32. Is Self Care Selfish with Kate Horsburgh

Today on the Stronger Bones Lifestyle Podcast Debi talks to Kate Horsburgh, qualified Yoga Teacher, Yoga Therapist, Integrative Nutritionist Health Coach and Holistic Chef about the different parts of self care and the physical ways we can take care of ourselves. Plus, removing energy vampires, Kate’s self care tips and preserving your boundaries - and realizing that you need to.

Kate helps her clients create their optimal holistic health and is perfectly placed to guide and support them so they achieve their wellbeing and health goals.  In this episode she shares what she does every day for body maintenance as well the importance of self talk, self care and self love.

Listen today Debi and Kate dig into the big question – is self care selfish? 

Key  Takeaways:
[2:04] What does self care mean to Kate
[2:54] The word yoga
[3:38] The different parts of self care
[4:57] Physical ways to take care of ourselves
[6:06] Movement contributes to hydration
[11:13] Energy vampires
[13:29] Teflon, not Velcro
[16:20] Putting a number on it
[19:23] What Kate does everyday for body maintenance
[21:42] Human doings
[25:13] Self talk, self compassion, self love
[27:18[ Is self care selfish?
[31:34] 5 layers of a human
[34:36] What you need is what you need

Where to Find Guest:
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Memorable Quotes:
"It really is when you start to self care habits and tools is what happens is you start to take care of the whole self." [9:55] - Debi

 "We’re consumers, we know we consume food, and that food has to be digested absorbed assimilated and eliminated. What about what we consume with our eyes and ears?" [11:37] - Debi

 "Everybody's different. So what you need is what you need. It doesn’t have to be what sounds right to other people." [34:36] – Kate

self·ish

adjective

1. (of a person, action, or motive) lacking consideration for others; concerned chiefly with one's own personal profit or pleasure.

"I joined them for selfish reasons"

self-care

noun

1. the practice of taking action to preserve or improve one's own health.

"autonomy in self-care and insulin administration"

                     the practice of taking an active role in protecting one's own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress.

 

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