#84: How to Build a Self-Care Routine That Actually Changes Your Life

What if self-care wasn’t just something you turned to when you were already overwhelmed?

For years, I practiced mostly reactive self-care. I waited until my house was intolerably messy to clean it, until my body hurt to get a massage, until my marriage was struggling to communicate my needs, and until I was worried about my spending to pay attention to my dinero.

Con tiempo, I realized I didn’t want to wait until something became a problem to take care of myself.

In this episode of the Wealth Para Todos Podcast, I’m sharing how my understanding of self-care evolved from face masks and massages to the D.I.V.E.R.S.E. Self-Care framework I use today: dinero, interpersonal, vocational, emotional, restorative body, spiritual, and environmental self-care.

We’ll talk about the difference between reactive and proactive self-care, how I use quarterly intentions, monthly outcomes, and daily practices to build self-care habits, and why some of the things that feel completely natural to me today once had to be written on a freaking checklist.

I also break down the difference between comfort-oriented and growth-oriented self-care, how perfectionism can turn self-care into another thing you feel like you’re failing at, and why I now treat my self-care practices as data instead of something I need to do perfectly.

Because self-care isn’t only about helping yourself feel better when you’re overwhelmed. It can also be a way to intentionally practice becoming the person you want to be—poco a poco.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

  • The seven types of D.I.V.E.R.S.E. Self-Care
  • The difference between proactive and reactive self-care
  • How to identify which type of self-care you need in your current season
  • How I turn 90-day intentions into monthly experiments and daily habits
  • The difference between comfort-oriented and growth-oriented self-care
  • How self-care helped me change the way I show up as a parent, spouse, business owner, and person
  • How to build a self-care routine without turning it into another perfectionist checklist

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Timestamps

00:00 Welcome to Wealth Para Todos
00:21 How Self-Care Can Shape Who You Become
01:26 Self-Care Is More Than Face Masks and Massages
02:45 Anxiety, Caregiving, and Putting Yourself Last
03:29 What Money Coaching Taught Me About Self-Care
04:31 The 7 Types of D.I.V.E.R.S.E. Self-Care
04:47 Reactive vs. Proactive Self-Care
07:17 My 90-Day Self-Care Intentions
08:29 Practicing the Person You Want to Become
10:27 Comfort-Oriented vs. Growth-Oriented Self-Care
11:37 When Perfectionism Takes Over Your Self-Care Routine
13:35 Stay Cute and Curious: Self-Care Is Data
14:00 How to Choose the Self-Care You Need Right Now
15:02 How to Stop Starting Over With Money + WPT Academy
16:01 Closing + Disclaimer

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