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Self-care Quotes
"I have a pretty good handle on my anxiety. I basically treat myself like a nervy horse: lots of exercise, lots of sleep, lots of interesting work to keep my mind occupied, and generally avoiding being ridden hard by strangers."
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"Be real, rare, refreshing you! Fan the flames of self love and ignite your light!"
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"I love myself totally, completely, and unconditionally."
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"Never spend more time worrying about somebody or some situation (that plays no significant role in your life) more than you do about yourself."
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"I made a conscious effort to name my needs and desires. To carefully listen to and accurately identify what I felt. Hunger, exhaustion, cold, lower-back ache, thirst. The ephemeral pangs: wistfulness and loneliness. Rest fixed most things. Sleep was my sweet reward. I treated bedtime as both incentive and sacrament."
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"There is no quick fix-all procedure to heal your insecurities. Like any relationship, the relationship with yourself must be built and re-built one kind, loving conversation at a time."
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"It's more than ok to say no to the people and places that harm your peace."
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"As a woman, I see myself as a garden, and I see myself as the gardener of myself, I see myself forming and pruning and watering and nourishing all the flowers and trees and vines and leaves in me. There is a world within yourself, that has so much to offer! If only you would walk into it each day! We were not meant to save the world; we were meant to save ourselves! And in saving ourselves, we have saved worlds innumerable."
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"Let me ask you something, in all the years that you have...undressed in front of a gentleman has he ever asked you to leave? Has he ever walked out and left? No? It's because he doesn't care! He's in a room with a naked girl, he just won the lottery. I am so tired of saying no, waking up in the morning and recalling every single thing I ate the day before, counting every calorie I consumed so I know just how much self loathing to take into the shower. I'm going for it. I have no interest in being obese, I'm just through with the guilt. So this is what I'm going to do, I'm going to finish this pizza, and then we are going to go watch the soccer game, and tomorrow we are going to go on a little date and buy ourselves some bigger jeans."
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"Don't you dare feel guilty for letting those who dim your light, go. Not everyone you meet deserves to be a character in your story."
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"The shortest short-term investment is to serve ourselves."
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"We truly can reconfigure how we see ourselves and reclaim the love for ourselves that we're innately capable of."
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"How can a falling dove turn again into a flying dove once again? It really takes the eyes of someone who sees you for the beauty that you really are. And if there are no other eyes there to see you in that way, then you had better be those pair of eyes, for yourself, to see yourself with!"
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"Integration happens when all parts of your being are in harmony."
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"Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well."
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"Don't wait for people to dress your bed for you, do it yourself and you'll be glad to sleep and feel relaxed."
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"A circle's unity and never ending smoothness is how we can aim to feel inside. Smooth, gentle, accepted, no rough edges, only love for all parts of our selves."
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"It is so easy to forget the importance of emotional self-care. Especially when we have obvious symptoms of mental and physical illness. Emotions seem irrelevant, unrelated, invisible. But when we look at a giant oak tree, the seed that bore it is invisible too."
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"Once we are honest about our feelings, we can invite ourselves to consider alternative modes of viewing our pain and can see that releasing our grip on anger and resentment can actually be an act of self-compassion."
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"Discovering the truth of who you are is the only way to love and care for yourself."
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"Take time for yourself. If you feel guilty eating lunch away from yourdesk or lingering in a bath, let the deprogramming begin."
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"Without a second look, your habits and hygiene reflect a lot about you-your thoughts, values, beliefs, priorities, self-esteem, self-respect, confidence, and every other category covered in this book that influence how people perceive you."
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"Claiming to love self, but willingly default to cheating at the first sign of trouble is nothing short of playing yourself. Your ego may feel avenged - temporarily - but your heart and soul, the true self, will suffer the long term affects of karma's justifiable sting."
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"Seeking external validation brings disappointment. Validate yourself from within to find true happiness."
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"Love yourself like you would a treasured love or a cherished child."
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"When you are ready to be done with the day, praise yourself with love and kindness for the hard work and accomplishments made during the day."
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