Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Aug/Sept 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue | Page 72

3 SENSITIVE WOMEN Crucial Self-Care Practices for Highly BY CORTNEY CHAITE I ’m sitting in my garden, barefoot, hair messy. It’s early morning on a sunny and warm day. I’m drinking my coffee as I feel the warm breeze tickle my skin. The cicadas are humming, the flowers and vegetables in my garden are in full glory, and it’s quiet. This is my dream morning. This is also self-care. Teaching women to embody self-care is one of my life’s missions. Every person on the planet needs self-care, but for those of us who are highly sensitive, empathic, and intuitive, we need it that much more. Why? Because we are drained much more easily than our non-highly sensitive counterparts and…we are more sensitive to everything around us: people, environments, and experiences. All of it. I’m especially passionate about working with healers, coaches, lightworkers, teachers, or any woman who would consider themselves 72 www.AspireMAG.net | August / September 2017