What are the barriers to you practicing self-care?

Many people find it hard to stop and listen to their body and what it needs, we so often ignore what our body is telling us. This is unfortunately exacerbated by the ‘hustle culture’ we live in today which encourages us to continually ‘push though’ and not take a breather, which ironically prevents us from taking care of ourselves. 

We already know that self-care isn’t selfish, but a significant portion of us still felt guilty about taking care of ourselves. It’s helpful to keep in mind that self-care isn’t meant to take away from time spent at work or being with others, it’s spent to replenish ourselves so we can be more focused at work, more present with our friends and better take care of our loved ones.

Do you need more support to help you practice self-care?

Barriers to self-care are often due to a lack of strong personal boundaries. One way we can learn to become more self-directed and self-aware is by asking ourselves difficult questions and striving to answer them with kindness and honesty. 

The last (nearly) three years has made many of us shift our focus on what truly matters, how important our health is. Do you think it has hindered or increased your self-care practice? If it’s the former, you might want to start thinking about what tools you need to help you take better care of yourself. Those tools might look like: 

• An exercise routine
• Looking at your diet and nutritional status
• Behaviour and habit change 
• Adopting a new sleep schedule 

…all of which we can help you with at FBF Collective, just drop us an email at