Mirrors are crucial tools to increase self-awareness, which requires tedious and demanding mental work. For the leader, self-awareness is an ongoing understanding of our communication patterns and how we enhance and damage trust. Without this knowledge, we cannot reduce our own fuckery.
Self-care is often understood primarily as external activities you do to take care of yourself. External activities can be helpful but the internal aspect of self-care is where we move from self-soothing to self-empowerment. It’s a big red flag when self-care enthusiasts try to tell you how to take care of yourself. No one can tell us what we need. The answers lie within.
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