A RELUCTANT GUIDE TO
SELF CARE
Does self care feel like just another thing on your to-do list? Or does self care seem like
an indulgent practice you don’t have time for?
In this article Louise D’Allura, a self confessed resistor of self care, shares a personal
account of she how created and embraced her own definition of self care.
“It’s utterly unacceptable to be sick”
The moment these words came
out of my mouth and landed in the
ears of my health care practitioner,
I knew I was in trouble. Not with
her, but with myself. I had been
sick for two weeks, going on three
by that stage, and all my human-
ness and inability to keep pushing
through came to the fore. There
was no running this time. The
tone of harshness I had expressed
toward myself was palpable. This
was one of the first times I realised
the impact of this dialogue on
my health. Productivity’s Triple
Threat™ of people pleasing,
perfectionism and procrastination
was running the show - to do
everything, be everything – no
matter the cost. This time it came
crashing down in spectacular
fashion… and cue ugly crying!
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