25 Self-Care Ideas to Practice Today 

1. Tune in 2. Practice self compassion 3. Make a nourishing meal 4. Eat without guilt 5. Eat mindfully 6. Savour your morning ritual 7. Stop weighing yourself 8. Drink 8 cups of water 9. Get outside for 15 minutes 10. Feel good movement 11. Take 10 deep breaths 12. Slow down your night routine 13. Take a slow shower or bath 14. Schedule time for yourself 15. Reflect on your values 16. Express 3 things you are grateful for 17. Tidy a space 18. Feel good pampering 19. Nurture your relationships 20. Curate a healthy, positive social media environment 21. Disconnect from screens 22. Question your limiting beliefs 23. Pinpoint sources of stress 24. Honor your boundaries 25. Listen to your intuition

One of my self care and self compassion practices that I encourage is to have a favourite photo of yourself as a young child. Ask yourself “What does that little girl need from me? What do I need to do to take care of her.” That little girl always deserves good care. Good food. Good sleep. Fresh air. Exercise. Love. Would you send her out without breakfast? Would you make her stay up late to do her homework? Treat her well. She is precious.

going to sleep early is such an underrated form of self care! :)

1- Tune in: ask urself what u need right now. Stop and take a moment and listen to urself. Align ur actions with ur needs. 2- practice self compassion: treat urself with care and kindness. Imagine urself as a child or a depressed friend and do things to urself what you would do for that baby and/or friend. Place ur hand on ur heart and feel self compassion. 3- Make yourself a nourishing meal. Make sure u r eating not only enough fiber, protein and carbs but also that the taste is satisfying. 4- Eat something u want without guilt. Enjoy cheat parts in healthy eating. 5- Eat mindfully: fully experience your food. Intuitive eating. Listen to ur body. Enjoy your meal. 6- Tune with your morning ritual: let it be a skincare or morning drink. Fully immerse in it 7- Stop weighing yourself: stop associating it with healthiness. Consider enough sleep, energy through the day, water intake, how you feel physically after a meal, stress management etc as health. 8- Hydrate: 8 cups of water daily! 9- Stay close to nature 10- Move your body in a way that makes you feel good: stick to a satisfying exercise routine let it be dancing and/or skipping rope. 11- Take ten deep breathes 12- Slow down your bed time routine: don't rush up thing like skin care and/or brushing 13- Take a slow, mindful shower whether at night and/or in the morning: don't rush things. Don't over think scenarios. 14- Schedule the Me-Time: do journalling, reading, or doing nothing 15- Reflect on what is most important to you: Set A-side a few minutes to think why they are important to you and how you can slowly add those things into your life. What are the barriers and how to avoid/beat them. 16- Express three things that you are grateful for. Write why you are grateful. 17- Tidy a space: a particular area daily. Organize it. 18- Do hygienic things that make u happy: like shaving, doing nails, hair cut, and/or invest in things like undergarments and/or clothes. 19- Nurture your relationships: have healthy relationships. Healthy communication whether by texting and/or calling. 20- Create a healthy social media environment: follow positive accounts and unfollow that bring self-doubt. 21- Disconnect from the screens: turn gadgets off for a while such as an hour in the evening 22- Question your beliefs and fears: think why you cannot do it and find brave solutions. 23- Think what things are "sources" of stress: and find solutions to deal with them. 24- Set boundaries for yourself: know your limits, what doesn't align with your values and when to say no. 25- Listen to your intuition: inner wisdom. Learn to listen to it.

Praying is my favourite self-care practice.

Hair mask x one hour Skin peel Skin mask Bath with Epsom salts Put a rich lotion on your body and hands Change sheets every Sunday Aromatherapy diffuser Go to sleep early These are my absolute non-negotiables even if it doesn't happen on a Sunday. Thank you for the video!

I’m 20 yo and spent most of those years having horrible habits Depression and anxiety didn’t help Now I’m trying to change and there are a few simple things that have been making me feel better and happier - cleaning ( yeah I feel really good after cleaning the whole house 😂 ) - exercising first thing in the morning - eating healthy food (spent years only having pizza everyday) - a spa day, when I stop for a few hours to take care of my skin and hair etc 🥰

Drinking a cup of coffee or hot tea, reading a book, journaling, coloring, binge watching favorite shows, having a good laugh, going out and getting some sun are some of the ways I relax.

I have severe depression and was really losing it tonight but this reeled me back in a bit. Thank you for this.

Self care for me is taking time for my prayer time. Also, when I am feeling rushed/ stressed, I will just stop for a few minutes, sit and do nothing. I usually do this between doing different 'jobs/ tasks'.

I used to hate myself (for 4-5 years, mostly my teenage years) and now im on a journey to discover myself and loving me more.

