Hello, I'm Agnes de Bezenac, an author, artist and teacher, passionate about making other's lives a little easier, by sharing some techniques and ideas for some tender loving self-care.

It’s all too easy to be extremely tough on ourselves, the self doubt, the self criticism and all that negative talk gets in the way. We get pretty good at telling ourselves that we’re not working hard enough or smart enough. Which leads us to fall prey to loads of self criticism, which brings in sadness, frustration, overwhelm or even depression … For these moments we need to carve out some time and space for an emotional reset. That’s when a good dose of self-care comes into play. That may sound selfish or indulgent to some of us; it did for me too, until I realized that life wasn’t meant to go on without it. We could all learn to appreciate a little more, the role that self-care can have in our lives and for our well-being.

• Create some “solid rock reminders that will list some of your self-care goals or wishes

• Learn to make time for your self-care practices or rituals

• Take time to list some of the things that light you up and make you really happy

• Notice what physical and emotional self-care habits you want to pay more attention to

• Be reminded of how you can do something simple each day for your self-care

• Realize that you can have some creative fun along the way

• Be attentive to how you can take even just a few short minutes to add something to your self-care routines, challenging yourself yet staying kind and gentle.

This project is for anyone, whether you are a beginner artist or none at all, whether you’re a professionally skilled one or someone who just enjoys watching someone else create. But most of all, it’s for those who wish to pay a little more attention to their self-care and well-being.

• Flat and smooth rocks
• Acrylic paints (I’m using white and greens but you can choose any color that you would prefer)
• A permanent marker
• Colored markers
• A pen