“Toxic positivity is a learned behavior, through media tropes and themes, we have been told that our thoughts shape our outcome — but this isn’t accurate as life’s happenings,” Wendy Davila writes on the importance of differentiating between healthy and toxic positivity in oneself, and one’s community.

My mother never told me how therapeutic it was to truly tune in and listen to your needs. Sometimes, our greatest desires stem from within and are waiting to be nurtured by us. The beauty about authentic self-care is that all it really needs is a positive intention and natural ingredients to make your outcome come to fruition!