Self Care : The lifelong secret to a longer, healthier life.

15 Easy, Free Family Self-Care activities that you can do together.

Wonderfully_Wonky
4 min readJun 1, 2019

Well-being should be a fun, family affair.

Close your eyes and imagine your phone ringing, visualise a hand on the handset. There’s something so familiar about it, yet strangely, you can’t quite place it. It’s got a little scar at the base of the thumb that looks similar to that one you acquired as something a bit more tangible than your average childhood memory; A consequence of chasing your little brother around with a big stick, trying to poke him with it while he screamed and you giggled. Your Mom warned you that your dog would think that it was his stick and that you should stop before someone got hurt. What did she know? She was just your Mom, after all. Until you fell over and that stick ripped into your hand at least, then she became like a cross between an Olympic sprinter, Mrs Incredible and an emergency room nurse. She cleaned it out but warned you that you’d have your battle wound forever.

It’s thirty years since the day that you acquired that battle wound and Mom was right…

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Wonderfully_Wonky

OU & Cambridge educated psychologist. Parent, Girlfriend, Freelance Writer, Author, Girl-gamer & disability commentator.