Quotes About Self-care

You can either go to the gym because you want to lose weight, or you can go to the gym because you like how it makes you feel when you're running.

I always make the point that teachers are people too, and that they don't just want to be in front of kids all day and have children be their only feedback loop.

Now I just bake when I'm bored and I'm not working and I don't want to go out. I'll just get recipes and bake them here for myself, honestly.

I talked to Beyonce and she wants to learn how to speak Arabic and she wants to jump out of an airplane. I don't want to do that. I just don't want to wash my hair every day.

I mean, if you're gonna purposely lose your mind, you want to get it back some day. Don't you? Okay, maybe not.

Today, because I want to be gentle on my back, I listen to jazz.

I come from a family and a heritage where you don't really go to therapy unless you're crazy. I want people to know that that's so not the case. It's enriching, and I've learned this new tool.

I've always said I don't want to have kids. I don't want a kid at all, but I do like reverse-engineering myself; managing and parenting myself.

Cutter rubbed at his face. He needed a shave. And a bath. And clean, new clothes. And a purpose in life.

The only problem is that you're still operating on a survival level. It's been hard to relax your need to be in control, to trust that you can protect and take care of yourself, or to let other people close to you, to be vulnerable with others. To do so would seem threatening at a very deep level. So you remain isolated, doing your best to "handle" your life. You stay alive, but you don't thrive.

Stop feeding your pain and it'll dissipate.

It seems to me, that if there is a bad taste in your mouth, you spit it out. You don't constantly swallow it back.

Well, Kessa, I am glad to see that you're taking your body seriously. I shudder when I see the girls leaving class and heading for the nearest hamburger, coke, and French fry station.The thought of them pouring all those dead calories into themselves makes me want to cry. You'd think after a rigorous dance class they'd have more respect for their bodies.

You should always waste time when you don't have any. Time is not the boss of you. Rule 408.

But many other people will fail to adhere to the recommendations of health authorities. These people will engage in seeming self-defeating behaviors such as refusing to get vaccinated, if a vaccine is available. These people will refuse to stay home when they are sick. They will spread infection to other people.

Rock and menopause do not mix. It is not good, it sucks and every day I fight it to the death, or, at the very least, not let it take me over.

It was time I stopped worrying about greater issues and applied myself to my personal well being.

Bathe in self-pity if you must, soulscaper. But I want you healthy and preened.

Because we fear other people's reactions and don't know how to respond, we allow them to violate our limits and boundaries.

In order to stop giving ourselves away and have fair and open relationships with others, we must learn how to communicate our limits and boundaries honestly and effectively.

Lack of forgiveness gives others power over us. Withholding forgiveness simply allows another person to have control over our well-being.

Pace yourself in your work and commitments. Nobody is indispensable. And when you get sick, honor your body by giving it the rest and medical attention that it's asking for.

Being aware of our feelings sounds easy, but it's not because many of us spend our entire lives pushing feelings aside as we try to please others.

As our inner language becomes self-loving and healthy, our feelings will surge ahead, eager to enjoy the journey.