Self-care is not selfish, is vital

☆Self care had never been my first priority. Although I was always interesting in reading and researching about this topic, and after I would go and suggest to my friends and love ones ways to love and taking care of them selves, I wouldn't actually applying to myself what I was preaching. That sounds like a fraud, right? But so many people do the same. They put themselves last on the list sometimes forever and sometimes until the red flags are so profound that they can't escape and it is time to face the problem right in the eyes.

↠And suddenly I turned 40. There were no more excuses, no more time to wait, no more hiding. Everything suddenly started flowing, like an unstoppable flood. Ready to take over everything was coming her way. That was a scary feeling. How do you stop this powerful force? How did you allowed this to happen? When and how it will end? So many questions. I started taking in everything my beautiful friends were suggesting with so much love and care. I was reading books and spiritual magazines. I started exploring more Ayurveda and the healing power of oils.   I was trying to hear my body and my head. It was so overwhelming. I was always able to help others and i thought I was doing the same for myself, but no. I was failing. Fear took over that turned to physical aches and emotional drainage.

Get grounded and feel your needs

↠I was so convinced that what I had was some kind of disease. And then and there, I started thinking of doing every test is out there and wanted to get checked for everything is in the books of medicine . And when bloodwork tests came ok, pap tests were fine and mammograms were thankfully clear, I paused. It was then, that I just started to listen to my soul, listen to my needs, understood to why my body was reacting so much.

↠And suddenly things started to make sense. I just  had to listen to my needs and wants. I just had to have this internal conversation. I just had to love and taking care of me. Wow! It sounded so simple but was it?
It was a whole lot of mindset change. It was like running on a different program in your hard drive. Like a reboot. I had to find the glitch and fix it. Where do you start?

Do not be afraid to let go, so to selflove

↠Baby steps is the answer, small little changes from the moment you start your day. You have to be ready to throw a lot from your shoulders without feeling guilty for this action. You have to learn to love you, and everything that comes with it. Especially the mistakes, the bad days and the lows. It is
a journey and a constant process. You need reminders. You need to take it day by day, No day is the same. Keep remembering that you can't control everything that is happening around you, but you can control how you react and how you proceed. One act of self care and self love a day is enough to fuel your inner power and keep you going. Be gentle and soft with your weaknesses and embrace them as if they are your strengths. They might be! And remember:

Self care is not a selfish action, is as vital as our breathing. ❤