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43 Self Care Affirmations: Be Kind to Yourself!

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Self care is incredibly important to prevent burnout and let our mind, body and soul reset, rest, and rejuvenate. I hope these self care affirmations are great reminders to take time for yourself.

For more things self care, check out this list of self care ideas especially for the weekend. And for more affirmations, find my entire list here.

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Self care affirmations

  1. My nervous system deserves a break to enter rest and digest mode.
  2. Rest is a necessary step in healing, growing and evolving. I deserve rest.
  3. My health is a priority. My physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health are a priority to me.
  1. An empty cup cannot fill anyone. I deserve to fill my cup before trying to fill anyone else’s.
  2. I deserve happiness, joy and lightness.
  3. A safe space to exist is what I need. I deserve peace.
Self care affirmation: my nervous system deserves a break to enter rest and digest mode
Self care affirmation: rest is a necessary step in healing, growing and evolving. I deserve rest.
  1. I deserve to be honest and express myself fully and completely without fear or worry.
  2. Taking time to breathe deeply is what I deserve.
  3. I deserve to live with freedom of choice, of expression, and of action, without constriction or judgement.

Self-care words of affirmation

  1. Life is filled with beauty and wonder. I deserve to enjoy it.
  2. My mind and body deserves kindness and gentleness.
  3. I choose to give myself grace today.
  1. Compassion and non-judgement is what I deserve. I vow to be compassionate to myself.
  2. Shame has no place in my life.
  3. I forgive myself for all my past missteps. I learned from it and I can move on with those lessons.
  1. I choose to breathe deeply, fully and activate my parasympathetic nervous system.
  2. I will take baby steps to building the best habits for my mind and body that will fit into my lifestyle.
  3. I choose to feed my body the right foods and move my body to exercise in fun ways. My body deserves my discipline to keep it healthy.
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Short positive affirmations for self love

  1. I am worthy of love and kindness, especially from myself.
  2. I am worthy of respect, especially self respect.
  3. My self-worth comes from within and only I can define it.
  1. I am enough, just as I am.
  2. It’s okay to rest and exist, without expectations and judgement.
  3. I call my own energy back to myself. It’s my turn to focus on me and my needs.
  1. I am a lot stronger than I realize and a lot more resilient.
  2. I can make the hard decisions to protect my health and my peace.
  3. It’s okay to set boundaries and not people please.

Glow up affirmations

  1. I validate myself and trust myself.
  2. I will listen to my intuition and my body. I’ll choose based on what feels right and what feels wrong.
  3. What is for me will be.
  1. I deserve to nourish every part of my being.
  2. I choose to live authentically and embrace all the happy and dark parts of me.
  3. I accept myself as I am.
  1. I will focus on the positive, happy glimmers of the day.
  2. I have gratitude to all the good things in my life.
  3. I will notice the world’s beauty in the skies, hear it in the bird songs, and smell it in the flowers.

Self-care affirmations for moms

  1. All jobs, passions and hobbies have breaks so you won’t burnout. I deserve to take a break from being a mom too.
  2. My identity is more than being a mom. I am a whole individual with interests, goals, and aspirations. It’s okay to have them and to pursue them.
  3. It is perfectly acceptable to delegate parts of my mommy responsibilities, even if it’s for a short time.
  1. Self care makes me a better mom, a happier mom.
  2. Asking for help when I need it makes me a great mom and a great partner.
  3. Mental load is best shared among my support system. I vow to no longer carry all the load on my shoulders.
  1. My happiness matters just as much as everyone else’s.
  2. I deserve to have my needs met.
  3. Cutting toxicity and judgment out of my day are necessary parts of self care.
  4. My inner child deserves to come out to play, to be treated gently and to be happy.

I hope these beautiful self care affirmations help you to find calmness, peace and gentleness. You are worthy just as you are.

If you enjoy affirmations, I have a bunch of them for the days of the week and more:

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