You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup: 7 Simple Ways to Fill Your Cup First This Wellness Season!

Fill Your Cup

Fill Your Cup

You've heard it before, but have you truly listened? You can't pour from an empty cup. Yet here you are, running on fumes, giving everything to everyone else while your own well continues to run dry. You show up for your family, your friends, your work, your community, your business(es), pouring endless love, energy, and care into every corner of your life except the one that matters most, your beloved self. This is a continuation from last week’s blog post since so many have written in to let us know they often forget themselves which is why they feel so burnt out lately. The time to make a change if you are willing and able to commit to yourself is right now. Read on.

The Empty Cup Truth

The truth is devastating in its simplicity; when your cup is empty, what you're pouring isn't nourishment, it is desperation masquerading as love. And deep down, you know this on a soul level, but you continue to go. You feel this in the exhaustion that sleep doesn't cure, in the irritability that seems to come from nowhere, in the way your heart races when someone asks you for just one more thing no matter how big or small. But here's what no one tells you about the empty cup metaphor, it's not selfish to fill your cup first. It's essential, it's not indulgence; it's actual survival. And it's not taking away from others, it's ensuring you have something real and sustainable to give when you try to do for others.

Listen Here

This National Wellness Month, we're asking you to do something truly drastic or maybe extreme to you. We want you to place yourself at the forefront of everything else that may be happening around you or within your life. Not in a selfish way, but in the way a flight attendant instructs you to put on your own oxygen mask before helping others. Because you can't save anyone if you can't breathe now, can you? Are we speaking some truth to you need to be reminded of?

Total Being

Wellness isn't just about physical and mental health, though those matter deeply too. True well-being encompasses every dimension of your life, working together as one. This means that the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health are all operating in harmony for your greater good. When one area suffers, the others feel the impact. When you neglect your spiritual need for peace, your mental health struggles. When you ignore your physical need for rest, your emotional resilience crumbles.

Pause & Reflect

This National Wellness Month, pause and reflect on your current wellness practices. Which areas receive your regular attention? Which ones have you been overlooking? Often, the dimensions we neglect most are exactly where breakthrough healing can happen.

The Shift

Here's what we want you to remember from this month’s theme, true transformation doesn't require massive overhauls or perfect routines. The smallest shifts in your daily habits can create profound changes in how you feel and live. You don't need hours of free time or expensive retreats, although these are nice too. You need intention, consistency, and the courage to choose yourself. So, won't you commit to living more intentionally from this day forward?

7 Simple Ways to Fill Your Cup This Month:

1.    Start your morning with 5 minutes of gratitude before reaching for your anything; especially that device we call a phone. Let abundance, not anxiety, be the first voice you hear each day. Your nervous system will learn to expect peace instead of chaos.

2.    Take a 15 to 30 minute walk outside daily with no phone and no agenda. Fresh air and movement are medicine for both the body and soul. Watch how this simple act shifts your entire energy and don't forget to document your experience.

3.     Create a sacred hour before bed without screens. Replace scrolling with reading, gentle stretching, gratitude, or journaling. Your sleep will transform, and so will your dreams.

4.    Drink water like its liquid love. Aim for half your body weight in ounces daily. Dehydration affects everything from mood to mental clarity to physical energy.

5.    Schedule one activity each week that brings you pure, selfish happiness. Even something as small as dancing in your kitchen, calling an old friend, or trying your hand at a new creative project. Happiness isn't frivolous, it's energetic fuel.

6.    Practice the sacred art of saying "no" to one or more energy-draining commitments or person(s). Your time and energy are precious resources. Guard them like the treasures that they are so that you can flourish and function in a positive more loving state towards yourself.

7.    End each day by acknowledging one thing you did well. Self-compassion is a practice that transforms how you move through the world. It's your life, learn to encourage yourself in the good times and in the bad. Keep your spirit and know that you are worthy. When you realize you matter enough to live and try something new each day, you will begin to say yes to you more often. We at Nurture What Matters often encourage our clients to live consciously every day; won't you consider living this way as well? Become more intentional about your actions and thoughts as they can truly impact the results you seek. You are powerful like that. Manifestation is real; it can show up in your life from your thoughts, words, and actions, so guard your temple, it is a gift that was given to you for a purpose. Need some healthy motivating reminders check out the “Thoughtfulls” collection which are just $10.00. They are so helpful in empowering you and nudging you towards moving forward to where you want to be.

You are Worthy, You Matter

Now listen here, these 7 ways to fill your cup first aren't just suggestions that are written for you to just read, they're invitations to remind who you are beneath all the giving, all the doing, all the endless pouring out you do. You are someone worth caring for. You are someone worth slowing down for. You are someone worth fighting for. The beautiful truth about filling your cup is when you pour from overflow instead of emptiness, everyone around you seems to benefit. Your love becomes more genuine, your presence more grounding, your energy more sustainable. You stop giving from obligation and start giving from abundance.

Food Connection

One last thing, let's not forget the profound connection between what we eat and how we feel. Anti-inflammatory foods aren't just good for your body; they're medicine for your mood, your energy, and your overall sense of well-being. So, lay off the fried and process foods this month. Invest in one of our recipe books by downloading it today or start by making the simple anti-inflammatory recipe below.

Fill Your Cup First Summation

This National Wellness Month, choose yourself. Choose to slow down and rest a bit. Choose proper nourishment. Choose the beautiful, messy, imperfect journey of filling your cup first. You can do it. Your future self and everyone you love are already thanking you for taking this brave first step in doing you. You matter enough to take some time for yourself, begin today, tomorrow, or one day during National Wellness Month. Friday, August 15th is National Relaxation Day, place a circle around that day if need be for a starting point.

Coaching Offer

You deserve to nurture yourself deeply, especially during these transformative times. While our coaching calendar is lovingly full through most of next month (with just the final week in available), we invite you to embrace this pause as a sacred gift to yourself. This is your moment to dive deeper into the wellness wisdom we've shared with you throughout this blog post. Let these practices become your gentle companions on this beautiful love walk with yourself: savor smaller, mindful meals from your favorite bowl, allowing each bite to ground you in gratitude. Create space for reflection through journaling - your thoughts and dreams matter. Most importantly, gift yourself the rest your soul is craving before the energy of the fourth quarter arrives.

These aren't just suggestions for you, they're acts of self-love that will transform how you move through your days. You have everything within you to create the nurturing, intentional life you desire. We believe in your journey, and we're here supporting you every step of the way.

When you're ready to deepen this work together, give us a Holla. Until then, trust yourself, you already know how to love yourself well. Here is our Loving Nudge to you!

Enjoy This Healthy Anti-Inflammatory Recipe:

Grilled Watermelon & Honeydew Salad

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