What Self Care Looks Like...

By Brittany Elliott

Welcome to What Self-Care Looks Like. I'm a self-care coach, passionate about helping working moms prioritize themselves while balancing the demands of motherhood and career. Here, you'll find practic... more

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October 10, 2022 Season 5 | Episode 4: Battling the Sunday Blues
Sunday blues - it’s the overwhelm, anxiety - straight up dread that comes with the end of the weekend. We experience this often as mothers. In this episode, you'll learn how to curb the Sunday Blues and find encouragement in every day.
Resources
Self Care is Self Love 30 Day Challenge - Sometimes a jump start is all you need to set good habits for your self care journey. Join the 30 day challenge, Self Care is Self Love today for 30 days of encouragement and self care activities to get you on the path to reconnection. Accept the challenge here 👉🏾 backtoyouin5.com/challenge
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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25min
October 03, 2022Season 5 | Episode 3: Quarter 4 Planning (Oct. - Dec. 2022)
We've entered the final quarter of the year, so we need to set clear intentions on how we want to feel and be mindful about how this quarter of the year may impact us as mothers.
As you build out your 4th quarter, ask yourself a few questions.
How do I want to feel? (remember, every feeling may have a counteraction - if you want to feel productive, you may need to feel tired for that. If you want to feel rested, you may need to say no more often than now, etc)

What will I need to accomplish and do? (create the plan/to do list)

How will my self care routine look? (in anticipation of the changes of Q4)

How will I assess how I am feeling? (this could be more time in your B room, more journal entries, waking up earlier to meditate of check in with myself)

Who is my person? (if you get stressed this time of year, you need to determine who your person is for unloading emotions when needed - for me, it’s my husband - let them know any concerns you have about this quarter and let them know you’d like them to check in with you)

How will I be present? ( determine what is your way of feeling present)
Resources
Self Care is Self Love 30 Day Challenge - Sometimes a jump start is all you need to set good habits for your self care journey. Join the 30 day challenge, Self Care is Self Love today for 30 days of encouragement and self care activities to get you on the path to reconnection. Accept the challenge here 👉🏾 backtoyouin5.com/challenge
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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19min
September 26, 2022Season 5 | Episode 2: Acknowledge Your Feelings
Acknowledging your feelings is so important and it can be so difficult to do. Why do we have such a hard time doing this? Probably because other people make judgements about the emotions of others all the time. In this episode, we’re diving into the process of acknowledging your feelings.
What are the benefits to acknowledging your feeling?
Increases your capacity for empathy

