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Self-care - Why can it be so hard?

Unknown userMember24 Apr 2020, 12:00 pm AEST

Self-care - Why can it be so hard?

Hello lovely forumites. I'm helping out the Community Managers with some new threads and I thought it might be useful to talk about why self-care can be so hard at times.

Self-care is anything we purposely do to support our health and wellbeing, and a lot of us struggle with it. For some people it's not having much space in the day. For others there are thoughts that they don't deserve it, or that they shouldn't need it, or that it's self-indulgent...

Does anyone else experience this? What do you do to start to tune into that self-compassion and self-care?

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Unknown userMember27 Sept 2020, 3:15 pm AEST

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AdgeSenior Contributor27 Sept 2020, 3:48 pm AEST

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Yes definitely @Former-Member Thanks for reminder.

I'm doing that right now - while dealing with the most stressful (difficult) Tradesman, I have ever dealt with.

I've already waited about 7 hours for him to come today (as promised) - maybe, just maybe he will still turn up (to finish job).

Adge

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AdgeSenior Contributor27 Sept 2020, 4:02 pm AEST

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Relaxation takes effort - it's Self-Care too...

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Unknown userMember27 Sept 2020, 6:20 pm AEST

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Unreliable tradies = 😵😵😵 @Adge , making a courtesy phone call is not too difficult if there are delays.

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Unknown userMember09 Oct 2020, 10:45 am AEDT

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Unknown userMember26 Oct 2020, 2:05 pm AEDT

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DeterminedSenior Contributor26 Oct 2020, 8:00 pm AEDT

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Thank you @Former-Member

So true but so Easy to forget...

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Unknown userMember27 Oct 2020, 8:54 am AEDT

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Do something you love today.

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Shaz51Senior Contributor27 Oct 2020, 6:17 pm AEDT

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Hello @Former-Member , @Determined , @Adge , @myheartache

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Shaz51Senior Contributor24 June 2021, 5:02 pm AEST

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hello @Former-Member , @Determined , @Adge , @myheartache , @Tay , @Escaped_Goat , @Smc , @Jay-e , @Jacques , @Mrsjones , @Appleblossom , @Faith-and-Hope , @Adge , @30something , @Posie1 , @Kokokaz

to have a self care toolkit is soo important

what is in you self care toolkit my carers

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