The hottest Self-care Substack posts right now

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deliberate

Mind Mud • 825 implied HN points • 15 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Standing on your own two feet can be more terrifying than expected, but taking responsibility breeds self-respect.
  2. Find answers about life and aspirations in religion like many others do.
  3. Value intimacy over attention, be yourself, and connect with those who share your interests.

When (not if) Our Bodies Crumble

The Soup • 982 implied HN points • 25 Mar 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. The story talks about a personal journey with a child's chronic illness and the struggles faced as a family.
  2. It discusses the importance of recognizing and supporting those with chronic illness and disabilities in the community.
  3. The author shares insights on healing, community support, and the creative process behind writing and publishing a book.

On the Edge of Burnout

Am I Doing This Right? • 982 implied HN points • 08 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. The author is feeling emotionally up and down due to personal reasons.
  2. The author is working on a picture book with lots of art, making them tired of creating art by the end of the day.
  3. The author plans to adopt a more relaxed mindset about their newsletter content and focus on enjoying the creative process.

The Paper Workout Journal

The Analog Family • 339 implied HN points • 21 Mar 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Keeping a paper workout journal can help you track your fitness progress over time. Writing down workouts lets you see how you've improved in a more personal way than just using an app.
  2. Using a physical notebook allows for more detailed notes, like how you felt during a workout, which can be helpful for future training sessions.
  3. Writing on paper helps maintain focus and reduce distractions from phones during workouts. The act of using a journal can make the experience feel more real and meaningful.
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The Sun Will Rise

Spilled Coffee • 44 implied HN points • 21 Jan 26
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Bad days stack and make small things feel huge, but they pass — the smart move is to survive the day without doing something you'll regret.
  2. Keeping perspective by noticing the basics you can be grateful for — healthy family, a warm home, steady work — puts setbacks in their place.
  3. Real progress comes from boring, disciplined days; you don't need every day to be great, you just need to keep showing up.

Cultivating Resilience by Changing How You View Your Identity

QUALITY BOSS • 59 implied HN points • 23 Jul 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Focusing on your core values rather than roles can help you bounce back from tough times. When your identity is built around values like connection and integrity, you're more adaptable to change.
  2. People who tie their identity to their job or relationship might struggle more during transitions. If you see yourself as defined by your values, losing a job or going through a divorce feels less drastic.
  3. Building daily habits that reflect your values can strengthen your sense of self. For example, if curiosity is important to you, spending time learning new things helps keep you engaged and authentic.

Walking with a limp

Egg Report • 923 implied HN points • 04 Apr 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Walking with a limp can impact your whole body's stress and posture.
  2. Choosing to focus on the pain can lead to more deformities and issues.
  3. Resisting the urge to seek immediate relief can lead to better healing outcomes.

It takes 23 mins to recover after an interruption

Elevate • 616 implied HN points • 07 Dec 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. It takes an average of 23 minutes and 15 seconds to get back on track after an interruption, impacting productivity significantly.
  2. Context switching involves more than just changing tasks; it's like asking your brain to switch languages, leading to cognitive drain.
  3. Strategies for managing context switching include understanding task importance, using tech tools wisely, and fostering a workspace culture that respects deep work.

This Is How to Stop Ruminating

The Dose • 825 implied HN points • 22 Feb 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Rumination is a persistent and repetitive pattern of self-focused thinking.
  2. Strategies to interrupt negative rumination include taking a walk in the park and scheduling time to worry.
  3. Imagining what your future self might think about a current stressor can help reduce emotional distress.

You’re Not Broken. You’re Just Heading the Wrong Way.

Ben’s Blog 🏉 🧠🧑‍💻 • 10 implied HN points • 10 Feb 26
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Labels that describe a mental state can freeze a temporary condition into identity and hide whether you’re moving toward recovery or decline.
  2. People move in spirals of effort and recovery, not straight lines, so incomplete recovery can leave you starting each cycle lower and slowly spiral downward without obvious collapse.
  3. The loss of play and fun is an early warning sign that pressure is narrowing your life; noticing small signals and asking which way you’re spiralling lets you change direction before things get worse.

Genuine Gratitude

Seven Senses • 619 implied HN points • 22 Nov 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Gratitude is not just a feeling; it's an active choice we make. It helps us appreciate the good even when things feel tough.
  2. Practicing gratitude can shift our focus from negative thoughts to positive ones. It helps us notice the little joys in our lives.
  3. Making time for gratitude, like journaling or reflecting on small moments, can enhance our overall well-being. It's a habit that continues to grow the more we practice it.