It helps you build better relationships

Improves your overall emotional wellness

You will model it to your children who will then grow up with emotional validation as their default.
This episode references: Harvard Business Review Article - https://hbr.org/2016/11/3-ways-to-better-understand-your-emotions
Resources
Self Care is Self Love 30 Day Challenge - Sometimes a jump start is all you need to set good habits for your self care journey. Join the 30 day challenge, Self Care is Self Love today for 30 days of encouragement and self care activities to get you on the path to reconnection. Accept the challenge here 👉🏾 backtoyouin5.com/challenge
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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21min
September 19, 2022 Season 5 | Episode 1: Why is Self Care important?
Self care is important because it increases your confidence. When you have a high level of confidence you’ll set boundaries and advocate for yourself, because you know you are worth it. In this episode I touch on how self care evolves and recap Boost Types and self care activities.
Resources
Create you Self Care Routine - free step by step guide to creating the self care routine that works for you. Get it here 👉🏾https://www.backtoyouin5.com/self-care-routine
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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23min
August 22, 2022 Season 4 | Episode 7: Stop Minimizing Yourself
PSA! You can be married and still pursue dreams and goals. You can have children and still pursue dreams and goal. For some reason, marriage and children are looked at as a death sentence, a hold on life, or a complete pivot on what your life could or would be.
Talk about Your Goals
• Marriage is a partnership, you have someone to be a sounding board at all time. Do that for each other. Set family goals and personal goals. Where do you want to be as a family, as a couple, as individuals?
Create a success list with action items
• If you’d like to have better credit, steps for that may be to pull and review you credit report, get credit counseling, take some financial literacy classes. If you’d like to be more active you may have to wake up earlier in the morning to get a workout in before your day starts. If you’d like to start your own business, you may need a business coach or to build your business plan or join a meetup of entrepreneurs.
Create a vision board, look at it everyday
• Visualization is useful. Put pictures of your goals on a vision board, as the background of your computer or phone. Journaling can help this process. You can track what you are doing each day that is getting you closer to your visions. What limiting beliefs have you been having? What obstacles are you facing?
Resources
Create you Self Care Routine - free step by step guide to creating the self care routine that works for you. Get it here 👉🏾https://www.backtoyouin5.com/self-care-routine
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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22min
August 15, 2022 Season 4 | Episode 6: Don't "Fake it 'til you Make It"!
I used to say this all the time and have realized, with age and experience, that it is the most counterproductive thing I have ever told myself. Today we’ll talk about the problems with "faking it 'til you make it", and productive ways you can actually get to where you want to go.
Here are 3 things I want you to try the next time you feel the impulse to “fake it til you make it”
1. Affirm your capabilities – remember you are fully capable of having a productive day, performing well at work, making great decisions as a mother, giving care to your partner, and being kind to yourself. Affirming your capabilities can overcome any judgement you may want to pass onto yourself
2. Ask open ended questions – Ask yourself why you feel you should fake it. How faking it will make your day easier or more manageable especially when you know, on the surface, you are faking it. Ask yourself what would be the harm in showing up as your authentic self in the moment. Ask yourself what you truly need to make it through this moment then on through your day.
3. Assess, acknowledge and address – You are in complete control. Assess what’s going on. What’s the trigger what is causing you to be stressed. Are you trying to impress people, are you feeling not good enough? Then, acknowledge that feeling. Things become less scary when we face them. Sometimes, saying a feeling out loud lightens the blow of the feeling. Once you’ve assessed and acknowledged, make the necessary adjustments to address your needs. Is it therapy, a podcast, a book, a phone call with a close friend or spouse, an accommodation request to your boss? Don’t be afraid to do the work needed to grow through what you are going through.
Resources
Create you Self Care Routine - free step by step guide to creating the self care routine that works for you. Get it here 👉🏾https://www.backtoyouin5.com/self-care-routine
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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23min
August 08, 2022 Season 4 | Episode 5: Accepting the New Norm - Motherhood
Many of us are struggling as mothers, because we have not fully adjusted to the shift motherhood has caused. In this episode we dive into 6 steps to help you truly accept the new norm - motherhood.
Step 1 - Talk about how motherhood makes you feel
Step 2 - Forgive Yourself
Step 3 - Evaluate Your Life - Download the SWOT analysis example for guidance
Step 4 - Plan
Step 5 - Affirmations
Step 6 - Adjust your Expectations
Resources
Create you Self Care Routine - free step by step guide to creating the self care routine that works for you. Get it here 👉🏾https://www.backtoyouin5.com/self-care-routine
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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19min
August 01, 2022 Season 4 | Episode 4: Making Your Home Self Care Friendly
The goal is for self care to become second nature. It should be a habit in your life that you don't have to think about. Habits are linked to triggers, things or situations that make us want to do said habits. So, today we're going to dive into ways to make your house self care friendly so you see more triggers that lead you to self care naturally.
Resources
Create you Self Care Routine - free step by step guide to creating the self care routine that works for you. Get it here 👉🏾https://www.backtoyouin5.com/self-care-routine
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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28min
July 25, 2022Season 4 | Episode 3: Communicating with Your Spouse
The question of best ways to communicate with your spouse or partner regarding your self care and needs has come up often. This episode comes directly out of a request made my one of my workshop participants.
Statistically, mothers carry much more of the household responsibilities and the mental load, so this topic is extremely relevant. It is also a bit delicate, so I am approaching it with the most care as possible.
Resources
Your Self Care Journey | The Why, The What, The How (Free Workshop) - https://backtoyouin5.webinarninja.com/automated-webinars/17760/register
In this free workshop, we'll take a deep dive into the importance of self care and how to incorporate it into your daily life
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
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18min
July 18, 2022Season 4 | Episode 2: Summertime Self Care Activities
Summertime is a cheat code for self care, because all the activities we’ve been doing for our self care can be done outside. Here are 5 activities to consider in your summertime self care routine.
Festivals – music festivals, art festivals, food festivals, wine festivals, beer festivals. They are great because there’s usually entertainment, vendors and food. You can take the kids, a lot of them have kid friendly events or you can do it as date night, OR you can do it with friends.

…in the Park – so many cities have “in the park events” so there’s music in the park, crafts in the park, dance in the park, movies in the park. Again, great activities you can do with the entire family or just your spouse, or friends, or with your parents. Very versatile.

Take your normal activities outside – Yoga, stretching, workout, meditation, intentional breathing – get up and do it outside. Do your journaling, outside. Write yourself an appreciation letter, outside. Cook outside, eat outside.

amusement Parks, Theme Parks, Water Parks. - The whole family can be involved or limit it to just the gals, however you’d like to do it.

Family trip to an established area – When you establish a place – your family vacation spot. It takes the edge off. It becomes more of a second home.
Resources
Create you Self Care Routine - free step by step guide to creating the self care routine that works for you. Get it here 👉🏾https://www.backtoyouin5.com/self-care-routine
Follow me on Instagram 💎 https://www.instagram.com/backtoyouin5/ (Instagram)
Visit my website to explore Back to You in 5™️💜https://www.backtoyouin5.com/ (Website)
...more
14min

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The podcast currently has 141 episodes available.