The shit we need to talk about this week is that it’s astonishing to me that I keep having a conversation around people knowing self-care is important but they’re still half-assing it. So I have to ask you point blank: At what point are you going to cut the shit and actually do it?

You’ve acknowledged how important self-care, rest, and resourcing yourself is but there is a resistance in actually taking the time to do it. You know doing these things is an act of resistance, it’s radical action based on what we continue to go through in this world under systems of oppression. Why can we make sense of it in our brains, but we’re not actually changing behavior?!

What will it take for us to finally implement this information into our lives?

And I know you want to do a better job of taking care of yourself so that you can feel more resourced and at ease and effectively do your work and serve the people and causes you believe in.Yet, still there is some sort of disconnect between the wanting and doing of your self-care.

It’s true that energy, time, resources, and support are stretched thin, low, or non-existent. It’s hard to show up for your work, your people, and your causes, and have anything left over for yourself. AND. What I also know is: the time is now. Are you in?

Cuz there has to come a point where you decide that enough is enough. Life is beautiful and hard and the systems suck. Like suck and also suck the life out of us. And while so many of us are working so hard to disrupt and dismantle all of it, I have to say, we cannot wait on self-care. We cannot keep putting everything before ourselves. We cannot keep half-assing our care or putting it off or making it a part of our to-do list.

Jump in for a conversation that gets to the root of why you’re half-assing self-care and wtf to do about it already so you can feel more resourced and at ease.

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