By Amanda Singleton — 2020
Ways to stay afloat when you are providing care for multiple people at the same time
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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.
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