Rachel Logan walks outdoors and reflects on how self-care often declines during the busy November season, urging listeners to do things differently. She breaks down care as serious attention to mind, will and emotions and invites deeper work next week.
Rachel Logan is taking a walk with you today. We'll talk about a topic that is fitting for the month of November. Let me know where you are and where you're coming from as we take this walk.
The biggest thing that plummets in this season is self care. This year, this season, I'm going to do things differently. Self care goes beyond getting our nails done, though it is nice. It goes beyond that and it goes into the depth ness of your soul.
The definition of care means serious attention or consideration applied to doing something correctly. Care means to avoid risk or damage. Let's sit with this for a moment because this is good.
We're talking about self care and what the definition of care is. It means looking after and providing for the needs of. Your mind, your will and your emotions. True self care is taking true consideration. Come back next week to go deeper with our true plan.
Wednesday at 11am we're getting to the roots. Get deeper. Go deeper with this, okay? Because, hey, our souls speak, and we need to listen to it so we can take adequate care of ourselves. All right. Be blessed. I'll talk to you later.
Hello, everyone. Hello. Hello. Hello. Welcome to get to the Root with Rachel Logan. I'm excited to be with you because today I'm outdoors, I'm taking a walk, enjoying this beautiful weather. So come on in, Come on into the room. Take a walk with me today. I'm excited to sit with you and to talk about a really good topic that I feel that is fitting for the month of November. So as you are coming on, please let me know where you're calling, where you're coming in from, like what state, what city. And today I'm in Shiloh, Illinois.
Shout out to Shiloh. And so come on into the room. Can you see these beautiful clouds in the sky behind me? Hello, Jewels. Hello, new flower. I am taking a walk today. Can you see this? It is absolutely beautiful. Beautiful. Today is beautiful. So welcome. Hello, Colleen. Look at this. I love fall. Like, it's like the best time of the year. The best time. It is. Do you see the sky, Colleen? I mean, perfectly blue. Yes. I'm excited to be with you today. So let me know where you are, where you are in the world today as we take this walk, this journey today.
So I was brainstorming the other day with a friend and we were just talking about what is this season all about? And we just came from Halloween. Now we're in November and this is the start of what I was gloomy and foggy. Oh, but just look at my sky. And you know, but this season, what happens in November and December? What is happening? What happens during this time of the year? Okay, I'll tell you it. Everyone goes crazy. I feel like people like, either they turn up and they spend a lot of money in this season or it's the opposite.
They're stressed out and they're not taking care of themselves because they're so focused on family, or they're so focused on buying the right presents or having the right centerpieces for their home and they find themselves not taking care of who they are and what they need. And so I just refuse this season to be one of those mothers, one of those wives who was frantically shopping, who was frantically trying to make sure my house is spic and span for my in laws or for family who's coming in from out of town.
And I'm just going to have a new season. And I want to invite you all into this new season. Hi, Miss Mary. I'm glad you joined. We're talking about what this season represents and it could be one or the other, right? Either you are excited and you already Playing Christmas music like my daughter is. Or you could be freaking out like, okay, my in laws are coming. I need to get the house in order. I have to shop, I have to cook, I have to do all these things. And the biggest thing that plummets in this season is self care.
It plummets. And I want us to make a vow, okay, that this season we are going to do things differently. We're going to show up differently. And that's what I want us to talk about today. If you can relate, give me some hearts. If you can feel what I'm talking about. If you understand, if you. If you have been one of those wives or caregivers or homeowners or hosts and you are stressed out in this season because family is coming over, your house needs to be in order. You have all these expectations for yourself and for your home or whatever this season represent.
If you feel me, put a heart, give me a heart. Because I remember, man, years of like being stressed out with the attitude. Like a full blown attitude. I'm gonna turn around so the sun won't blind you. But just being stressed out. And I said, no, this year, this season, I'm going to do things differently. And I'm so happy for this platform to think and process and to connect with you to talk about the importance of true self care. Self care goes beyond getting our nails done, though it is nice. It goes beyond lashes and a massage.
It goes beyond that and it goes into the depth ness of your soul. Self care. So you know, I'm all about definitions. So here it gets through. We want to get to the bottom line of things, right? So, so we know what self means. It's me, myself and I. It's just who you are. But care. And I wrote down the definitions. Even though I'm walking. I just want to give you the definitions. Okay? So literally the definition of care means serious attention or consideration applied to doing something correctly or to avoid damage or risk.
