Diary of a Mad Woman

Nurturing Self-Care

Posted by: thruit on: June 16, 2008

. . . there isn’t a guidebook for setting boundaries. Each of us has our own guide inside ourselves. If we continue to work at recovery, our boundaries will develop. They will get healthy and sensitive. Our selves will tell us what we need to know, and we’ll love ourselves enough to listen.
—Beyond Codependency

What do we need to do to take care of ourselves?

Listen to that voice inside. What makes you angry? What have you had enough of? What don’t you trust? What doesn’t feel right? What can’t you stand? What makes you uncomfortable? What do you want? Need? What don’t you want and need? What do you like? What would feel good?

In recovery, we learn that self-care leads us on the path to God’s will and plan for our life. Self-care never leads away from our highest good; it leads toward it.

Learn to nurture that voice inside. We can trust ourselves. We can take care of ourselves. We are wiser than we think. Our guide is within, ever-present. Listen to, trust, and nurture that guide.

Today, I will affirm that I am a gift to myself and the Universe.

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A journal I write for purely therapeutic reasons. I'm not looking for sympathy, advice, nothing related to help. Feedback is always appreciated, if you relate to what I write then I'm somewhere between glad and sad (since it's all very confusing, overwhelming, painful, etc) but I am *NOT* looking for anything. I'm not asking for help. I'm simply sharing. A simple "thank you" or "I know how you feel" is appreciated. Thanks.

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