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Caring for yourself in recovery is not a new skill. It's the old diligence with the patient finally changed.
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TEND · XIII

Lesson 52 of LII · the TEND course
The idea behind this card — Care transfer

Caring for yourself in recovery is not a new skill. It's the old diligence with the patient finally changed.

TEND — Scaffolding, boundaries, and the people who hold you

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The practice

at one of the old tending hours, do the equivalent act for yourself — the meal, the shower, ten quiet minutes. Label it out loud: 'this is recovery work.' Because it is.

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GROUND · XIII  ·  FEEL · XIII  ·  REMEMBER · XIII

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