That's what the definition of care means. Serious attention. If you feel me, serious attention, put a heart in the chat. Care means to avoid risk or damage. Let's sit with this for a moment because this is good. Hello, welcome. Ana, welcome, welcome. We're talking about self care and what the definition of care is. And it means serious attention. It means looking after and providing for the needs of. And because we understand this season, it can be pleasant, it can be hard, it can be challenging, it can be stressful.
Maybe your mood changes because it gets dark earlier. But I'm telling us that we're making a vow here on this page. I get to the root with Rachel today, that we're going to take special care of ourselves. And it goes beyond the maintenance of our appearance. I said it. It goes beyond the maintenance of our self care. It goes to the deafness of our souls. So I looked up the scripture and it's John 3 and I'm going to paraphrase and it's John 3, chapter one, verse two. And it says, I pray that all may go well with you as well as your soul, that you may be in good health even as your soul prospers this season.
True self cares about your soul prospering. And what makes up your soul? I know you're wondering. It is your mind, your will and your emotions. So if we're gonna. Let's just pause and let's take a step back. Do you like my shirt or my hoodie? If we are saying that this season for the month of November, we are going to pay serious attention to our mind, our will and our emotions, my question for you is, what are you going to do differently? How are you going to pay attention to your mind, your thoughts?
What are you going to do to take care of your emotional health? How are you going to manage your will? Wait, your will. You know that the internal decision making. Because no one can force you to do anything, not even God. He gives you free will. So how will you manage your power of making decisions for your life? Yes, Colleen, a good reminder to move. Yes. So if we are prospering and we're saying, hey, this season we're taking care of our mind, our will and our emotions, true self care is taking true consideration.
It's meeting our needs. It means to look after. So if we're going to look after our thoughts, that means we're going to monitor what we're watching. We're going to monitor what we're thinking. Right. Because we can't allow negativity to ruminate in our mind and think we're gonna feel something differently. No, ma'am. No, sir. So we have to take time and take consideration. Yes. We have to take care of our bodies. That's automatic. That's automatic. That's an automatic. But when we think about our wheel, that means our decisions.
What are we deciding that's going to be helpful for us today? What, How? What decisions are we're going to make that aligns with our true desires? So when we think about this season. Yes. Self care looks like taking mental health days. Absolutely. To rest, to not respond to Emails. Because you know what? Your mind, your will, and your emotion needs a break. Absolutely. It does mean you might have to order out food because you're tapped out and that, you know what? I'm not gonna cook tonight, but I will order something healthy.
Mm. It may look like monitoring how long you're at someone's house or gathering, because if you're paying attention to your mind, will, and emotions, if something becomes off, Colleen or Anna or Jules or male, then you have a choice to say, I'm gonna stay or I'm not gonna stay in this environment because I'm taking consideration of how I feel in this moment. So we are taking a vow this season, we are going to take care of, take special attention to our mind, our will, and our emotions. We're taking special attention to our souls.
We are agreeing. Right? So if you are agreeing with me, I want you to give me a heart so I know you feel me and that you are going to make some changes. And this month, this is what we're going to talk about. So come back next week, Wednesday. Yes, ma'am. Next week, Wednesday, we are going to go deeper. We're going to come up with our true plan so we can be aware and we can truly take care of ourselves in this season. To be authentic means to not bend on our needs or. Or the things that happens in the inside that warns us that we're not okay with certain things.
So I'm excited. So, listen, if you can get outside, Mel, if you can, no matter what it looks like on the outside, I want you to always know that the sun is shining through above the clouds, okay? So even if it's gloomy, you still go outside. You put that music on, you take that walk, and you speak life to yourself so your mind, your will, and your emotions can have special attention. I feel good about this month, y'all. I really do. And I really feel good that this season we're going to do things differently, and we're going to have a greater outcome come November 30th.
Watch and see. Watch and see. All right. I'm about to finish my walk. You want to see? I have a little bit more to go. I'm going to finish my walk. I'm going to continue to think about it, and then I will see you next week. Wednesday at 11am we're getting to the roots. We're going to have true. True. Thank you. Mail. Thank you. Get your shoes on. Yes, we're going to next week. Get deeper. Go deeper with this, okay? Because, hey, our souls speak, and we need to listen to it so we can take adequate care of ourselves.
All right. Be blessed. I'll talk to you later. Bye. Thank you.
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