self-care practices
Personal health habits
Self-care practices are activities undertaken to maintain or improve one's physical, mental, or emotional well-being.
The term covers everything from basic hygiene and exercise to meditation, therapy, and setting boundaries.
In contemporary usage, self-care practices often emphasizes deliberate acts of personal restoration: Her self-care practices include journaling and long baths.
The phrase gained currency in wellness culture, sometimes criticized as justifying indulgence.
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- breathing exercisesIntentional respiration patterns
- journalingRegular personal writing practice
- hydrationBodily fluid replenishment
- nutritionBodily use of food
exercise · reading · boundaries · affirmations · therapy · mental health day · sleep hygiene · digital detox · screen time limits · prayer · stress management · work-life balance · goal setting · morning routine · self-compassion · body scan · stretching · skincare
self-care practicesoverwork
Toil to exhaustion
workaholism · martyrdom · depletion · self-deprivation · skipping meals
self-care practicesself-harm
Deliberately damaging one's body
self-destructive behavior · self-sabotage · self-abuse · self-punishment · self-deprivation