Redefining Self-Care, One Sip of Water at a Time

Good self-care doesn’t always look like a massage, a bubble bath, or a weekend away. Sometimes, it looks like freeze-dried bananas in your pocket. Or choosing not to take a single photo on a walk with your kid. Or putting your pajamas on while your toddler does hers.

In our most recent Sisterhood session, we didn’t just talk about self-care—we cracked it wide open.

What we discovered? Self-care isn’t glamorous. It’s personal. And most of all, you get to make the rules.

Self-Care Isn’t Glamorous—It’s Personal and Essential

We started our time together with deep breaths – prompted by a member whose friend had cracked ribs, in her gratitude that she had healed ribs. Because breathing, even when it’s hard, is still something we can choose to come back to. And that, in itself, is care.

I had a whole list and a soapbox ready, but the real moment of clarity came from this truth:

Self-care doesn’t have to be beautiful. It just has to be yours.

When you’re the one making the rules, it doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s version of “wellness.” It just needs to bring a little bit of life into your moment.

You Are the One Who Decides

Let’s get real: we’re grown women. We’ve got responsibilities, people who depend on us, and about a thousand tabs open in our brains. But even in the middle of the madness, we still get to decide how we care for ourselves.

And that’s powerful.

“Deciding is a mindset. And that mindset flows into and becomes action.”

You don’t have to wait for someone to tell you what counts as care. If it brings you peace, energy, grounding, or joy? It counts. Whether it’s putting on your softest socks or just sitting in the quiet for 30 seconds.

Micro Acts of Self-Care Matter

I shared a list of simple, stealable ideas in our session—not as a prescription, but as a jumping-off point for your own reflection. Here are a few crowd favorites that just might surprise you:

• Boundaries – Yes, still. Always. Boundaries are self-care.
• Me first – You get to take the first bite, the first sip, the first breath. Without guilt.
• Colorful food – It helps you pause and notice. (Just maybe not raw bananas if you’re like me, eww.)
• Walks with your kid—without your phone – No proof needed. Just presence.
• Drinking water – If you don’t know what else to do, drink some water.
• Lighting a candle – Especially while folding laundry.
• Making your bed – Not because you have to, but because it feels good to crawl into it later.
• Syncing pajama time with your toddler – It’s oddly satisfying. Like tucking yourself in.Each one of these can look simple from the outside—but the moment you claim it as care, it shifts the energy. That’s the magic.

Everyday Rhythms Can Be Reframed as Self-Care

Maybe you’ve been taught to think self-care is something you earn at the end of a long day. Or that it needs to be scheduled like a luxury appointment. But what if it’s not about adding more?

What if it’s about noticing what you’re already doing—and giving it the dignity of being enough?

Putting on pajamas with your toddler isn’t just bedtime—it’s a ritual.
Eating colorful food isn’t just fuel—it’s mindfulness.
Drinking water isn’t boring—it’s restoration.

Self-care lives in the timing, the choices, the presence—not the product.

So, What’s on Your List?

We ended our Sisterhood session with a question I want to pass along to you:

What are you calling self-care these days?
And does it still feel good to call it that?

It might be time to revisit your list. To edit, subtract, or add something delightfully strange (like my toddlers freeze-dried bananas, again, because raw bananas give me the hebegebees). To get creative. To make it work for you.

Because at the end of the day, you make the rules, friend. So make them kind. Make them wholesome. Make them yours.

And don’t be surprised when those little moments of care ripple outward—into how you show up for your people, your work, and yourself.

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Your seat is open. Your story is welcome. And your version of self-care is already good enough.