30 Self-care ideas for those extra stressful days
We constantly hear people talk about the term self-care, but what exactly is it, and why is it important?
"Self-care is one’s action is around our physical, emotional, relational, perhaps professional, educational, and, for some people, spiritual well-being that reflects the way that we take care of ourselves on the most fundamental levels," says Helen L. Coons, PhD, a clinical health psychologist at the specializing in women’s behavioral health and wellness at the University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry in Aurora, Colorado.
Self-care reduces the negative aspects of stress, while taking your mind and body to a different level. Self-care produces positive feelings, which improves self-confidence and your self-esteem.
Below are 30 tips that are mindful of your time and your energy level, to help bring your stress level down:
- Go for a walk or a hike
- Read a self-improvement book
- Go to the gym
- Learn something new
- Burn essential oils
- Take a nap and catch up on some sleep
- Practice yoga
- Have an at home spa day
- Donate to a charity
- Meditate
- Bake cookies
- Unplug from social media
- Make a healthy recipe
- Start a vision board
- Use a Himalayan salt lamp
- Listen to a podcast
- Try something new
- Take a new workout class
- Compliment a stranger
- Take deep breaths
- Drink an herbal tea
- Call a family member or friend
- Eat nourishing foods
- Light a candle
- Take a bath
- Read a book
- Buy some flowers
- Lay in the sun
- Deep clean
- Meal prep for the week
