I love this Substack! The older I get the more self-care becomes a practice of solitude, spiritual recalibration, and truly treating my body like a temple. I’m literally typing this from an infrared sauna, after an intense workout, and before a cold plunge. I don’t start my day like this every day, but when I do, I feel unstoppable. Thank you for this perspective.
Great insights. I feel like self-care is marketed to us as the way to perpetuate our bad behaviour — overworking, overproducing, over stressing. Just like our broken healthcare system aims to treat our symptoms vs getting to the root cause. Perhaps we wouldn't need so many dedicated self-care days if we didn't decimate ourselves on a regular basis (says a self-proclaimed, former workaholic, dopamine addict).
So true — and the healthcare system is a great analogy. It reminds me of something my coach used to say about nutrition. "Don't burn the house down over the weekend" was a big warning, so that weekdays would not be tasked with starting over, rebuilding and trying to get all the nutrition and self-care back in. Despite my less is more mantra, I stand in solidarity with you as a recovering workaholic perfectionist.
I love this Substack! The older I get the more self-care becomes a practice of solitude, spiritual recalibration, and truly treating my body like a temple. I’m literally typing this from an infrared sauna, after an intense workout, and before a cold plunge. I don’t start my day like this every day, but when I do, I feel unstoppable. Thank you for this perspective.
What a fantastic morning you’ve had — there’s no greater outcome than feeling invincible!
Thanks for the Spence love!!!
Great insights. I feel like self-care is marketed to us as the way to perpetuate our bad behaviour — overworking, overproducing, over stressing. Just like our broken healthcare system aims to treat our symptoms vs getting to the root cause. Perhaps we wouldn't need so many dedicated self-care days if we didn't decimate ourselves on a regular basis (says a self-proclaimed, former workaholic, dopamine addict).
So true — and the healthcare system is a great analogy. It reminds me of something my coach used to say about nutrition. "Don't burn the house down over the weekend" was a big warning, so that weekdays would not be tasked with starting over, rebuilding and trying to get all the nutrition and self-care back in. Despite my less is more mantra, I stand in solidarity with you as a recovering workaholic perfectionist.
Loved this Substack - the timing couldn’t have been better!
I am so happy to hear this! xx