What Plants Can Teach You About Self Care
This was a fun question! If you’re a gardener who’s struggling to understand some aspect of self-care, then this episode is for you!
If you’re a human and not a rose bush, you can learn more about building a consistent, sufficient, and sustainable self-care routine that works for you and your life by downloading my free Self-Care Toolkit!
Ok, I love metaphors, self-care, and plants, so here we go!
Self-care is nourishment, it fills your energy reserves so you can tackle anything that life throws at you.
Let’s picture a rose bush growing in your yard. The sun shines down on the rose, the rose receives the light and is nourished through photosynthesis.
It rains, and the water soaks into the ground, that water travels into the roots of the rose and helps fill each cell, making the rose more resilient during long hot days.
The wind blows gently on the rose and as the branches sway in the breeze they build strength to withstand stronger winds.
And in late winter or early spring, you head out to the garden and prune away any dead wood the rose no longer needs. You give it room to breathe, allowing fresh air to circulate around the healthy branches.
In each case, the rose receives the nourishment it needs so it’s strong enough to survive what life throws at it: Japanese beetles, heavy winds, torrential rains, and droughts. Those acts of nourishment are self-care.
Since I’m guessing you’re not a rose bush, if you want to learn more about what self-care looks like for you, get your copy of my free self-care toolkit!
