Rachel Logan: We are talking today about true self. The title of today's subject is I deserve. I deserve true self care. What do you deserve? Let us know in the comments below.
This is the month of November and we're talking about what is true self care. Dr. D breaks it down to three things: You deserve time, space and resources. True self care is honoring your needs. In order to honor yourself, you have to give yourself time.
The second thing you need is space. You deserve true self care. You need a special place where you can go, where is yours? It's a space that is serene. The third thing I want to encourage you is resources. There's nothing wrong with asking for what you want.
How often do I say yes to things out of obligation rather than joy or desire? What are things that I do to soothe my mind and soul that doesn't involve escaping but truly restoring self? This is the call to action.
As we talk about true self care, I want to reiterate that you deserve it. You deserve time, space and resources. And more importantly, you also get to choose what you say yes and no to and how to restore yourself.
I hope this has been a blessing for you. I will see you next week as we go a little bit more deeper into what true self care looks like. All right, you guys be blessed.
Hello, Cadre. Hello. Good morning. Welcome to this new day, this new hour. It is kind of quiet. Quiet is good, but I like a little background noise. So I'm gonna play some. How are you feeling? Come on into the room with me. Come on into the room with me. I'm gonna play a heart. Not me personally, but someone's gonna play the heart while we talk. It is so serene. Hello, hello, hello. Welcome everyone. I am your friend, Rachel Logan. And this is the hour that we get to the root. Hello, my friend.
Welcome, Dr. Leslie. Come on into the room. We are talking today about true self. And the title of today's subject is I deserve. I deserve true self care. So I'm going to give you guys a little time to come into the room. As we think about this, think about what do you deserve? What do you deserve in this hour? What do you deserve? So Dr. D, let let me know. What do you deserve in this hour? What do you deserve? I deserve true self care. So I want to hear from you, what do you deserve? Welcome in everyone.
So I'm going to get started because our time is precious and if you are watching on the replay, I want you to type into the message. Yes, sis, I deserve a nap. Absolutely. I'm gonna need you to take that hour and get you a good old 15 minute nap, okay? Absolutely. That's good. I deserve a nap. Naps are important. And listen, I will get a good 15 minutes on my lunch break. Yes, ma'am. Set that timer. All right. So I'm gonna dive in. So we are talking about. This is the month of November and we're talking about what is true self care.
So I want to start first, start with the scripture and it is 3 John, chapter 1, verse 2. It says, Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health, that all may go well with you. Even as your soul prosper. Even as your soul is getting along well. So that's the premises of us talking about self care. Hello, Colleen. As you are coming in, I want you to put in the chat. What do you deserve? I deserve true self care. Dr. D says she deserves a nap. I want to know, what do you deserve? Awesome. Well, we're talking about true self care.
Last week we broke it down. We recognized that true self care is paying attention to special attention to our mind, our will and our emotions. Right. Which is our soul. Soul. We are paying attention to our spirit. We are paying attention to our mood, our will, the things that we're saying yes to, things we're saying no to. And we are paying attention to our health. And so today I want us to go even further and think about what do you deserve? What do you deserve? Because a lot of times when we see people do things, we always say that or they get an award or something good happens to them, we say they deserve that.
True. But what do you deserve when you think about true self care? What do you deserve? And I broke it down to three things. You deserve time, space and resources. You deserve time, space and resources. And what do I mean by that? I'm glad you asked. You deserve uninterrupted time for yourself. I'm say that again. You deserve uninterrupted time for yourself to have true self care where you're paying special attention to your mind, your will and your emotions and you're taking special care to your environment.
You deserve uninterrupted time often and frequently. So I'm a mom of two, I'm a wife, I'm an entrepreneur, I serve in my ministry at church. And sometimes I still have to pull away from all of those things so I can pay attention to me. I want to say this. True self care is not selfish. I want you to cancel that lie that taking care of yourself or taking time out from things that you're obligated to do to take care of yourself is selfish. And that's a lie. You deserve it. You deserve time. You deserve a nap.
You deserve peace. You deserve uninterrupted time. So true self care means I'm going to create time for myself. I'm going to put time, I'm going to block out time on my calendar for me. I'm going to say, hey, every Tuesday I get to go to. And I fill in the blank because that's for me. True self care is honoring your needs. True self care is honoring your needs. In order to honor yourself, you have to give yourself time. So I'm going to be here with you and say no, I'm not going to subscribe to the idea that I don't have time.
