Taking time for self before anyone/anything else featuring Laiya St. Clair

Earlier I had a great conversation with, Laiya St. Clair about self-care and taking time for self before anyone or anything else in my weekly Vibe Check, my weekly Mid-week Reset.

Grace, gratitude, non-judgment and lovingkindness came up as we spoke about the challenges that exist in the ever-changing landscape of 2025. I think grace looks and shows up differently for everyone. I recently wrote about Self-Love: A Radical Act of Healing, Resilience and Wellbeing for Mental Health America, I talked about ways we self-love shows up as a modality for our well-being and in that, universally I believe that we can do better at self-love and giving ourselves grace by:

• Accepting and allowing things to be as they are

• Letting go of whatever happened or that we may be holding on it

• And not judging ourselves(no shame, guilt, etc.) for whatever the circumstances are

This is certainly easier said than done, but as I’ve said before this is a thing that takes PRACTICE. Then we moved into a short practice of cultivating presence and loving on ourselves via lovingkindness. Listen to my conversation with Laiya below: