Written by: Awaz Ahmed, Executive Contributor
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Self-care helps you have a positive relationship with yourself to share your positive emotions with others. What you don't have yourself, you can't give to anyone. Although some may mistake self-care for selfishness, this is far from the case. Self-care is always essential but vital during a time of change!
Self-care is an important daily activity. This will result in a better balance in your professional and personal life. As a result, you'll have a better balance across your wellbeing dimensions and your overall health. It’s essential to be aware of your self-care to practice self-care for better outcomes in your professional and personal life.
How do you create this awareness? Well, ask yourself these three questions:
What am I thinking?
What am I feeling?
What am I physically feeling?
This will bring awareness to your emotional state and create self-awareness for action.
How to practice self-care?
Create self-awareness.
Take control.
Create a routine.
Creating a routine is highlighted because it’s so IMPORTANT! Creating a daily or weekly routine enhances positive emotions, leading to positive outcomes in professional and personal settings. What’s the one activity that makes you feel happy, relaxed, or fulfilled? Is it a morning workout, a morning walk, a morning meditation session, writing, or reading?
Create a routine at the same time every day or same time the week to practice self-care, especially during the time of changes we all are going through.
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Awaz Ahmed MBPsS, Business Psychologist, Business and Emotional Intelligence coach
Awaz Ahmed is a Business Psychologist and Coach, helping organizations and individuals in the workplace by encouraging and facilitating clients in a range of professional and personal areas. She has also worked internationally and is the founder of Aweology, a company platform of Business Psychologists and experienced coaches. With an MSc in Business Psychology and coaching Awaz Ahmed, is also a certified emotional intelligence coach, NLP practitioner, certified 70+ hours of ICF coaching training, member of the British Psychology Society, American Psychology Association, Society for Industrial and organizational psychology and currently studying her Ph.D. in Business Psychology. Through her extensive experience and education in Business Psychology, she is highly skilled and passionate about research, psychometrics, assessments, training, development, recruitment, and coaching.
