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Self Care?
How is it that I’m 48 years old and still fail miserably at taking care of myself? I’m a newly re-minted housewife [former nurse…long story] who finally has some time on my hands to figure out how to live life fulfilled, healthy, and happy. How have a made it this long without doing much of…
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Self Care Results…
So it turns out, self-care for me ended up being Exercise, Sleep, and Diet, with an emphasis on exercise. I decided to give myself the gift of health for my 50th birthday, which was back in January, so I started exercising. During January, I only managed 16 of 31 days during the month. For February,…
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A Letter From Self-Love
Today, I wrote a letter to my dead brother. J was a quadriplegic and he had Cerebral Palsy, a traumatic brain injury caused at birth. He grew up completely unable to care for himself. He never went to the bathroom by himself, never walked, never ate or drank without help. He eventually got an electric…
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Just Suck it Up and Do The Thing
I hate exercise. No. I don’t think you understand. I mean, I seriously hate, loathe, abhor, revile and despise exercise. I hate exercise with a white hot passion rarely rivaled in life. Which is part of the reason self-care is so hard for me. I can do healthy diet for about 3-6 months before my…
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Sometimes it Be Like That
This week has pretty much been a wash thus far. I’m reading ‘Mind Over Medicine,’ but mostly I’m sitting and doing not much. My Beloved and I went to get our annual labs done this week, and while my Beloved is a picture of health and fitness in every way, I am kind of a…
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This Week in Self-Care 03/21/2022
This week I’m reading a couple of books. They’re books I’ve had for a while, but they are both subjects I’ve found interesting and want to actually read and try the suggestions they each have. The first book is called Mind Over Medicine, by Lissa Rankin, MD. This book was published in 2013 and I…
Self-Care By Shelbi
An average middle-ager trying to figure out how to 'self-care.'
Self-Care By Shelbi 