Love Yourself Enough

Masterful Mindsets ~ Self-care is an act of love…

“Self-care is never a selfish act — it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer to others.”  ~ Parker Palmer

Question: 

How much do you love yourself? Do you love yourself enough to take care of your mental and physical health so you can live a long happy life? Do you love your friends and family enough to make your own well-being a priority?

Action Challenge:

I know that last question above might seem odd but the truth is, so many people make everyone and everything a priority before themselves. Then they end up so exhausted and stressed that they aren’t able to serve anyone well.

For example, take the working single mom of toddlers, she gives and gives of herself to her children and at work. Always thinking that she’ll take some time for herself after she takes care of everything else. Yet somehow that time never comes and she ends up depleted to the point of exhaustion and even illness. (When you feel that way, how can you be any good to anyone else?) What she doesn’t realize is that if she’d take the time to care for herself, she’d have more mental and physical energy to be more productive and actually enjoy life a bit more. And that joy for life would spread to her loved ones. She would likely be a better mom and a better employee if she would start with taking time to care for herself.

Self-care is an act of love. Love for yourself AND love for the people that matter most to you.

Let’s be honest here… How often do you make yourself the last priority or not a priority at all on your list of things to take care of? Then you end up exhausted and stressed out too. The old saying is that you can’t give from an empty cup. And it’s true… so fill your cup up first, then you can give fully.

So how do you make sure your cup is full so that you can have the mental and physical energy to show up and give fully in life? It requires self-care. And it starts with some basics that you might think are common sense. But as one of my mentors, Brendon Burchard always says, “Common sense isn’t always common practice.”

My challenge to you this week is to evaluate your mental and physical energy and then be sure you join me for this week’s Facebook Live on Tuesday, February 12th @ 11am PT/2pm ET, where I’ll share some of the simple ways you can make self-care a common practice. For now, start with the evaluation and ask yourself these questions:

1. Am I happy with my level of mental and physical energy each day?
2. What are the major factors causing my current level of energy?
3. If I decided to have more energy and get in the best health of my life this year, what habits would I have to start or stop right away?
4. What could I do on an ongoing basis to help myself renew more often and recover from stress?

***Remember to join me this Tuesday, February 12^th at 11am PT/2pm ET for Facebook Live on my Facebook Biz Page: Coach Michelle Weimer. I’ll be sharing some simple strategies for improving your mental and physical health so that you can have the vibrancy and stamina needed to fill your cup, give freely and live life fully.