Jennifer Urezzio showed up in a possibly expired sheet mask, put on her glasses over it, and then told us the hardest self-care truth most of us are avoiding.

EPISODE SUMMARY:

We tend to think self-care means spa days and face masks and getting our nails done. And those things are great. But according to Soul Language founder Jennifer Urezzio, the easiest and hardest form of self-care is the same thing: learning to profoundly love and accept yourself.

In this inaugural episode of Self-Care, Unmasked, Jennifer and Annie talk about why we use self-criticism as a fake protection technique, why we get stuck in the rearview mirror, and what it actually looks like to give yourself a clean slate every morning.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

• The most effective self-care is also the simplest: learning to profoundly love and accept yourself. We tend to skip that part and go straight to the massage table while berating ourselves internally.

• Self-criticism is a protection technique that never actually works. We think if we remind ourselves how badly we messed up, we won't repeat the pattern, but it actually keeps us stuck.

• We've been taught to learn through struggle and pain, so we mistake self-punishment for progress. It's not progress. It's a wheel.

• All modalities (therapy, breathwork, meditation, screaming in your car) do the same thing: they remind us we're whole and complete. If whatever you're using isn't doing that, ditch it.

• Sometimes you need a release. Jennifer screams. Annie screlts (scream-belts Lilith Fair anthems on the highway). Both are valid.

SELF-CARE CHALLENGE:

Look at yourself in the mirror every morning, look yourself in the eye, and say: "No matter what I think of myself, I still love and accept myself."

GUEST BIO:

Jennifer Urezzio is the founder of Soul Language, a system for consciously connecting to your soul and having words for your inner truth. She is an intuitive strategist who helps clients decode their divine operating system and move into unapologetic alignment. Find her at soullanguage.us.

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