How do I role-model self-care to my children?

This article summarises how to best role model self-care to children

You learn from what you observe. Quite often we express just with words such as ‘this is what needs to be done’ or ‘this is what will make you feel better’ but how great would it be if instead we went: ‘Okay, the best way of supporting my child is through my reflection and with that I’ve got to start taking responsibility of living with greater care and nurturing of myself. For then I’ll have a quality with how I am with myself and others that they will feel'.

Approaching parenting in this way makes things much simpler yet we often go into a telling our children (and partners) what to do, rather than understanding that our actions truly speak louder then words.

When we can appreciate that every move we make, be it at home or at work, is something that our children see, feel and learn from, it allows us to shift our focus towards how WE live and care for ourselves, with the awareness that we are never not role-modelling through our choices and behaviours.