Making Time for Wellness/Self Care

February 3, 2025

“If you don’t make time for your wellness, you will be forced to make time for your illness.”
– Joyce Sunada, Author & Educator

This insightful quote illustrates the importance of making time for wellness, or self-care, in your life.

When you feel like you’re not allowed to rest or don’t know how to slow down, your body can react by making you feel exhausted, mentally foggy or painful.
If you already have a disability, your symptoms can become aggravated.
Everybody needs rest and your worth is not based on your productivity.

If you don’t allow yourself to express your needs (or even admit that you have them), your body can react with chronic tension and knotted muscles.
Learning how to accept your needs and speak them to others can help not only improve your mental health but lessen the stress on your body as well.

When you don’t allow yourself to feel and process your emotions, this can manifest in your body as numbness, tingling or tightness.
Sitting with your feelings and allowing yourself to reflect on them can be hard but will ultimately lead to a healthier body and mind.

Obviously, practicing wellness (self-care) isn’t a magic solution to disability or chronic illness. But it can play a huge role – learning to understand your body’s signals as alerting you to potential issues you are not acknowledging or addressing means you can start better meeting your own needs and setting your own boundaries – so your body doesn’t do it for you!