InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
September 20, 2025
The Pathway to Integrated Living
— Daily reminders for a conscious, connected life —
It’s not the latest trend. It’s not a hashtag on social media. And it’s certainly not selfish. Self-care is an incredibly important part of your physical and mental health. Embrace and honor it.
The focus for today is:
The key to self-care is introspection — resisting the urge to react right away and instead taking the time to reflect and make a plan.
Today's message is inspired by Kristi Hugstad, author of the book: Be You, Only Better: Real-Life Self-Care for Young Adults (and Everyone Else)
Nurturing yourself in these areas won’t simply make you feel better, it will change your thinking and rewire your brain!
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What Self-Care Looks Like: It Is Not A To-Do List
Author: Kristi Hugstad
A Reminder:
The key to self-care is introspection — resisting the urge to react right away and instead taking the time to reflect and make a plan.
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RELATED BOOK: Be You, Only Better: Real-Life Self-Care for Young Adults (and Everyone Else)
Along with all the perks of becoming an adult come challenges and the need to learn skills that help you self-regulate as you venture into new experiences. Highlighting five key areas of life — physical, mental, emotional, social, and financial — Be You, Only Better offers science- and experience-backed tools and easy-to-implement techniques for success. Skill-building and self-care practices — such as journaling, getting enough sleep and exercise, embracing nature, managing time and money, and practicing gratitude, mindfulness, and optimism — are presented, and each is illustrated with the story of a real young person. These practices will help you create a resilient foundation for your powerful future. You’ll discover a wonderfully accessible lifeline and a realistically inspiring guide to leading — and loving — your best possible life.
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For more info and/or to order this book, click here. Also available as a Kindle edition.
About the Author
Kristi Hugstad, author of Beneath the Surface, is a certified grief recovery specialist, speaker, credentialed health educator, and grief and loss facilitator for recovering addicts. She frequently speaks at high schools and is the host of The Grief Girl podcast and talk radio show.
Author’s website: www.thegriefgirl.com
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