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What makes you feel alive? — Newsletter #25
What makes you feel alive?
When I work with clients I always ask them what makes them feel alive in the context of self-care. People tend to think of self-care only as bubble baths, pedicures, and nights out but often self-care is saying more no to others, more yes to us, and setting firm boundaries. Self-care can also be meditation, a hike, a run or walk outside, a picnic by the water that soothes you, a concert, or a bustling street.
Self-care is doing things for you that nurture you, and stir your insides, rejuvenating, energizing and moving you from the inside out!
When I feel stuck with my writing, uninspired and just blah, when not even one single thought moves me and the page remains blank, I know I need some self-care, some life breathed into me. My go-to is nature, so I head outside and walk or sit by the lake near my house. The minute I step out of my car and see the ducks and the turtles again, my mind settles and I can feel my heart smile. I look, I listen, I notice, I capture — sometimes in words, often in photographs. In those moments I am transformed and I feel one with the earth again, and one with myself. I can then write again.
