Self-Care for Beginners: Cultivating Self-Awareness through Creativity

By Lucy Hyland

Self-care for Beginners: Cultivating Self-Awareness Through Creativity.

My Ebook is a step by step guide towards building a self-care practice. Each chapter focuses on building self-awareness and tapping into your own sense of creativity. You do not need to be able to paint or draw for this book, it is not about drawing the perfect picture. It is about tapping into our senses and developing self-awareness through the creative process.

When we are creating, we slow down, notice, listen and learn about what is true for us. Its not about taking more hot baths with candles and music (although that is nice too!), its is about tuning into this moment and giving yourself what you need when you need it.

Self-care is not an end in itself. Much of our desire for self-care stems from our deep love for others and for this world. When we care for ourselves, we can go out there and be champions for change and growth. Deep self-care comes from deep self love.

The book is broken into 5 short chapters that are filled with exercises and experiments:

Chapter 1 The Foundation:

This covers why self-awareness is the foundation of good self-care and introduces us to our greatest asset: this body of ours. All of our knowing, wisdom, great senses and feelings come from within.

Chapter 2 Five easy steps to forming a self-care practice:

A step by step guide that is broken down into the simplest form. Learn how to come back to your breath, tune into your senses, expand your awareness, and begin to take notice of the conversations we have within and with others.

Chapter 3 One-minute mediation:

A simple mediation that can be used over and over again and literally takes a minute.

Chapter 4 Five creative exercises designed to help you tune in:

One of the gentlest and most enjoyable ways to tap into where you are is through the creative process. I'll provide you with short exercises that focus on the things you love, what the constants are in your life and increase your self-awareness around what feeds you on many levels. The creative process is about opening yourself up to imagination, play and to possibilities.
Chapter 5 Brings it all together

Bringing together all of the exercises and learning so we can take our next step filled with love and compassion.

By the end of the book, which can be done over 5 days, 5 weeks or 5 months, you will have taken time out to listen to yourself, tap into your own body wisdom and get to practice what deep listening and deep self-care feels like.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lucy Hyland
• Release date: Mar 1, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005024697

Lucy Hyland

I’ve been around the self-care block for quite some time.Growing up in a house of carers, I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of care. This interest took a very personal turn as life dealt me a few major illnesses.These experiences drew me inwards, and now my work focuses on the most important aspect of care: self-care.I’ve delved into many aspects of self-care:A practical aspect that looks at the foundation of self-care through a Diploma in Nutritional Therapy and Chef Cert from Ballymaloe Cookery School.A creative process that feds self-awareness through a degree in Art and a Masters in Art Therapy.An insatiable interest in a more holistic way of tapping into health through movement mediation and dance, meditation courses and yoga.I now share this experience and learning with you, allowing you to build your own way to self-care. It’s different for each and every one of us, so I offer a range of offerings: self-care programmes, recipes and guides through my books, or simply beautiful art and phone wallpapers to enhance your personal environment.

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