Self Care: Self-care is a active and powerful practice to engage in daily.  In my opinion, Self care is required to live the most vibrant version of your life.  It helps support your health in many ways, both physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually.  Practicing Self Care daily will enhance your well-being.  Here’s  a nice long list of Self Care activities.  Choose 1-3 that you feel you can commit to on a daily basis.

• Spend time with friends
• Try a new recipe
• Go outside and play with your kids or pet
• Practice yoga, tai chi or Pilates
• Read a book
• Go on a nature walk and notice the trees, birds and clouds
• Watch a funny movie or read the comics
• Take a lap around your favorite park
• Get a haircut or a pedicure
• Take a nap or quick rest
• Listen to your favorite music
• Go for a bike ride
• Have a cup of tea and enjoy every moment of it
• Learn a new activity like rock climbing, kayaking or learn to ride a motorcycle
• Do a puzzle
• Sell or give away something you no longer need
• Volunteer
• Go see a play
• Create a blog
• Get a massage
• Go for a drive
• Sit in the grass with your bare feet touching the Earth
• Go to the library
• Read a trashy celebrity magazine
• Visit a museum or art gallery
• Journal about the things you like about yourself
• Pray or meditate
• Write a letter to your younger self with advice
• Enjoy a mindful eating exercise
• Use mantras such as “I am free to love and accept my body”
• Brush your teeth
• Go to bed a half hour earlier than you normally do
• Use essential oils
• Take your daily vitamins
• Drink a big glass of water
• Take 5 deep breaths
• Do a craft/art project
• Send love and light to someone who needs it
• Call your mother/grandmother
• Spend some time at your favorite bookstore
• Buy a new dress
• Hold a baby
• Forgive someone (better yet, forgive yourself)
• Let go of a limiting belief that no longer serves you
• Try kombucha
• Put down your phone
• Turn off the TV
• Listen to a podcast
• Sing
• Cross something off your bucket list
• Plan a vacation
• Deposit some money into your savings account
• Take some artsy photographs
• Plant something
• Take a bubble bath
• Try a new lipstick
• Wear clothes you love
• ________________________ (define your own favorite method of self care here)