Real Self Care is Harder Than It Looks

Alex Turner
Nov 4 · 7 min read

I’m a big advocate of self-care.

Throughout most of my adult life, I’ve not just not really known how to look after myself well — but I’ve been almost actively self-sabotaging and abusing myself.

So for me, learning how to apply self-care has been life-changing — but I’ve learned a few lessons along the way.

What Self Care Is.

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Alex Turner

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Founder, feminist, entrepreneur, coffee + self care

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