Why is it so hard to look after oneself. Thought I would write this post as we know that our self care, physically, mentally and emotionally is so important.

It begs the question why is it so hard?

I haven’t been writing lately, as I always say.. if you don’t look after yourself, God will interrupt you and cause you to make a change or do something different.

That’s what  happening to me,  I ended up in an unplanned trip to the emergency room and in the hospital. I was complaining to a Dr. (not mine) a substitute one, of a cough that I had.  The new rules are you can’t come into the Dr’s. office if you have a cough. Ridiculous!! Who is treating who?

I was coughing already for almost 3 weeks, finally the Dr. told me to drive myself to the emergency.  If I was smart enough I should have done this in the 1st week.  I got a rest and the hospital people took good care of me.

I asked another friend of mine, Why is it so hard to look after oneself? We all are busy helping other people, thinking there is no time to stop. Hmm not good odds I would say.

If your health is our wealth, what do you do to look after yourself?  There are areas that we can improve upon.. overall how would you rate yourself looking after you?

Another topic I’ve been thinking about an offering I was going to add.. and I just recently had the experience of it.  Many of us Founders, CEO’s run out of friends and family to share our experiences. Many of my friends are retired.. they don’t want to hear about my challenges.. or grief.  I’ve been in the group where we have been meeting 1x a month.. 3 of us.

Recently, one of the guys whatever I say there is a bit of if combat going on. He’s not willing to change the time or the location of the meetings. I drive the longest to get to the location. And whenever I want to add to the conversation, he will talk over me.. Feel I need to raise of voice to be heard.

This is another typical situation of looking after me. I decided to opt out of the meetings.. and I think the lack of more people, It’s like living with 3 people, it never works out.  Three’s a crowd.

From this experience I’ll be starting Listening Circles.. for Founders and CEO’s. Where we can share our challenges, be heard and feel better ourselves. It’s a great way to look after ourselves.  Have you experienced a loss of people to talk to? Would you benefit from joining a Listening Circle?

“What other programs or workshops do you think would you benefit from that I can help you with, either about  Why is it so hard to look after ourselves or about the listening circles.”

Look forward in seeing you there. If you have any feedback about Listening Circles.. please let me know your thoughts.

There are more blog posts of this topic, wellness,  as well as this topic of learning to breathe.

Have more Kind thoughts about yourself.

#kindness matters

Mari-Lyn