Self-Care Beyond the Spa: A Daily Practice of Honoring Your Needs When we hear the phrase self care, many of us picture bubble baths, spa days, or massages. And while those experiences can be nourishing, they are only a small piece of what self care truly is. For many people, especially those whose systems adapted to survive overwhelming experiences or dysfunctional homes, self care has very little to do with indulgence and much more to do with safety, regulation, and feeling

This the phrase I often come back to, both in my work with clients and in my own life: Life is a process of unlearning, learning, and sometimes relearning. It’s simple, but it holds so much truth. We’re not born with instruction manuals. Most of what we know—how we show up in relationships, how we cope with stress, how we treat ourselves, was picked up along the way. Some of it was taught to us directly. Much of it was absorbed silently: through family dynamics, school enviro

“It is only the hidden that can terrify. Not for what it is, but for its hiddenness. What we hide we cannot heal. We must bring...

In our culture of quick fixes and instant relief, healing is often misunderstood. Many people seek therapy, self-help, or spiritual...