Perfectly Imperfect with Priscilla Cabrera

  I felt proud! Opening up that mail, seeing my name on that degree. I could say, I did get teary. I finished my Master’s degree May 2021 but OCD took that feeling of proudness from me. I was not able to experience the feeling of achievement after working so hard for 4 long years. I had to verbally remind myself of what the last for years for me was like. Who knew that a piece of paper could hold so much meaning? I did not think that I would get to experience such a feeling again. Truly reminded me how to appreciate the small moments because I knew how it felt to live with no meaning. Wake up feeling worthless, wake up feeling like giving up and what hurt me the most playing with my daughter and not being able to be emotionally and mentally present with her. I prayed that I would get out of that hole I was in, I prayed that I wouldn’t experience that ever again but I also prayed for God to take me because I could not live with that feeling another day.    Most of my life,...

  Four years ago, is when I really, I began feeling like what I had accomplished was not good enough. My career was not good enough. My life was not good enough. Initially I thought to myself, okay I am not satisfied so what can I do that can satisfy this feeling of NOT ENOUGH.   My daughter was not even a month old when I began my Masters. In 2019, I opened my first online boutique which did not go as planned. In 2020, I started my life coach certification (Currently still working on it). I started this journey to satisfy my feeling of not enough and not accomplished.  Until recently, I learned that 75% of this feeling was my OCD telling me I was not good enough. OCD was telling me that I had not accomplished anything and you need to do more. Harsh right! Having just graduated with my Masters and I did not feel accomplished. I thought to myself, I need my PhD and just maybe then I will feel accomplished? But really thinking about it, I thought to myself will I ever ...

  Self-Care: Perfectly Imperfect with Priscilla Cabrera    Self-Care is defined as what people do for themselves to establish and maintain health, and to prevent and deal with illness. It is a broad concept encompassing hygiene, nutrition, lifestyle, environmental and social economic factors.  -         Internal Self Care Foundation    Self-Care has gained interest within the last decade or so. But growing up in a Mexican household, self-care can be seen as selfish. Harsh right! I know. I remember when I was pregnant with my daughter, my mom telling me you need to put your daughter first, your daughter second and your daughter third and if there is anything left then you. That is the old mentality of a Hispanic mom, putting herself to a side. I can that was part of the culture and it still is in Mexico. Don’t get me wrong, I respect my mom for always putting my brother and I first.  But if I am being honest, yes our c...