Quotes about Self-care

If we want recovery and healing we would be wise to take a break or possibly make a clean break from the one wounding us.

We feel overweight physically but underweight spiritually.

Finally, if some situations or relationships feed our insecurities, maybe we need to take a break from them for a season.

The schedule you keep determines the life you live. And how you live your life determines how you spend your soul.

meant to shove love away. Quite the opposite. We set boundaries so we know what to do when we very much want to love those around us really well without losing ourselves in the process. Good boundaries help us preserve the love within us even when some relationships become unsustainable and we must accept the reality of a goodbye.

The tension exists because you are doing the difficult work of no longer cooperating with dysfunction.

Struggling with my weight isn't God's mean curse on me. Being overweight is an outside indication that internal changes are needed for my body to function properly and for me to feel well.

I am made for more than a vicious cycle of eating, gaining, stressing...

I have these boundaries in place not for restriction but to define the parameters of my freedom. My brokenness can't handle more freedom than this right now. And I'm good with that.

And if I spend resources I don't have, I will eventually bankrupt myself.

My weight loss goal isn't a number on the scale. My real weight loss goal is peace.

Yes, I've lost pounds and inches. But not being weighted down mentally and spiritually by the constant feeling of defeat is the real victory.