By MD Anderson Center Staff
Staying active throughout the day can help you feel better and reduce your risk for diseases like cancer.
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CLEAR ALL
Shelly Tygielski explores how consistently showing up for yourself first lays the foundation for our life’s purpose—showing up for others—and how to create your own self-care practice.
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“I still eat rice and beans. I just use brown rice now,” said Annya Santana of Menos Mas, a wellness company that speaks to African-American and Latinx communities.
To understand how the term “self-care” has evolved, I dug into the history of the phrase. The term has origins in medical research, but its leap from academia to public awareness can be traced back to the Black Panther Party and Black feminist writers.
For women like me who lose our nipples to breast cancer, learning to love our changed bodies can be a journey.
Self and community care is critical to combating the effects of racism and intersectional violence.