We’ve come to see self care as an entitlement, as a luxury, when it is clearly not. It is a necessity, an essential part of our lives if we desire to stay balanced, whole and in alignment. Without self care, we let the world pull and push us in all kinds of directions and further and further away from what we truly desire to do. When we invest in ourselves, when we stop and listen, we can understand our needs better and then better advocate on our own behalf in order to have those needs met.