Self Love for Career Driven Caregivers
The theme of February on the blog was self love, which I define as showing yourself love in similars ways of receiving love from others. My personal tag line is love should not be dependent on a relationship status. On the blog, there was a self love series where I shared blog post on starting a self love journey, that you can read here. Today, I would like to share some self love tips for the career driven caregivers, like me.
First, let me start by describing the career driven care-giver or myself. Career driven care-givers are infact very career driven, trying to climb to the top of their career ladder, chasing success and accolades all while being caregivers of children, younger siblings, an/or parents. The determination to be successful while also being a “good” caregiver/parent can cause ongoing internal conflict which could then trigger symptoms of depression or anxiety. If this sounds like you, then I have three self care tips for you below.
3 Self Love Tips for Career Driven Caregivers
Incorporate Self-Care. Self care and self love are interchangeable to me and very necessary either way. Self care is important to recenter yourself and pour into yourself, even more so if you have to pour into so many others. Some of the tips shared in Begin A Self Love Journey in 4 Easy Steps, discuss self-love/self care in more detail and is a great place to start if self-love and self-care is new to you. Remember, self love/self-care does not have to be esthetically pleasing, expensive, or excessive despite social media influence. Self-love/ self-care is more about taking care of yourself and your future self.
Recognize being overwhelmed. Being overwhelmed by responsibilities, task and obligations at work and home may be common for the career driven caregiver. Recognizing overwhelm and being overextended, with little to no ways to manage the feelings overwhelm may become the trigger to anxiety or depression. Once you have recognized overwhelm, be intentional with reconciling the feeling by prioritizing task, quitting task that no longer serve you or bring you more stress than pleasure, and delegating task out.
Check in with your needs and provide them. You know how you have those special someone’s who cross your mind and you stop what your doing and call to check on them to see how they are doing? You know them well enough to “push” or “press” when they “I’m fine” or “okay” to see how you can be of assistance, well that is exactly how checking in with yourself should look. This ultimately circles back to self care with intentionality. Get more in tune with what you are feeling and what you need and provide it!
There it is! Three very simple tips for the over worked and overwhelmed career driven caregiver. A bonus tips would be to seek therapy if you have done the above mentioned steps and are still finding it difficult to manage your feelings and emotions. As a career driven caregiver myself, I believe it is possible to have it all, a successful career, family, health, wealth, and sanity. The key is finding out how it looks for you, specifically.
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