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SELF-CARE – NURTURING AND LOVING YOUR BODY

27/2/2019

 
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We hear a lot about self-care these days, and think it has something to do with having a massage, or a glass of wine, or going on a holiday, or going without something, or having to add another list of things to do to our already too-long list.
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But what if self-care was as simple as nurturing and loving your body in every move you make?

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GOOD DAYS AND BAD DAYS – SELF CARE FOR THE CARER

30/1/2019

 
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Some days are really bad and it is challenging for a carer to watch a loved one in distress. The next day the sick person could be feeling better and there is a completely different atmosphere in the house. Self-care is much easier to do on the good days! 
I remember that when my father was dying of lung cancer, my mother was his carer and would see him eating more food one day. 

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LEARNING TO SELF-NURTURE IN MY ELDER YEARS

30/12/2018

 
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Over the years and living with breast cancer for the past fifteen years I have developed a good, however, quite different understanding of self-nurturing.
 English being my second language, I now realise that for a long time I didn’t have a full understanding of the word itself. I thought of the English words ‘nurturing’ and ‘nourishing’ as almost one and the same. 

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CAN WE TRULY CARE FOR OTHER PEOPLE WITHOUT CARING FOR OURSELVES?

30/10/2018

 
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We like to think of ourselves as caring people, and this we naturally are. Most if not all of us do care deeply for other people. But how many of us care just as deeply for ourselves? And how true can the care we offer others be, if it does not come from a body that is deeply cared for itself?
I used to think I was a kind and caring person and would do anything for others.

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ACCEPTING SUPPORT

27/2/2018

 
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Support wasn’t a word that I can remember being used as I was growing up. Rather you were expected to stand on your own two feet, become independent and not need anyone. If you were needy it was looked upon as a weakness.  The idea of ‘how do I support myself’ apart from having a job didn’t enter my head. Not so today, the word support is heard everywhere! 

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CURIOSITY OR TENDERNESS?

30/1/2018

 
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As a humanity we are coming to more of an understanding of our energetic world, that part of us where we know we sense things that are not seen with the physical eye. The wider population is coming to accept that this is so even if we do not as yet fully understand the part it plays in our everyday living. Recently I had my first experience of an Elder’s Expo and was reminded of  how  there is always a choice.

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REACTION, ANXIOUSNESS OR STILLNESS WITHIN—A CHOICE IN EVERY MOMENT

30/12/2017

 
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On reflecting on the title, it seems pertinent to share one or two of my experiences during these past few months where I had the choice of either going into reaction and anxiousness or to remain in stillness within my body. It appears to me there has been a developing intensity around us, a general feeling in the air, indeed in the space that surrounds us all – that begs attention and understanding.

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SELF CARE FOR A RICHER LIFE

30/11/2017

 
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​Self-care is a way of learning to look after our whole body, connecting to, listening to and feeling our reactions to the way we are treating and caring for ourselves. It is a vital and important aspect of any person’s health and wellbeing! Without taking the time to connect with our body, listen to and supply its needs, our health and wellbeing will eventually deteriorate, often quite slowly.

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EMBRACING MYSELF AS A WOMAN

31/10/2017

 
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As a child, I used to give myself a big hug when things went wrong. If I had been told off, I would literally put my arms around myself and give myself a squeeze to reassure myself I was still okay. As I became a teenager my breasts got in the way and it felt weird, so I stopped. I didn’t want to become a woman, but couldn’t stop it, so instead I chose to disconnect from myself.

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BOUNCING BACK FROM ILLNESS AND DISEASE

1/8/2017

 
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Having a diagnosis of an illness or life threatening disease can be very confronting for many of us. We can get much needed supportive advice from our medical practitioners and specialists. We also have modern technology at our fingertips, however, the overload of information the internet has available on illness and disease can send many into anxiousness in believing the worst case scenario.

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