Emily Busey Hill is a counselor with Family Services of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and a youth crisis responder with Youth Villages in Cookeville, TN. She opted to pursue mental health counseling as a career after receiving a significant mental health diagnosis in 2016 because, as she puts it, "If I was going to go to all that trouble to support my mental health, I might as well make a career out of it!" She cites self care as a primary force for her personal and professional successes.
I confess. The bag of Lindt peppermint chocolates I bought last night is nearly gone already (it's 3pm). I did take a walk at lunch – my first workday walk in nearly a month. I then ate my lunch while working, obviously a no-no in the self care world. And yet – it's been a stellar self-care day for me.Why?Because&...
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