Practice self-reliance in advance

When you stop feeling bad about yourself:

• There’s no need to indulge yourself anymore, as you are not hiding from yourself any longer.
• You see no reason to punish yourself with guilt. You start to like yourself, so you want to take care of yourself.
• You feel an urge to ...

True self-care is letting yourself be normal. Not having to keep up with a new thing to buy. If you find yourself having to indulge in consumer self-care regularly, it's because you are disconnected from actual self-care.

Real self-care involves making choices for your long-term wellness.

During this crisis, we learned that taking care of ourselves — staying safe and well — is also a way to care for our community.

Self care means setting priorities, setting boundaries and finding purpose:

• Start by mapping out a typical day, from morning until ...