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How do you practice self-care?

Self-care is super important even now as I enter my mid-40s perimenipausal years. Listening to your body becomes the first step. The second step is that it is okay to speak to your doctor. Mine is going through it as well so she recommended natural stuff that has been helping her. As a reminder not all bodies are the same.

When I’m tired I go to bed earlier than normal. I go to “read” and usually I just cuddle under my blanket and sleep. It’s okay to rest.

Having a lazy day. It is okay to be a lazy couch potato and just have a Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Matrix, Jurassic Park/World, Godzilla/Kong, or whatever marathon. You have the right to have a day to cut out everything and just be lazy.

Read, take time out to do something that turns off your brain. A great book will do that. I call it my reading coma. I can get pulled in and it’s like waking from a good dream when I’m finished. Life is short do the stuff you like to do.

It’s okay to listen to your audiobook and spend a few hours on that puzzle you wanted to start. Watch that TV show and put your phone away. Play your favorite songs and sing and dance moving your body. Play your favorite game without guilt. You have one life and it’s yours.