Self-Care for Coaches: A Workbook for Wellness Practitioners and Those Who Wish to Embrace Wellness Wisdom Through an Empowered Lens

Imagine a world where everyone had enough self-care. Let's broaden the concept of self-care beyond manis and pedis. Imagine if everyone had enough self-nourishment and time to take care of their basic needs—physical, mental, and emotional. What would our world look like? What if we set aside time for morning routines and time to spend with those we love? When making a living, what happens to having a life?

Are you the type of person who works all day, goes home for a few hours to be with family, sleeps, and then does the work all over again? Are you a stay-at-home worker, yet you are still constantly moving and doing something? Are you an entrepreneur who loves your work so much that there is little time for anything else? This workbook challenges you to take a pause, look at life from a system level, and see what can be done differently to serve you and, in turn, serve those around you.

I have to believe that if we all had enough mental, emotional, and physical self-care, the world would be a different place. Less war, more peace. When you have all your basic needs met, you are more present with the world around you—less in your head, more in your body.

Self-care entails consciously taking steps and making choices to preserve, enhance, or re-establish one's physical, mental, emotional, and social health and well-being. It revolves around prioritizing actions and behaviors that foster overall health and vitality while mitigating the impacts of stress, burnout, and fatigue.

It's important to note that self-care is a personalized concept, unique and different for everyone, and its scope can encompass a wide array of activities, from daily routines that are deliberate and purposeful practices to taking a mental health day when needed and doing something great for you.