Gemma Spake

self-care september is your reminder to slow down check in with yourself get off your phone and maybe ask why am i like this i'm jemma speck host of the psychology of your 20s podcast and this month we're helping you make sense of the person that you are becoming from setting boundaries and navigating friendships to understanding anxiety confidence relationships and attachment

Sometimes our biggest decisions, without us even realizing it, aren't driven by what we truly want, but by what will prevent us from feeling lonely or being alone.

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Self-care September is here, which means it's time to rethink what self-care actually means.

Yes, self-care can be a long walk.

It can be an everything shower.

It can be putting your phone on do not disturb.

But sometimes it's actually about sitting with the uncomfortable stuff and understanding your patterns, your boundaries, finally figuring out why you keep doing things that you swore you would never do again.

I'm Gemma Spegg, the host of the Psychology of Your 20s podcast, and each week we unpack the psychology behind the experiences that shape your 20s, from relationships and friendships to money, anxiety, confidence, attachment, just becoming more comfortable with who you are.

Unlike the quarter-life crisis, which is depicted as the collapse, the quarter-life reinvention is the expansion and growth of something.

When we develop the ability to be happy by ourselves, nobody else can take that from you.

So this self-care September, don't just take care of yourself, get to know yourself as well.