What is self love & self care?

The practice of taking an active role in protecting one’s own well-being and happiness, in particular during periods of stress. Who actually practices this? If so, how often? If not, why not? Has anyone taught you? If so, who? If not, have you tried to teach yourself or research anything regarding that subject & what it means? We’ve all heard that term in some kind of form when someone speaks about it, we read it somewhere or seen a video about it. What comes to mind when you hear that term self love/self care? Do you think of yourself or someone in particular? Do you think this only implies to wealthy people or people who don’t have children? How important do you think this term is? Well all these questions or maybe some or maybe even one of these questions may have crossed your mind or maybe not at all. This term is actually very important to everyone no matter the age, race or gender. It’s really not talked about as much but it is in fact as important as much as your physical health. You are only given one life & one body so of course it’s important to not only take care of your physical health but also your mental health which both are under the same umbrella of “self love & self care” that everyone should be aware & informed of. You ever heard the saying “you are what you eat?” Well there’s another statement that says “you are what you think you are” which some people do not realize this statement is true. There are many resources you can read about, hear about & see about regarding these 2 terms. Once you find these resources & research deeper into the meaning & how to practice it you’ll realize how important it actually is. No matter your gender, race, religion, age, your upbringing or even your experiences; you can still learn about these terms. Don’t be intimidated about this due to lack of knowledge or thinking you can’t learn it or don’t need to, it can be very beneficial in at least aspect of your life.