How a Vacation Taught me The Lost Art of Self-Care
Monday October 18, 2010
by Sherry Gaba
“Most of us believe, in theory, that we should make efforts to take better care of ourselves, through better eating, more exercise, or working our recovery programs. But we can fall into the trap of forgetting to engage or these behaviors. I certainly promote self-care to my psychotherapy and life coaching clients on a regular basis. On a recent vacation, I spent the first few days actually sleeping and ordering room service. It was a sign just how tired I have been and how I lost touch even with my own self care.
Under the surface, there might be another reason we don’t follow through: we don’t really believe that we deserve to tend to our personal well-being. Self-care is often erroneously and critically labeled selfishness. It’s not. Even Jesus and Gandhi took time for themselves, withdrawing from the crowds to tend to their spirits. For me, I have found it so urgent to get the message out of my book, I have forgotten myself in the process.”
Read more here: http://blog.beliefnet.com/movingbeyondaddiction/2010/10/the-lost-art-of-self-care.html#ixzz13JjLHDXN
