Title: What Is Self-Care?
Headings: Why You Don’t Need a Lot of Time or Money to Make Self-Care a Priority
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Why You Don’t Need a Lot of Time or Money to Make Self-Care a Priority
Medical barriers to self-care
Personal barriers to self-care
How to incorporate self-care habits
Care for your body
Care for your inner self
Care for your community

Content: Obuchowicz notes that many people believe making time for self-care is selfish. “That’s a message we’ve received — especially for women — that we should give to others first. We aren’t told that we shouldn’t take care of ourselves, but that we should only after work is done and the house is clean and kids are in bed. But we end up depleting ourselves because we’re not giving to ourselves in the ways we need to,” she said. She proposes that it’s actually a selfish action not to engage in self-care because in order to care about the people in your lives, you have to care for yourself. “It’s a comfort to people around us when they see us in control of ourselves. It’s not selfish to be able to do the things that we need to do to be present and energetic and available to others,” said Obuchowicz. As far as self-care being costly, Jonas says many activities don’t have to be, such as walking in nature, using stress management apps, and mindfulness practices. “It can be expensive if you want to buy organic foods, but in the long run it will be less expensive because you won’t have the consequence of not doing that,” Jonas said. How to incorporate self-care habits
Obuchowicz teaches clients to incorporate self-care practices into their lives based on the Japanese productivity philosophy, the Kaizen Method, which focuses on constant, continuous improvement.