Level Up Your Self-Care: Transforming Core Issues for a Healthier You
Explore the depths of self-care with insights on valuing yourself, protecting your boundaries, and knowing yourself deeply. Learn the core practices to enhance your well-being and address underlying traumas with expert guidance from Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC.
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Taking Self-Care to the Next Level: Addressing Core Issues La Shanda Sugg, LPC Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC
Lets Breathe Smell the Flower Blow out the candle
What is this thing they callSelf-Care? How do you define self-care? Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
Trauma/Pain that is not transformed is transmitted Richard Rohr
Self-Care: 5 Core Practices 01 02 03 04 05 Valuing Yourself Protecting Yourself Knowing Yourself Taking Care of Yourself Moderating Yourself Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
Valuing Yourself: Self-Esteem Same As: Empowered, Falsely Empowered, Devalued Other Esteem - Significant others, Affiliated groups Attribute Esteem - Vehicle, Home, Vacation, Looks Performance Esteem Winning, Success Inherent worth cannot be raised by strengths or lowered by deficits Healthy Self-Esteem: Holding yourself in warm regard despite your flaws and imperfections Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
Protecting Yourself: Boundaries Boundary System Limit setting that protects a person from being a victim Contains a person so that he/she is not offensive to others External System Contains and protect the body Controls distance and touch Physical boundaries personal space and property Sexual boundaries when, where, how, and with whom Internal System Contains and protects thinking, feelings and behavior Acts like a block or filter Listening boundary what I take in Speaking boundary what I let out Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
Knowing Yourself: Reality Being Human/Imperfect Bad and Rebellious vs. Good and Perfect I can t/I won t and Perfectionism both denials of reality Have a Sense of Self Is this just how I am or how you adapted? Know/Learn your likes and dislikes and personal preferences Being Aware of Your Body Attend to your 5 senses Remember your brain is making up stories Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
Taking Care of Yourself: Dependency 10 Too Dependent Person believes he can t take care of his basic needs and wants himself Person perceived as a burden Anti-Dependent or Needless/Wantless Person is not able to ask for help believes it s wrong or unsafe Person perceived as god or superhero, needing nothing Person also detached from own sense of needs and wants Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
Interdependence as Self-Care Avoid asking for help when you can take care of the need or want yourself Avoid Helps you avoid being too dependent Decline helping by saying no if you think you are going to end up feeling resentful Decline Helps you avoid overextending yourself Decline helping if you will enable the person asking for help Decline Helps the other person avoid becoming too dependent or staying small Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
Moderating Yourself: Spontaneity Too much spontaneity (Out of Control) No personal boundary In control of being out of control Too much uncontrolled spontaneity causes chaos Not enough spontaneity (Controlling of Others) Walled off, too much control Out of control with being in control Too little spontaneity causes lack of connection Moderation is the Goal the ability to be relational without being abusive or absent Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
Developmental and Relational Trauma Therapy Healing Our Core Issues Institute Expanded from Post-Induction Therapy Facing Codependence Pia Mellody Facing Love Addiction The Intimacy Factor healingtraumanetwork.net Labors of Love Counseling and Consulting, LLC, thelaborsoflove.com
