{"id":720,"date":"2025-04-09T23:02:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T23:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/?page_id=720"},"modified":"2025-04-15T14:17:45","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T14:17:45","slug":"self-care","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/self-care\/","title":{"rendered":"SELF CARE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n.flex-photo-row {\n  display: flex;\n  flex-wrap: wrap;\n  justify-content: center;\n  gap: 20px;\n  margin-top: 20px;\n}\n\n.flex-photo-row img {\n  border-radius: 20px;\n  width: 100%;\n  max-width: 300px;\n  height: auto;\n  object-fit: cover;\n  box-shadow: 0 4px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1);\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"flex-photo-row\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8593.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo 1\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_1374-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo 2\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_6659-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo 3\">\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udc86\u200d\u2640\ufe0f <strong>Self care, from daily practices to treats.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">This section of my blog is all about taking time for yourself, slowing down, and focusing on wellness from simple self-care tips to deeper reflections and treats. \ud83c\udf3f\ud83e\uddd8\u200d\u2640\ufe0f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><strong>Stop. Breathe. And relish in the chaos that is life.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">\u270c\ud83c\udffc\ud83d\udc9c\ud83d\udcab<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-posts-id-720_4fd19d-d9 .kb-post-list-item{display:grid;}<\/style><ul class=\"wp-block-kadence-posts kb-posts kadence-posts-list kb-posts-id-720_4fd19d-d9 content-wrap grid-cols kb-posts-style-boxed grid-sm-col-2 grid-lg-col-3 item-image-style-above\"><li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-1048 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-chronic-illness category-self-care\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/%f0%9f%a5%b4-hormonal-dance-of-doom\/\" aria-label=\"\ud83e\udd74 Hormonal Dance of Doom\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9535-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\ud83e\udd74 Hormonal Dance of Doom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9535-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9535-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9535-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9535-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9535-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_9535-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/category\/chronic-illness\/\" class=\"category-link-chronic-illness\" rel=\"tag\">CHRONIC ILLNESS<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/category\/self-care\/\" class=\"category-link-self-care\" rel=\"tag\">SELF CARE<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/%f0%9f%a5%b4-hormonal-dance-of-doom\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\ud83e\udd74 Hormonal Dance of Doom<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">mc.nicknick<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-04-23T15:55:05+00:00\">April 23, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-04-23T17:18:10+00:00\">April 23, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>Menopause is wild. Some days I feel okayish while other days I want to scream, cry, or nap in the fridge. Hormones go rogue, sleep disappears, and my patience? Yeah, she left the group chat a while ago. I stopped HRT this week, not because it wasn\u2019t helping, but because the break from progesterone every&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/%f0%9f%a5%b4-hormonal-dance-of-doom\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \ud83e\udd74 Hormonal Dance of Doom<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 0.219-0.5 0.5-0.5h19.5v-3.5c0-0.203 0.109-0.375 0.297-0.453s0.391-0.047 0.547 0.078l6 5.469c0.094 0.094 0.156 0.219 0.156 0.359v0z\"><\/path>\n\t\t\t<\/svg><\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-actions -->\n\t\t<\/footer><!-- .entry-footer -->\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/article>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"kb-post-list-item\">\n\t<article class=\"entry content-bg loop-entry post-733 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-self-care\">\n\t\t\t\t<a aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" role=\"presentation\" class=\"post-thumbnail kadence-thumbnail-ratio-2-3\" href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/grounding-sunshine-%e2%98%80%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%8c%bf\/\" aria-label=\"\u2600\ufe0f Grounding + Sunshine\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"post-thumbnail-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8631-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\u2600\ufe0f Grounding + Sunshine\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8631-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8631-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8631-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8631-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8631-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/IMG_8631-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a><!-- .post-thumbnail -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-content-wrap\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"entry-header\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-taxonomies\">\n\t\t<span class=\"category-links term-links category-style-normal\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/category\/self-care\/\" class=\"category-link-self-care\" rel=\"tag\">SELF CARE<\/a>\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-taxonomies -->\n\t<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/grounding-sunshine-%e2%98%80%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%8c%bf\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u2600\ufe0f Grounding + Sunshine<\/a><\/h2>\t<div class=\"entry-meta entry-meta-divider-dot\">\n\t<span class=\"posted-by\"><span class=\"meta-label\">By<\/span><span class=\"author vcard\"><span class=\"fn n\">mc.nicknick<\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"posted-on\">\n\t\t\t\t<time class=\"entry-date published\" datetime=\"2025-04-10T00:00:37+00:00\">April 10, 2025<\/time><time class=\"updated\" datetime=\"2025-04-15T14:13:43+00:00\">April 15, 2025<\/time>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .entry-meta -->\n\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t<div class=\"entry-summary\">\n\t\t<p>I forget how much I need the sun on my skin and the earth beneath my feet. Grounding doesn\u2019t fix everything, but it sure as hell helps. It reminds me I\u2019m still here. Still connected. Still part of something bigger, even when my head\u2019s scrambled, my body\u2019s screaming slow down, and I\u2019m actively thinking WTF?&#8230;<\/p>\n\t<\/div><!-- .entry-summary -->\n\t<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-actions\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"more-link-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/mybeautifullychaoticlife.com\/grounding-sunshine-%e2%98%80%ef%b8%8f%f0%9f%8c%bf\/\" class=\"post-more-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\tRead More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u2600\ufe0f Grounding + Sunshine<\/span><span class=\"kadence-svg-iconset svg-baseline\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"kadence-svg-icon kadence-arrow-right-alt-svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"27\" height=\"28\" viewBox=\"0 0 27 28\"><title>Continue<\/title><path d=\"M27 13.953c0 0.141-0.063 0.281-0.156 0.375l-6 5.531c-0.156 0.141-0.359 0.172-0.547 0.094-0.172-0.078-0.297-0.25-0.297-0.453v-3.5h-19.5c-0.281 0-0.5-0.219-0.5-0.5v-3c0-0.281 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