No. And yes you do. Say it with me. Yes, I do. I have time for me. So if you are telling yourself you don't have time to pause or to take a break or to take a day off. Why not? Aren't you important? Yes, you are. All right. The second thing you need is space. You deserve true self care. So you need space in order to do that. What does that mean? Space area. So I tell you a quick story. Okay. We fold clothes in our house, in the living room. Sometimes the clothes Kind of stay there. I'm not gonna lie, they fold it.
But sometimes they, you know, they stay on the couch a little longer than what I need them to. When people come over and I have not, or my kids, we haven't, you know, put our clothes away, I just move it out the way, right? So visually, when you come into the, in the living room, it's clean, it's not dirty. We just got clean clothes that needs to be put away, right? Have that ever happened to you? You need to make space for you. So if that means a special place in your room, a special place in your closet, a special place in your car, a special place, you know, even at your office, place that work, you need a special place where you can go, where is yours?
It's something. It's a space that is serene. And if it's not like a whole space, it could be simply a corner. It could be in your car. It could be if you're riding public transportation and you have on headphones and you recognize this is my quiet time where I don't have to talk to anybody, but I can simply take this time and listen and ride without me putting forth effort and energy. You create that space for yourself is so vital. So create space for me. My space is here in my office and sometimes it's right there in my car where I play my favorite song, where I indulge in prayer or I bring my devotion with me.
It's the place at the park for me, the place I took you last week. That's my favorite place. And that is me taking a walk. That is me looking at birds, just hearing the sounds of the city pass by me. So create space. Or go to a space that brings you peace so you can begin to think about self. If you with me, put a heart in the chat if you understand what I'm saying about creating yourself. Time and space, give me your heart so I know that this is making sense to you. The third thing I want to encourage you or advise you to have true self care is resources.
And I'm not always talking about money resources. A resource can be a journal in a pen. Resource can be YouTube. A resource can mean friends. It can mean finding a good groupon. Okay? It can mean looking for coupons or groupons to so you can engage in some relaxation resources. You do need it. You do need income. You do need some type of money or credit or asking people for their credits. There's nothing wrong with asking. It is nothing wrong with asking for what you want. I'll Share a quick story I was just traveling last week.
I was in Texas recording for a podcast and we were on the plane and you know, the stewardess, they give you all these instructions and you know, sometimes they tell funny jokes on Southwest. I was on Southwest and the stewardess said, hey, if I get enough people to say crisscross applesauce as they get off the plane, then the pilot will buy her a margarita, right? Because it was happy hour. And you, you better believe people reminded her and the people at the front, crisscross applesauce. All these people on the plane were going by seeing crisscross applesauce.
Why? Because she asked how much more? If you ask for what you need or desire that someone will support you. More importantly, if you are a child of God, if you ask the Heavenly Father, listen, Father, I am in need of how much more will he not bless you? How much more would he not bless you? How much more would he not consider you? He considers you all the time. So as we sit and we think about what truths with true self care because you deserve it. That's the premise of today. You deserve it. So I want to throw out a couple of questions before we wrap up so this can hit home with you for you to journal and to think about.
Okay, question number one. How often do I say yes to things out of obligation rather than joy or desire? Sit with that. Sit with that. How much more? How often? I'm sorry, how often do I say yes to things out of obligation rather than desire or joy? You deserve joy. You deserve things that you enjoy doing. You deserve opportunity to say yes and to say no when things align with you and when things do not align with you. So true self care is paying attention to what are you saying yes and no to? Okay, I'll give you one more.
I'll give you one more question to think about. I have so many good questions. Okay, I'm thinking about it. What are things I do to soothe my mind and soul that doesn't involve escaping but truly restoring self? But that's it. What are things that I do to soothe my mind and soul that doesn't involve escaping but truly restoring self? So I want you to think about this. This is the call to action. This is the thing I want to encourage you to do after this session with me as you get to the root of your true self care.
What can you do to soothe your mind and your soul that doesn't take away from your present, that doesn't cause you to escape or ignore or disassociate but truly allows you to restore. All right, I know I told you we were getting to the root. We was going to go a little bit deeper. As we talk about true self care, I want to reiterate that you deserve it. You deserve time, space and resources. And more importantly, you also get to choose what you say yes and no to and how to restore yourself. Take a deep breath with me.
Let's inhale. Let's blow it out. I want you to just remind yourself subconsciously and consciously, I deserve true self care. I deserve time, space and resources. I deserve to say yes and no to things that brings me joy and pleasure. And more importantly, I get to engage in activities that really, really restores me. All right, good people, I hope this has been a blessing for you. I pray that your mind prospers, your soul prospers, your spirit prospers, as well as your heart. I will see you next week as we go a little bit more deeper into what true self care looks like.
All right, you guys be blessed. I'll see you next week.
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