🔺Self-care is discipline, and discipline is self-care🔻⁠

What is your relationship with self care? What is your forms of self care?

After my car accident, I had difficulty sticking to any routine, let alone a training routine. At the time, my body needed rest and sleep as self-care. A lot of resistance came up, but I finally embraced the slowness. ⁠

But at some point, that slowness became the safety net I didn’t want to leave because I wasn’t ready to start over. I was scared of disappointing myself for being too weak and triggering my symptoms again. I kept telling myself my body may need more time and space to recover fully, so I gave her what I thought she might need. Have I ever felt comfortable getting back into a routine? NOPE!⁠

If you are going through a rough patch in your life (i.e., dealing with injuries, post-accident symptoms, challenging life circumstances, etc.), hear me out.⁠

It is critical to understand what forms of self care you need. You MUST differentiate between when you need self-care in the form of slowing down to heal and when it is time for you to discipline your self-care by moving your body and showing up for yourself.⁠

Depending on where you are in your healing journey, you may need a different type of self-care to allow you to get the hell out of the “low” and gradually pave your way back to full recovery.⁠

If getting back on track is challenging, get a support system, whether a coach (your girl is happy to help) or an accountability partner, to hold your hand throughout the process. ⁠

What type of self-care do you think you may need now? Don’t hesitate to reach out if you need accountability.

Be Mov〰ful,

Hedi

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