Self-Care: Thriving on a Budget

About this episode

The RAFT team shares budget-friendly self-care tips for taking care of your mind, body, and spirit.

How do you take care of your mind, body, and spirit when you don’t have the time, money, or resources? Join the RAFT team as they share their own budget-friendly self-care tips. Episode Time Codes 00:00 Intro 00:25 Welcome 01:05 RAFT Team Intros 02:40 What would you do on a self-care day but you had no money to spend? 07:40 Match your time available to what you’re trying to do 10:20 Being present in the moment is very free self-care 11:00 Being clear on what you want from your self-care activities 13:47 Scheduling in self-care is self-care in itself 17:50 What do you do when you NEED to leave the house, but just don’t have a lot of money? 27:35 Self-care is a learned journey 28:50 What do you do when you need “alone” self-care time? 35:20 What’s a self-care thing we can do to help out our future financial self? 46:10 Outro

Topics covered

• self-care
• budgeting
• mental health
• wellness

Keywords

• self-care tips
• budget-friendly
• mental wellness
• time management

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