I just rested my palm on my chest and in that moment, I realized my breath softened and I got less anxious. Thank you

For me, taking some time to myself includes sitting relaxing while watching RU-vid. It’s part of my self care routine!

Reading a good book is one of my favourite self care.

My most needed self care is to set realistic expectations from myself in the day to day, and not stress out about being productive all of the time

My "self care" for this week are paint by numbers & making DIY house with my daughter 🥰

Great ideas! When you go outside, going bare foot for a few minutes...

My self care is always to simply make a cuppa tea, sit in the garden, listen and look at the garden only then after drinking my tea, getting my scissors/ pruning shears and taking the next half and hour to focus on pruning the garden 🪴

Spend some quality time with your pets, it helps to destress effectively especially if you are really having a rough time. It helps with mental health and just a fun thing to do ❤️

I am so much addicted to the self help videos....and I enjoy doing it......self care is really important I write journal I drink luke warm water with a pinch of turmeric in morning N skin care

Selfcare for me is drinking a cup of tea in the morning and writing in my journal. For me it means to be aware of my feelings an needs, to allow my feelings to be there and to prioritize my needs over all daily tasks. And I love taking the time for doing yoga and meditating. But of course, this doesn't have to be daily. Thank you for this inspiring video, Meghan! ♥

I asked myself what do I need rn, then went to sleep right after. I guess I needed that😂

its so hard for me to take care of myself bc i always think i dont deserve to be taken care of. :( thank you for this. i hope i will try to take care of myself more 😊

You are that kind friend everyone needs 🙂

This has been truly helpful for me. Thank you so much. Another tip I believe is good for self care is to take some time to laugh everyday. Laughing releases so much endorphins, and is good for lung and heart health, not to mention that it also relieve stress and helps with our emotional state. ❤️

I think when people recommend 'spend some time outside in nature' ....we now, sadly, need to qualify it with the recommendation to NOT be on the cell phone while on a walk or being out in nature. I am so surprised when I go for a walk in a gorgeous park and people are walking around , sometimes even having really heated conversations on the phone. It's so common now.

#7. Stop weighing yourself. I haven't done this for years but as you were talking I did think of how I use external measurements to measure my worth and success. This principle can be expanded so much if we stop weighing our body and value by mesurements that don't work. Thank you for a lovely video and insights.

Beautiful, thank you so much. I love your calm, nurturing vibe too 💙

Praying the rosary and making a holy moment in church after or before mass in the silence

Thank you for this video. It is very important for me. Love from Japan.

You mention doing things with friends and family a lot. I gather you have a meaningful circle of friends and that is fortunate. Friends and family members are the source of distress for a fair number of people. Please recognize however that many people who lack self care and self compassion do not have friends or family. They don’t get emotional nourishment from relationships since they don’t have any. Please (if you are) buy into any illusion that everyone has friends, family and relationships. A large number don’t. There is a tendency among some to want to believe that everyone lives a happy fulfilled life because it’s kind of taboo to talk about or even acknowledge that life isnt a television show, life isn’t what is happening in happy songs or pretty magazines…for many. And that’s a reality, not an opinion. Your video is teaching people to be kind to themselves because their lives lack it. So I think you definitely get it. Big hugs to you. Thank you for the video.

Meghan sometimes when I am anxious at night I look up a video from you. Thank you.

I'm going to do some of these tomorrow!

Great job ! Great tips! I discovered that going out for a walk at sunrise has worked wonders. It will give you an entirely different outlook on life and it is a great time for soul searching and self reflection.

I love how you introduce wide range of self-care tips in this video. Most of the self-care videos are similar, but the content of this video is much deeper. I wrote down all of them and reflected on my life. Thank you. By the way, some of my self-care are bullet journaling and reading.

Praying the rosary and making holy hours are great too

So many lovely tips in this video. Love the focus on mindful self care.

You are my favourite youtuber on healthy and wellness~ whenever I need some motivation and inspiration for living a healthier life, I’ll binge watch your videos I’m a small youtuber 🥰

Wonderful tips!!!! I haven't seen anyone talking about mindfulness and practising compassion as a part of self care!! Its mostly about skincare or hygiene but no one talks about taking care of your soul🥰

I was feeling very sorry for myself this morning.full of cold and I couldn't sleep last night then when I did fall asleep my 3 year old woke me up. Decided to have a bath and watch RU-vid found your video so grateful I did. I'm feeling so much better.

Love your tips and your tone of voice. You sound caring and kind and humble.

Thank you Meghan! You are so clever and kind, and it’s video perfect again! :) I hope you are full new ideas!

This was a great video 😊 thank you. I love reading, enjoying a cup of tea mindfully and doing embroidery. Xx

This is the best video/collection of idea’s I’ve seen on this topic. Very helpful, thank you!

