If you've Googled "self care not working" or "self care still stressed" or anything along those lines, you're not alone. Many people experience the frustration, confusion, and shame of a self care practice that doesn't work. And there's not just 1 reason for that... there's many. This post identifies setbacks to sustainable self care and explore what shifts you can make around conditioning, discernment, and personal context to affect what actually helps.