The importance of self-care cannot be understated. By this late stage in the pandemic, we have all been through a lot. Whether you lost someone to Covid, have gotten sick, or have been dealing with mental health issues as a result of all the lockdowns, everyone has felt the effects.
But self-care can be hard to come across, and many companies don’t offer the proper support to workers who need assistance, which is why self-care has risen so much in the past few years. “The best health care plan is a self-care plan,” says Nina Leavins, Founder & President of the Institute for Healthy Lifestyle Habits.
The signs of stress on the body are numerous and far-reaching. It affects not only you, but those around you, according to Elenor Brown, “Rest and self-care are so important. When you take time to replenish your spirit, it allows you to serve others from the overflow. You cannot serve from an empty vessel.”
When you let your self-care fall to the wayside, your appearance is one of the first things to suffer. When this happens, it affects your confidence. It is a chain reaction that hurts your ability to get a job or a date and ultimately hurts your overall self-worth and mental health.
It sounds like a silly thing, but the way you look and how you care for yourself is crucial to your well-being. To help you get your self-care in check, we reached out to professionals to hear what they had to say about their favorite self-care tools.