Complete Guide to Self-Care: Best Practices for a Healthier and Happier You

by Kiki Ely

Overview

The Complete Guide to Self Care features 100 accessible activities that help you reconnect with your body, mind, spirit, and surroundings, and leave you feeling refreshed and ready to face the world again.

Caring for yourself is far from selfish and self-care is far from a new phenomenon, but it’s recently been in the popular vernacular. With screens, work emails on our phones, notifications, and poor boundaries between ourselves and the world around us, taking time and making space for ourselves has become more and more important. Therapy, caring for plants, making your favorite dish…these are all little ways to reclaim parts of yourself that you’ve lost track of in the daily hustle of life.

With encouraging reminders, inspiring thoughts, easy wins, and practical advice, The Complete Guide to Self Care helps you identify your needs so you can relax, refuel, and find calm in your hectic life. This book tells you why mindset is key, how to nourish instead of punish yourself, how to exercise and sleep, and why it is important to go slow sometimes. You live your whole life being you, so why not be your own best friend?

The Complete Guide to Self Care is a book for people who need to relax, chill out, or recenter. You'll learn how to achieve this by:

• Setting an effective and fruitful sleep schedule
• Creating exercise routines and not feeling bad about falling off the bike
• Saying no to things you don’t want to do (and things that maybe you do but don’t have space for)
• Reading, writing, art, music, and all forms of expression that water our soul
• Setting aside time that is only for you, no one else, no exceptions
• Watering yourself and giving yourself proper nutrients

In the tumults of our hectic world and your busy life, if you’re working toward being emotionally available and hungry for stability, a happier and healthier you is within your grasp.

Discover today’s top trending health and wellness topics with the Everyday Wellbeing series from Chartwell Books. From smart eating habits to personal growth advice, these engaging lifestyle guides give you the expert tips and life hacks you need to help you make good choices while practicing mindfulness and self-love. Whether you want to explore cooking with new ingredients like adaptogens and CBD, or make it a priority to incorporate self-care into your daily routine, these brightly colored take-along handbooks have the tools you need to succeed.

Other titles in the series include: The Celery Juice Cookbook, Adaptogens, The CBD Handbook, The Instant Pot and Air Fryer Cookbook, and The Plant-Based Cookbook.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780785838302
Publisher:	Chartwell Books
Publication date:	02/15/2022
Series:	Everyday Wellbeing Series , #3
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	184,899
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Kiki Ely is a former attorney and event designer who decided to pursue a more fulfilling, connected, authentic life. She is a self-care, mindset, and beauty curator, an influencer, blogger, and author. She speaks regularly at various conventions, retreats, workshops, and on podcasts. She also coaches individuals and businesses seeking alignment, balance, and truth every day. She believes that all people deserve to live lives that fully express who they truly are.

Table of Contents

Introduction 10

What is Self-Care?

Why is Self-Care Important?

How to Use This Book

1 Physical Self-Care

Movement 16

Benefits of Daily Movement

Yoga

The Benefits of Yoga

Walking

How to Get in Your Steps

Stretching

Dance

Connecting With Your Body

Touch 26

Why Touch and Your Senses are Important

Freeing Your Feet

Barefoot Benefits

Massage

Benefits of Massage

Self-Administered Massage

Comfort

Your Clothing Should Feel Good

Sunlight 34

Being Present 36

Hydration 38

Healing Water

Healing Beverages

Nourishment 42

Intuitive Eating: The Guiltless Diet

How To Stock Your Kitchen With Healthy Staples

ABC Shopping

Rainbow Shopping

Snacks

Meal Preparation

Beauty 50

Beauty Ritual

Your Five-Minute Skincare Routine

Keep Your Mane Healthy + Strong

Scalp Care

Hair Care

How Oils Can Benefit Your Beauty, Body, + Mind

Goddess Bath

Sleep 60

The Benefits of Sleep

Light Cycles + Your Circadian Rhythm

Bye Bye, Blue Light

Sleeping Tips

2 Intellectual Self-Care

Create 68

Everyone is an Artist

Painting 101

Vision Board: What it is + How to Use it

Music 72

Simple Instruments

The Happy Playlist

Writing 76

Morning Pages: How Five Minutes Can Reduce Anxiety

Gratitude Journal

Writing Letters to Yourself

Journal Prompts

Reading 86

"Reading" With Your Ears

Five Books to Add to Your Self-Care Arsenal

Home 90

How Clutter Impacts Your Mindset

How to Keep a Clutter-Free Home

Creating a Sanctuary

Remaining Childlike 94

Awakening Your Inner Child

Exercises in Fascination

Exercises in Connection

Efficiency 100

Time Management

The Myth of Multitasking

Time Blocking: Maximize Your Day to Clear Time for You

Creating a Schedule That Protects Self-Care

Social Media 108

The Comparison Trap

Social Media Curation

Limiting Screen Time

Social Media Detox

3 Emotional Self-Care

Self-Love 116

Affirmations

How to Use Affirmations

Ritual 122

Morning Ritual

The Five Simple Steps of a Morning Ritual

Evening Ritual

The Five Soothing Steps of an Evening Ritual

Boundaries 126

Setting Boundaries

Saying "No"

Mindset 130

Emotional Check-In

"You" Time 134

Staycation

The Cycle of Introspection and Connection

The Cycle of Celebration

4 Spiritual Self-Care

Meditation 142

Chakras and Unblocking Them

Manifestation 148

Practicing Manifestation

5 Social Self-Care

People 154

Friendship Assessment

Volunteering

Ask for Help

Stay in Touch 160

Thank You & Acknowledgments 162

Index 164

Resources 166