Thoughts on Self Care and Compassion

• Prioritising self care alongside work and family life can feel selfish, indulgent, daunting even. It is essential, for you and for others.

• Self compassion should be easy, but somehow, for many of us, it isn’t.

• A small investment of time in self nurture is more likely to lead to you achieving your goals.

• You will also have happier relationships or be the parent you want to be, and grow into the future you want to have.

• Investing in yourself and your wellbeing is the best investment you could make - the rest of your life, your relationships, your work stem from here.

• Taking small amounts of time for self care can have profound results on productivity. It also give others permission to do the same.

• There is no greater gift for a child than a happy mother (people who had happy mothers rarely show up in therapy).

• The angry burned out colleague lacking in self awareness or care isn’t the one people want to chat to by the coffee machine.