Quotes About Self-care

Sometimes it's easier to love people when there is a healthy distance between us.

In order to survive, you have to be alone with yourself to regenerate the spirit.

You have to be kind to yourself to survive in the world.

I don't have any contracts, so I don't have to split any money up. That was my main thing - just making sure I'm taking care of myself and taking care of Lil B. Just learning to survive, for myself and as a human in America.

I've managed to achieve a lot because I sleep very little. I tend to survive on about four hours a night, but when I'm stressed it's even less.

Honestly, I think more people need to hydrate and drink more water during Fashion Week. It's the only way to survive.

I get up between 6:30 and 7 A.M., and my morning routine is always the same: hot water and lemon, eggs on toast and rose oil on the face.

When I'm tired, I rest. I say, 'I can't be a superwoman today.'

Whenever I feel mom-guilt, or I feel pressure to be a better mom - to cook salmon on a bed of quinoa for my kids - I just think to myself, 'I... have... suffered... enough.' And then I feel fine about feeding my toddler a bag of chips for dinner.

I moisturize head to toe daily.

I regularly visualise my body from head to toe, and wait for it to tell me if there's anything wrong.

The only way I can cope is to lock myself in the bathroom and cry. Sometimes I sit there for hours and even eat my lunch sitting on the toilet floor. Anything to get peace and quiet.

There is no cure for PCOS so it's all about how to make living with it as tolerable as possible.

How many inner resources one needs to tolerate a life of leisure without fatigue.

It is my nature to strive to do my best. This does tend to take a toll on you.

I need to acknowledge the toll certain parts of my life are taking on me. I have to do that, even if it temporarily paralyzes me to suppress it. Otherwise, paradoxically, I can't go on. When I can reside in that, and recoup, then I can continue. In a strange way it's a survival method.

Caring burns a lot of fuel - psychological and physical, too, if any lifting is involved. The energy tank is soon emptied, and the toll caring takes is well documented. It's called carer burn-out.

I was into deep depression for a month. When I realized that it is taking a toll on my mental and physical health, I consciously started working on it by doing more exercise and trying to stay happy.

The journey of shedding weight was tough, but the only good thing was it did not take a toll on my health.

It's a lot to deal with someone who is going through mental health issues; that talk starts to take a toll on you.

For any actor, hectic shoot schedules often take a toll on the mind and body.

A woman wearing saggy old workout clothes that she never worked out in, that had somehow become her pajamas and the clothes she went to the grocery store in and the clothes she wore around the house all day, with her dirty hair pulled back in a ponytail and who looked like she'd just been run over by a sedan.

I have a full life: I have two amazing kids, I have great friends, great family. And right now, that's plenty for me to manage. A new relationship just seems like way too much work.

If you only try to please others, you're going to resent those people you're trying to please; the ones who are often closest to you. If you choose a path that you yourself want to take, then you're going to be much kinder to the people in your life.