Self-Care Is More Than a Bubble Bath: Emmalee Bierly on Yahoo

Somewhere along the way, "self-care" got flattened into products and pampering. Em talked with Yahoo about what got lost. In the piece, Emmalee Bierly, LMFT, digs into why so many of us, especially women, struggle to prioritize ourselves without guilt, and how being taught to stay humble and accommodating leaves us with, in her words, a ton of difficulty being seen. Real self-care is often less photogenic: boundaries, rest, saying the true thing. Read the full article on Yahoo. If your version of self-care keeps not working, therapy is a place to figure out what you actually need.