Spiritual Self-Care Can Look Like...
Praying or meditating
Spending time in nature
Attending worship if you choose
Deconstructing, and questioning what you've been taught
Letting go of purity culture (that doesn't mean you have to jump into hookup culture, and it's not "anything goes.")
Absolving yourself of responsibility for other people's choices
Forgiving yourself for your mistakes, and giving yourself grace and compassion as you strive to do better and be accountable
Practicing gratitude, even (especially!) when it's hard
Mindfulness and grounding
Joyful movement
Resting, and not feeling guilty about resting
Participating in rituals and celebrations that are meaningful to you (and letting go of ones that aren't)
Sitting with your feelings
Learning to discern intuition from trauma, learning to trust yourself
Getting in touch with your cultural heritage, learning the things your ancestors knew
Making art, writing stories, and being creative, just for its own sake. (Even if it's "not very good," or wouldn't make it into an art gallery.)
Setting up a small altar in your home
Taking a ritual bath, or even just taking a shower after a rough day
Reading sacred texts
Being kind to yourself and others
Leaving a religious group that does not suit you anymore, or that never did in the first place
Finding your own path, even if it's not the one your parents and culture mapped out for you at birth
Listening to a spirit guide (whatever form they might take in your culture or belief system)
Letting go of shame
Starting over
Letting go of bad habits
Decluttering
Getting away from screens, even just for a little while
Volunteering, doing good deeds
Slowing down
Practicing self compassion
Listening to your conscience (and learning to distinguish it from trauma and insecurities), deciding not to do something that "feels wrong"
Working through religious trauma and generational trauma
Letting go of grudges and resentments towards others, practicing forgiveness (not because they deserve it, but because you deserve peace)
Processing your feelings, sitting with them, and accepting them as valid