Talking About Talking

NOW IS GOOD • 432 implied HN points • 19 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Engaging in dialogue with others leads to the unknown of how you will respond back
  2. Setting intentions for personal growth involves being mindful of how you communicate
  3. Being honest and thoughtful in the words you share helps maintain genuine connections

Five Steps for Making Difficult Decisions

Are You Okay? • 758 implied HN points • 25 Sep 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Life involves trade-offs, especially during situations like COVID where risks are present. Decisions need to balance the risk of doing something versus the risk of not doing it.
  2. COVID is here to stay, and managing risks associated with it requires breaking down decisions into assessing the risks and benefits of actions.
  3. When making difficult decisions involving health, it's vital to define personal values, understand facts, and weigh the risks of action versus inaction.

The point of perspiration

Jeff Giesea • 219 implied HN points • 30 Apr 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. The point of perspiration is a moment when effort shifts to a flow state, making tasks feel easier and more natural. It's like finding a groove where you forget about your worries and enjoy what you're doing.
  2. We often experience this point in different areas of life, like parenting or work, where after a struggle, we get into a rhythm and just go with the flow.
  3. Instead of dreading the tough moments, we should embrace them as a chance to find our flow. Anticipating the sweat can lead to greater acceptance and joy in our activities.

You can just not do things...

David Spinks' Newsletter • 22 implied HN points • 02 Feb 26
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. You don’t have to keep doing more to find meaning or calm; choosing not to do things can create real spaciousness and a sense of enoughness.
  2. When you feel pressured to start something, pause and ask what that urge is really looking for or afraid of, and allow yourself to feel those emotions instead of instantly acting.
  3. Let action come from ease and joy — if it feels like being rather than doing, it’s worth doing; for unavoidable tasks, surrender to them but still check whether you truly must do them.

Intentional Consumption

Chronicles and Meditations • 59 implied HN points • 09 Jul 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Differentiate between consumption and production in your daily activities to make intentional choices.
  2. Recognize harmful consumption habits like unintentional, excessive consumption, and consumption disguised as production.
  3. Practice self-awareness to identify consumptive acts in your life and strive for intentional consumption.

Your own emotional acre

The Half Marathoner • 648 implied HN points • 23 Mar 23
⛪ Faith & Spirituality Self-care
  1. In life, each person has their own emotional space that is theirs to care for and tend.
  2. It's important to take time to be alone, to get to know and be friends with yourself.
  3. Creating a life that feels chosen involves work, honesty, patience, and cultivating connection and intimacy.

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

Are You Okay? • 878 implied HN points • 10 Jan 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Health is more than just physical metrics like blood pressure; it also encompasses how we feel, think, and behave in our daily lives.
  2. Being healthy involves honesty, asking for help, and building structure and support where needed, rather than quick fixes or fad diets.
  3. Prioritize four key elements for health: Sleep, Talk, Eat, Move, remembering that self-care is about meeting basic needs and nurturing a foundation for overall well-being.

On not trying so hard

the process • 589 implied HN points • 11 Aug 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Effort does not always lead to better results in writing or activities.
  2. Sometimes, it is beneficial to relax, be less strict with oneself, and embrace a more effortless approach.
  3. Learning to balance effort with ease can lead to breakthroughs and better outcomes.

I am addicted to my phone

Trying In Public • 279 implied HN points • 08 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Feeling constantly compelled to check your phone can make everything seem urgent and overwhelming.
  2. Social media can feed insecurities and comparison, leading to a focus on external validation.
  3. Setting boundaries with technology can help you reconnect with the present moment and your own thoughts.

Friday Q&A: caregiver burnout; Ozempic; fall allergies vs. viral symptoms; & emotional eating

Are You Okay? • 539 implied HN points • 20 Oct 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. When caring for aging loved ones, it's crucial to prioritize your own mental and physical health to prevent caregiver burnout.
  2. Shift your perception of control to restore agency and self-determination in your life, especially while taking care of others.
  3. In caregiving, meeting your basic biological needs like sleep, talking to someone, eating healthily, and moving your body is essential for long-term wellbeing.

What To Do When Weight Stigma Makes You Want To Avoid The Doctor

Weight and Healthcare • 519 implied HN points • 07 Jun 23
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. Weight stigma in healthcare can lead to higher-weight individuals avoiding going to the doctor altogether.
  2. It's important to advocate for yourself when facing weight stigma in medical settings and not let it deter you from seeking care.
  3. Bringing along an advocate and practicing how to deal with weight stigma in advance can help improve the healthcare experience.

Why do I forget jobs I have completed?

Brain Pizza • 728 implied HN points • 31 Dec 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Self-care
  1. People often forget what they did at work, even if they were busy. This can make it hard to recall specific tasks later.
  2. Our brains sometimes have trouble accessing completed tasks from memory. It's like they get filed away and are hard to find when we need them.
  3. The Zeigarnik Effect explains that we tend to remember unfinished tasks better than completed ones. This means we might focus more on what’s still left to do rather than what has already been accomplished.