What self-care really means ...
... and it's not about the aesthetics that's for sure As the government prepare to announce plans for a tiered lockdown, whatever that means, but I'm sure it'll be really easy and simple to understand(!), I thought I'd do some reflection. It's the perfect time to think about the last 6 months, considering it was World Mental Health Day yesterday. I've certainly come to realise what 'self-care' is and is not over the past few months. Self-care is not about having a skincare routine using the latest fancy products, it's not about having a full face of make-up and immaculate hair, nails and clothes, it's not about having an extreme diet and crazy exercise routine to make you look good on the outside. Self-care is about doing things to make you feel happy on the inside so you then radiate on the outside. It's about doing something because you want to and not because you have to. Although I very rarely go a day without doing some form of e...