Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Prioritize Yourself: Self-Care is the Key to Caring for Others

14 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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You can't care for others well if you're dysregulated. The speakers argue that showing up for people while you're struggling causes more harm than help, making self-care the foundation of effective caregiving.

Don't be afraid to take care of yourself instead of trying to show up for everybody else.
Right, because if, if you show up when you're dysregulated, you might as well not have shown up at all. Um, you know, because I know for me, you know, if I'm that dysregulated, you know, it's, it's gonna do harm to somebody, you know, for me to be there.
Especially as somebody that takes care of others. Yes. And I think somewhere along the lines we lost the, the taking care of ourselves is always the first line of taking care of others.