Self-Care on Hard Days: Learning to Stop Pushing Through

🧠 FREE MASTERCLASS: When Pain Gets in the Way Ready to change your relationship with pain? In this free, 50-minute, on-demand masterclass, we’ll explore what pain really is, why it can persist, and how learning to respond differently can open the door to sustainable recovery. 👉 https://hometown-health-llc.kit.com/8... ⸻ What does self-care look like when you’re having a hard day? Today is a low-spoon day for me. And while my old instinct would be to push through, ignore my limits, and get everything done anyway, I’m practicing something different. For a long time, pushing through was how I accomplished things. And while that strategy served me in some ways, it also came at a cost. These days, I’m learning that caring for myself isn’t just about what I do. It’s about how I respond to myself when things get hard. In this video, I’m sharing what that process looks like in real time, why changing our automatic responses can be so challenging, and how learning to work with our bodies instead of against them can help us create more sustainable ways of living. Because sustainable change isn’t about abandoning our goals. It’s about learning how to pursue them without continually abandoning ourselves. 🥄 Want to learn more about Spoon Theory? Watch my video, The Real Cost of Chronic Pain, where I explore how to better understand and manage our limited energy and capacity. 👉    • The Real Cost of Chronic Pain: Why You’re ...   💛 About Me I’m Dr. Katie Petersen, DPT, a physical therapist and yoga teacher passionate about helping people better understand their bodies, navigate persistent pain, and build lives that feel sustainable and meaningful. Through Hometown Health and The Body Literacy Method, I combine pain science, nervous system education, and mind-body practices to help people move beyond symptom management and toward lasting change. #selfcare #chronicpain #spoontheory #nervoussystem #burnoutrecovery #bodyliteracy