S2E2 5-Day Self Care Challenge Kickoff with C.K. Collins

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How often do you think “Gosh, I love myself”? Can you look in the mirror each day and say, “You’ve got this girl and I love you.”

Hi, I'm Kelly, pen name C.K. Collins, and I'm a Life Transformation Coach. I work with women who are seeking to uplevel their daily life and develop a life-changing routine of self care. 

This is Day 1 of a Five Day Self Care Challenge to revolutionize your routine. I’m going to provide a series of tips on how to care for yourself. Small tips for BIG change.

But first, I want to talk about why you don’t put your own self care a priority.

It’s tough to put our self care first - especially women - for several reasons. 

First, society teaches you that you are your looks and that our outward appearance should be our focus. We spend hours trying to look just right subconsciously believing this is the only way to be loved.

Second, societal gender norms position you as caretakers, which leads to gender inequality in how roles are distributed at the household level.

The reason I’m concerned about this and writing to you today is because I believe we have it all backwards. It is your soul health that allows you to care for others. 

When you are beating yourself up and not loving yourself, you are tearing down the foundation of your natural inclination to care. 

If you aren’t healthy within your own soul, how can you truly do a good job of caring for anyone else. It’s just a tough cycle.

So I’d love for you to revolutionize your self care routine that includes a focus on 3 things. Today we’ll talk about #1.

So let's talk about something close to my heart: how do you practice self love?. Your heart is the center of your emotions and deserves attention and care.

My mentor said the other day that we need to live in a State of Grace because that releases us to be curious and creative. I’ll say that again…. 

Do you give yourself grace? Think about the last time you had a bad hair day or you didn’t get your workout in? What was your thought pattern?

When was the last time you looked in the mirror and thought “Hey you are doing great and I’m proud of you”? Do you give yourself grace when you make mistakes or are you beating yourself up?

If not, there are so many easy ways to start building up the good energy in your heart. So many of us build up walls instead of breaking down barriers. Which are you doing?

I want you, more than anything, to be able to EASILY say “I am more than enough”? So, let’s start there.

Here is self care tip #1.

Over the next 24 hours, I challenge you to say a simple phrase every time you look in the mirror or see your reflection in a window as you pass by. Every time you see your own image just stop and quickly think “You are enough” and when that gets easier, begin to say “You are MORE than enough”

You deserve a life that gets you bouncing out of bed each morning like Tigger. And even on those days when something hard happens, you are ready for it because your heart is whole. 

That's why I've created a Self Care Checklist, a valuable resource to help you assess your well-being and determine your level of self care. If you aren’t where you want to be right now, this checklist will help you determine what to work on to cultivate healthier habits. 

You can download it for free from my website at ckcollins.co/selfcare or you can type in care in my DMs and I’ll send it to you right away.. Stay tuned tomorrow as we dive deeper into this topic and explore ways to nurture your heart and live your best life."