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Mark Blanckenberg's avatar

Self care- ‘it’s all the practices that deliver you to yourself’. This essay captures the power of reaching for yourself through practice. After 130 days sober I’m in a hole. I wish I had reached for pizza instead of alcohol. I did the entire Camiño sober and then I slipped.

Your essay reminds me of how much I have done over the three years of self care practice. I really love myself when I’m sober. I’ll find a way to get back on the bus. It is a great joy to wake up this morning on the tip of Africa and to read your work. Your work is important. Thank you. I’m listening. My life just got too unstructured. Too many buzzy bars and tapas and the ever pressing booze culture. So I had a f*ck it moment. I caved. After 130 days of real self care I caved in.

I’m going back to the practices that I know deliver me to my self. I’m worth it!

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Heather B in MT's avatar

YES! This is helpful: "Being relentless in shifting my self-talk". It is on-going and something I must be aware of always. So many years of negative self talk takes a lot of constant awareness to change. Thanks, Dani!

~Heather B

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