARE
Nurturing your spirit goes further deep than spirituality. Anything that helps you develop any sense of meaning, connection and understanding helps you when it comes to spiritual self‑care. There are many small ways you can achieve spiritual self‑care, whether you enjoy meditation, attending a religious service, or praying, spiritual self‑care is important.
PHYSICAL SELF‑CARE
If you want your body to run smoothly, you need to take care of it. There’s a strong connection between body and mind, so if your body is well taken care of your mind will also do better. Physical self‑care includes how you fuel your body, how much you sleep, exercising and paying attention to your body’s needs. Find an exercise you like and pursue it. Your body will feel better, but your mind will be thankful. Take 10 minutes of your day to apply your skincare routine correctly. Take a bubble bath and relax. All these things might seem easy enough, but they’re big self‑care steps you can take without altering your plans.
EMOTIONAL SELF‑CARE
If you have healthy coping skills you can always positively react to your emotions, whether they are positive or uncomfortable ones, like anger, anxiety and sadness. Any activity that helps you acknowledge and express your feelings regularly and safely falls into emotional self‑care.
Emotions are also greatly connected to mental health, so if you have a positive way to let out what you’re feeling regularly your mind will be at peace and coping correctly as well.
Taking time to have a cup of coffee with a friend or a partner is already a simple and enjoyable way to incorporate emotional self‑care into your life. Therapy is also a great ally when it comes to mental and emotional health, since it provides a safe space where you can learn how to cope with everything in a healthy way as well as let everything out.
SOCIAL SELF-CARE
Close connections are important to anyone’s well being, we’re social beings it’s just the way we are. The best way to cultivate any relationship is putting time into it to build up that relationship. Everyone has slightly different social needs, but giving yourself time to have a good social life is important. If you start to feel alienated and alone your mental health can end up affected. Having coffee with a friend, having dinner out, working out with friends. These are all simple ways to keep connected and happy.
MENTAL SELF‑CARE
Mental self‑care includes doing things that keep your mind sharp, you might find that things as simple as reading books or watching movies that inspire you fuel your mind. Mental self‑care also involves taking actions that ensure your mental health. Having a healthy inner dialogue with yourself can help you stay mentally healthy. There are other small things you can do that will highly impact your life without taking much time off of it; take your time while waking up and make your bed, listen to a podcast or simply enjoy coffee in bed.
SPIRITUAL SELF‑CARE
Nurturing your spirit goes further deep than spirituality. Anything that helps you develop any sense of meaning, connection and understanding helps you when it comes to spiritual self‑care. There are many small ways you can achieve spiritual self‑care, whether you enjoy meditation, attending a religious service, or praying, spiritual self‑care is important.
PHYSICAL SELF‑CARE
If you want your body to run smoothly, you need to take care of it. There’s a strong connection between body and mind, so if your body is well taken care of your mind will also do better. Physical self‑care includes how you fuel your body, how much you sleep, exercising and paying attention to your body’s needs. Find an exercise you like and pursue it. Your body will feel better, but your mind will be thankful. Take 10 minutes of your day to apply your skincare routine correctly. Take a bubble bath and relax. All these things might seem easy enough, but they’re big self‑care steps you can take without altering your plans.