PART 2: How to Lower the Bar and Finally Succeed in Self-Care.

PART 2: How to Lower the Bar and Finally Succeed in Self-Care.

Emily Colwell Inner Dialogue, Anxiety, Authentic Self, Inner Judge Judy, Micro-Moment Reset, Self-Care Leave a Comment

But you know what changed my experience with this? When I lowered the bar. Yup. I changed my expectations. The ONLY thing I asked myself to do was to notice what it FELT like in my body when I made the choice to stay downstairs when I REALLY wanted to be climbing into bed. And I only asked myself to notice this for micro-moments. That’s it.

How to Lower the Bar and Finally Succeed in Self-Care.

PART 1: How to Lower the Bar and Finally Succeed in Self-Care.

Emily Colwell Inner Dialogue, Anxiety, Authentic Self, Inner Judge Judy, Micro-Moment Reset, Self-Care Leave a Comment

The demands of self-care can so easily become one more expectation on your plate. And then you start to resent the acts of self-care altogether. Sounds familiar, right? And before you know it, your inner Judge Judy is criticizing you even more because you failed, yet again, to succeed in your self-care attempts. Ohhhhh, it’s such an exhausting cycle!