011 - Self-Care for Achievers: Myths, Misconceptions & 4 Tips to Make It Stick

Summary

#REALTALK: There's so much about self-care that we have wrong...

No wonder it just feels like yet another thing to add to our already-too-long to-do list! In this podcast, I'm going to give you 4 tips about self-care as a high-achiever. These 4 tips are meant to help you change your mindset around and your approach toward self-care.

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| RESOURCES & MENTIONS IN THIS EPISODE |

• This episode’s blog post (where I detail the 4 Tips I discuss in this podcast)

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• Misconceptions about self-care

  • It’s not about pampering yourself. It’s about your basic needs to help you function at your highest level.

  • It’s not just about physical self-care. It includes your physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, financial, and social life.

  • We’re focusing on things from the perspective of a high-achiever because this is class of people that is prone to burnout. Additionally, they’re susceptible to overwhelm and physical burnout because their self-care can get back burnered.

• Tips…

  • Tip #1: Change your perspective. Self-care isn’t another to-do list item, which a lot of us tend to approach it as. It’s the foundation that makes everything else on the to-do list easier. Having good self-care also enables you to do what you do better. It gives you energy.

  • Tip #2: It’s about what you need to STOP doing as much as (if not MORE) than what you need to START doing.

  • Tip #3: Start Simple. Don’t try to overhaul your whole life from the get-go. Start with 1 or 2 simple, easy to implement habits and build from there.

  • Tip #4: Try to avoid treating self-care as another goal. Self-care isn’t a destination or something you check off the list. My goal for you? Is that it becomes a part of your lifestyle. It becomes something “you just do” as a part of your life as opposed to things you check off your to-do list.

• Resources:

  • Blog - The 5 Types of Self-Care (& why You Need Them All)

  • Podcast - My Anti-Burnout Morning Routine - detailing how I build all 5 types of self-care into my mornings