Self-care: we know we need to practice it, we are sometimes annoyed by it, and when we need it most, it’s often the first thing to fall off our to-do list.

As I’m preparing for the birth of our first child, trying to manage preparing clients and the business before my maternity leave, all while dealing with the spontaneous happenings of both homeownership and chicken farming, this topic has crossed my mind multiple times a day for the past few months. How can we cope with all of the stressors of life while also taking good care of ourselves? This is a question I also explore every day with clients through my therapy practice and because I believe in doing the work myself to better help those I serve, I personally ponder this frequently.

Here I’ll try to distill down some helpful tips that I’ve learned along the way and hopefully they will prove beneficial for you as well.