I get my husband to take my 3 sons out for freash air to the park. So i can have a bit of peace and quite to eithertidy up or have a cup of tea/coffee. Its not only for me also for them being at home all the time can make them grumpy and get at each other,its loud from morning to night.

This was an absolutely lovely reminder that I needed today!

Thank you for this helpful content. I searched for self care tips and can’t tell you how many RU-vidrs I watched who were making sponsored videos under the guise of true self care. I really appreciate your authenticity.

Thanks for all the self care tips. We all really need this especially with the holidays coming up.

So happy to be here!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!. 💖

It's good that we now care a lot of self care..

This is one of the best self-care ideas videos I've watched. Thank you so much Meghan for making this and sharing it with your audience. I'm also a new subscriber. I'll definitely watch all your other videos! 😊

These are such great tips! I love hearing what others do to practice self-care! 🧘‍♀️❤️

Meghan, I really enjoyed this viedo,thank you. I like the part of getting in tone with your self , I really need to listen to myself more

One of the best videos i've ever watched , i learned a lot from it , thank u so much .

You have such a calming energy

Thank you for your videos! :) So many good ideas! My favourite is disconnect from screens. Other things on my list are: meditation, read, do a 1000 pieces jigsaw puzzle :-D

Such a rich and insightful video Meghan 😊 thank you!

Thank you so much Meghan such a great topic and i always learn something on your video.🥰

Such a wonderfully done video and your suggestions and examples are all attainable. Thanks for the encouragement 💞

Thank you, very much appreciate you and this

Thank you for all of these good ideas. I look forward to turning some of them into daily habits. Thank you for sharing. 🖤

I love this. Thanks so much for sharing, and for all you do- Thank You

You matter most. Can't waste ya life being focused on others. This is why SELF CARE RULES.

I absolutely loved this video!! Thanks 🙏 for sharing.

Thank You For Sharing.❤

Thank u for making such videos I really needed it

Love your stuff Meghan. Journaling is BIG for me. I also wanted to add that I’ve just recently started using the mute button on my phone when I feel the need. When I don’t want to be disturbed. When I’m feeling pulled in different directions or feeling like everyone wants something from me. Sometimes I just want to sit and JUST BE. It’s been great. It’s like - HELLO, There’s a mute button for a reason! It’s really made a big difference for me. It’s freeing. I feel less pressure. Thank you for what you do.

thank you so much for all the wonderful tips, i took notes! i am learning all about self care after a mentally and emotionally abusive relationship of 21 years. i am eager to learn about self care and self love.

Taking time to watch Meghan Livingstone.

This was wonderful so grateful to have found you. I have subscribe thank for a wonderful video!! I got something great ideas that would have never thought about! I really enjoy watching your video; keep up the great work 😇

Phenomenal video! Instant subscribe! Thank you 🤗💕

Grateful for you have made this video for us 😊

the best self care practice I have ever seen in youtube 💕

thanks alot for this video..its an eye opener

I love this video! Thankyou for sharing the ideas!

So great! Thanks!

i found this quite valuable and well-curated. thank you!!

This was so great! Thank you for this video!

Hi!I just found your channel and I'm so happy and encouraged. New subscriber from PA in the US here. Thank you for such great content done so beautifully ❤

I follow you from Italy. I love your channel. You're amazing. Thank you for your tips. Meditation is also a self-care and it is so important for me to close the eyes and be conscious of breath and thoughts.

I love love love this video! Thanks!!

Thank you so much am going to take some of them as new habits for the new year.you inspire me a lot Meghan.thanks again.following you from Algeria

I saved this video in my playlist to watch it again, thank u so much 🙏💛

Thank you for this awesome ideas!

Sing and dance are the things I love to do, and also I feel really great before of doing it. 💛

Bless u for this video

Praying is the best self-care i know....it's kind of taking care of our soul and heart🤲💝

What a lovely video. Thank you!

Hi Meghan thanks for sharing some great self care ideas.❤

Hi ! I love your videos. Help me so so much in this days that we are living. Thank you,so much you are so helpful and positive. I always see your videos here in the canary islands!!! Thanks

Thank you so much

Really enjoyed this video. Thank you!!

Thank you, Meghan! Even just watching this video helped to feel a little bit better

I've been really enjoying doing my skincare routine recently~

Appreciating everything about this video!

This is such a detailed video.i like that you really explained each suggestion. So many great ideas. Thank you for sharing. I'm going to share it with my friends :)

Thank you for sharing your great knowledge with us 😊

What a nice and positive video you have shared. Thanks a lot Meghan. Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷

this video made me , happier than I were . thank you girll!!

This video gives such good vibes already. Thanks❤️