September 28: Putting Yourself on Your Own Priority List: Breaking the Cycle & Building Healthy Relationships

(Choosing Yourself & Building Healthy Relationships)

Goals:

• Learn that self-care is not selfish.
• Explore values and personal needs.
• Recognize the difference between healthy generosity and people-pleasing.
• Learn how to identify mutual, respectful relationships.
• Create a realistic self-care and self-respect plan.
• Celebrate growth and progress.

Discussion prompts:

• If you stopped living for everyone else, what would your life look like?
• What have you been putting off because you’re busy taking care of others?
• What relationships feel healthier now?
• What is one change you’re proud of making?

Optional Activity:

• Complete a “Me First” action plan with one boundary, one goal, and one act of self-care for the coming week.
• Participants can also write a letter to their future selves about the life they want to build moving forward.