There was never a time when self-care (taking care of yourself) was more important.
As moms, we tend to focus our care on our children, our husbands, our homes. We forget about ourselves.
A wise woman once told me that in order to be the best mom, wife, friend, boss that we can be, we must nourish ourselves. If we are constantly pouring out to our family and friends, then we will eventually become empty. We must pour into ourselves so that we have the energy to pour into others. This is self-care.
Exercise is an excellent way to care for yourself.
Walking is great exercise and it gets you outside. Vitamin D 🙂
If you are like me and have chronic pain issues, sometimes movement is painful. Here is a link to some gentle exercises (stretching) (cardio)
Eating right is essential to self-care. When you are bored or stressed, a lot of people turn to junk food for comfort. The more junk that you eat, the worse you feel, and the less energy that you have. Here are some things that you can do to feel better.
Find something that makes you happy.
It is recommended that you get 8 hours of sleep every night.
When we are worried or stressed it can become hard to get to sleep.
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Crystal is a local birth and portrait photographer currently residing in the Savannah, Georgia area. She loves Jesus, coffee, and her family- usually in that order. She has seven children ages 15-24 and has loved (almost) every moment of being a mom.
If you need her, she is usually at the beach.
Her love for families includes educating and empowering mommas so that they know their choices and can help themselves to have better outcomes in labor and delivery, as well as post-partum- and watching their little ones grow from newborns to toddlers and all the way through school.
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Among all of the beautiful wonderful things that you were created to do, you were created to become a mother.
You were created to bring this little life into this crazy world and love him like no one else can.
I want you to look back at your birth story and see how strong, beautiful and courageous you are
What a beautiful and inspiring post on such an important topic. I love that you gave examples of everything you recommended. I too am a lover of Jesus, coffee, and family, but naps is also right there in my list!
Thank you! I am also a lover of naps. One of my kiddos said that if I ever became famous it would be for taking naps! Lol
Oh this post has inspired me to take better care of myself! It’s so full of ideas… I can’t wait to read the 10 Best Books list! 🙂 Thank you for this!
I am so glad that you were inspired!