• Commit to habits, practices, routines and rituals that are good for your well-being – even when you don’t want to
• Allow yourself to feel a multitude of feelings without labelling them as wrong, bad or negative
• Practice listening to your needs and discovering different ways of meeting those needs
• Practice self-forgiveness; for not being perfect, for forgetting, your past, for what you don’t know, and for getting “off-track” sometimes
• Let yourself start again, over and over, as often as needed
• Take care of your basic needs: stay hydrated, get enough sleep, move your body, and eat plentifully
• Give yourself permission to rest, take breaks, and have downtime
• Spend quality time with yourself: reading, writing, creating and getting to know who you are underneath who you think you should be
• Use a lens of curiosity and compassion with yourself as often as possible
• Remind yourself that you are as worthy of being shown up for as anyone else in life. Make yourself a priority in your own life

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