Quotes About Self-care

Popular culture woefully underprepares us for actual therapy.

Hygiene is for people like me; I've reached an age where I can no longer afford to smell like myself.

The first step towards true enlightenment is to lighten up on yourself.

I just want people to know they are the masters of their own fortune and misfortune. A lot of us think that doctors and drugs are going to control and help us, but the reality is we're our own best doctor.

I want to protect my life. I don't want my life to become a reality show.

I just really wanted to be taken seriously in my music and I feel like I've done the reality shows and I've loved it, but sometimes you just need to pull away and take time for yourself.

I feel like people have seen me on reality TV having to fight, but at this point in my life, I deserve peace.

I realized I had been keeping people around even when deep down I knew they were bad for me. I had overridden myself.

De Niro was a hero of mine. And Sean Penn. But I've realized I can't operate at that level of intensity. That's okay for movies. On TV, when you live with horror day in and day out, you have to protect yourself.

I realized just how much exercise and eating right make a difference in how you feel now and when you get older.

I think that's part of my evolution: realizing that I can say 'no' to things, even when I'm faced with that lull that comes between projects, and I get anxious because I feel like I need to be constantly working.

I started realizing I could be an example for women to not just be aware of breast cancer but to act on it, to make an appointment, to give themselves an exam.

I could easily go one or two days without realizing that I'm so, so hungry. That's the negative outcome of what I've become.

I just really love being in my pajamas.

For some reason, I bruise like a peach. I don't have enough vitamin C, I think.

I'm quite careful. I like to buy nice things for myself, but I like to also be reasonable. I think I'm pretty careful.

You have to be reasonable with yourself and not feel guilty when things aren't perfect.

Richard Hammond is a reasonably fit bloke who looks after himself. Me and Jeremy aren't.

I hate getting ill, it irritates me so I try to stay reasonably healthy.

I exercise, and I eat reasonably, and I don't want to look at myself being out of shape. That would depress me.

One thing I always think about is, at the end of the day, nobody really cares about you as much as they do about themselves. It's a very reassuring thing, in a good way. Pay attention to yourself, and use that energy and put it towards yourself.

Nothing beats SoulCycle for dumbing all the way out or re-calibrating a mood in less than an hour, which is reassuring, since I typically wake up in a panic that's candy-coated with a low-grade rage.

I hate diets. Restriction makes me feel rebellious. I find that I look my best when I feel my best, whatever that takes. For me, above all else, it means being around the people I want to be with.

I always pick myself up by doing a dance session. I turn on really good music and have a lot of food and mentally I just take that time to cocoon and rebuild myself.