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Prioritising yourself isn’t selfish

“Prioritising myself is selfish." I hear this way too often. Especially from mothers, and it saddens me because we are potentially teaching our children this way of thinking. A common belief is: prioritising ourselves = putting ourselves first = selfish. It can be helpful to reframe this. If "prioritising" yourself stirs up guilt, try think of it as giving yourself the love and care you deserve. Make decisions that are kinder to yourself. Sometimes, looking at things from our children’s perspective can put things in a new light. For example, imagine your teen has been studying into the...