When someone asks you how you’re doing, most of us answer with a simple “I’m fine.”
Perhaps that’s because we can’t honestly say, “I’m great! Never better- full of energy, passion, and purpose!”
Not that we don’t want to feel that way, we just don’t.
As women, we often worry more about other people than we do ourselves, which leaves us feeling frazzled, fatigued, and wanting.
We all know we need to take care of ourselves, but somehow work, errands, the laundry take precedence. Instead of owning that we’ve put ourselves last on our list, we agree with that small but persistent voice in our heads reminding us just of how miserably we’re failing.
It’s hard to create change when you feel empty and defeated.
Intellectually, we understand that self-care is not selfish; it’s self-preservation. If we want to continue giving the best of ourselves to those we love, we also know we need to save a little more love for ourselves.
The problem is we never really learned how.