An article written for thesoothe.co on the importance of self-care for your mental health. Full article can be found HERE:
Social media is flooded with #selfcare content including luxury hotel stays, opulent spa treatments and people laying down somewhere exotic on curated feeds. It’s good for me! I deserve it! Because I’m worth it! scream the accompanying captions. But while self-care is obviously a good thing, its link to opulence, expense and superficial acts of gratification mean that the idea of self-care is being taken somewhat out of context.
Self-care is an important aspect of holistic health. It isn’t achieved through means of self-centredness and narcissism, but involves a thorough look at our psyche, brain and body. In other words, it’s a lifestyle. “People who genuinely practise self-care, take care of their physical health through exercise and eating healthy food, not for the purpose of falling under the socially constructed boxes of beauty, but for the nourishment of our bodies and brains,” says Maria Micha, psychologist, psychotherapist and hypnotherapist.
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