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6 Ways to Show Up for Yourself in 2026
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6 Ways to Show Up for Yourself in 2026

It can be hard to show up for yourself–much harder than we may think. We have a lot of demands on us, a lot of noise we have to work through to even figure out how to show up for ourselves. 

So how do you do it? We’ve gathered 6 resources to help you show up for yourself in small, but crucial ways.

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11 Blogs to Help Practice Skills Needed for Self Love
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11 Blogs to Help Practice Skills Needed for Self Love

While February is usually a month honoring romantic love, we’re taking some time to spotlight the hard work that goes into self love, and providing a roundup of tools to help make the various practices of loving ourselves easier. 

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Creating a Self-Care Toolkit for Mental Wellness in 2025
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Creating a Self-Care Toolkit for Mental Wellness in 2025

We put together this toolkit to be there to pick up the slack, and be the supportive friend you can turn to when 2025 starts to be just a little too much to manage on your own. This toolkit isn’t about meeting external expectations or achieving someone else’s version of wellness. It’s about creating the practice of returning to tools and relying on support that honor your unique needs, values, and experiences.

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Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Body With These Six Blogs
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Strengthen Your Relationship with Your Body With These Six Blogs

Having a strong relationship to your body helps your health holistically. It helps you tune into your physical and your emotional needs, and tend to them consciously and intentionally. But getting there isn’t an easy journey and it can be hard to know where to start. These six blogs are our starting point for you if you’re looking to strengthen your relationship to your body.

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What Does it Mean to Engage in Self Care When You’re Chronically Ill?
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What Does it Mean to Engage in Self Care When You’re Chronically Ill?

While self soothing often focuses on things that make you feel good in the moment, self care is more about the long term maintenance of your wellbeing. It can mean using up a lot of energy, both physical and mental, which is something chronically ill people don’t usually have in excess.  So how can you realistically engage in self care when you’re also managing a chronic illness?

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6 Ways Hobbies Benefit Your Mental Health
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6 Ways Hobbies Benefit Your Mental Health

The reason that hobbies are so popular is because they give you a chance to unwind and recharge mentally. Lots of hobbies are physically taxing, but they allow us time to get in the zone of doing something we like and get over the stress of our day.  And hobbies aren’t just for fun, they’re good for you, too! Here are 6 ways hobbies benefit your mental health.

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Hope+Wellness is a mental health practice specializing in the treatment of depression, mood, stress, and anxiety in kids, teens, and adults. This is a blog about living well and finding meaning and purpose in the face of difficult challenges. This is a blog about finding hope.