Self-care is the intentional practice of taking actions to preserve, enhance, and prioritize one’s physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. It involves recognizing one’s own needs and actively engaging in behaviors that promote health, relaxation, and overall quality of life. Self-care encompasses a wide range of activities, from basic hygiene practices to more intentional actsContinue reading “Self care in the little routines”
Category Archives: self care
Energy conservation and Occupational therapy
In the hustle and bustle of modern life, much of our society values hard work and what is known as “hustle culture”. We are blasted on social media with people promoting multiple streams of income, becoming influencers, having a side hustle…. and whether you want to be a millionaire or just manage to afford theContinue reading “Energy conservation and Occupational therapy”
Mindful relaxation technique – Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Occupational therapy is all about the balance of work, play and relaxation in order to create a live of quality and wellbeing. Often times our modern society fixates a lot on productivity in work, volunteering, home life etc, and our stress levels can fly through the roof. Self care and mindfulness are important practices toContinue reading “Mindful relaxation technique – Progressive Muscle Relaxation”
Self care checklist
My goal this 2024 year is to continue working on expanding my therapeutic knowledge and insight to be able to share it with others! I shared this post on my instagram and thought I would share it here as a reminder about the importance of self care and what self care looks like! Feel freeContinue reading “Self care checklist”
A cute way to self care
“Lighten up on yourself. No one is perfect. Gently accept your humanness.”–Deborah Day As humans, we are our own harshest critic. We are the ones that hold ourselves to impossible standards and who hold the longest grudges. We are often so compassionate towards our friends and family, and so hard on ourselves in challenging timesContinue reading “A cute way to self care”
Quote of the day 🧡
This morning I woke up not feeling the greatest, and was feeling down about “ruining the weekend” up North. Often times as an occupational therapist, I’ll catch myself not using the tools I preach so heavily in my sessions with my clients. I caught myself in that harsh mindset and remembered you’ve been teaching SELFContinue reading “Quote of the day 🧡”
The health benefits of bird watching
As a kid, I was never an outdoor girl. I had a hard time coping with the weather, and I didn’t know how to connect with the outdoors….unless I was out in nature. I have very clear memories of pretending to be tired to get out of gardening with my family, and helping teachers atContinue reading “The health benefits of bird watching”
A free calm game on iPhones I’ve found for my anxious mind
Looking for community amongst other blog readers
How many times in a day do you want to do things and just can’t get the energy to do it? Before I get too far into this post I must clarify- I KNOW that the “energy” I’m talking about is actually my struggle with executive functioning. If you’re new to my blog, my nameContinue reading “Looking for community amongst other blog readers”
Be Your Own Sunshine 