SELFish: The Gentle Act of Including Yourself

When did taking care of yourself become something you would get to later? You tell yourself your needs can wait. Until the work is done. Until everyone else is okay. Until life becomes a little less demanding. But later is never promised. SELFish: The Gentle Act of Including Yourself is a warm, honest reflection for women who have spent so long caring for everyone else that they have quietly stopped making room for themselves. Drawing from her own experiences of caregiving, loss, motherhood, and rebuilding, Furzana Hayat explores the small ways we learn to put our own needs aside, often without even realizing it. Through personal stories and gentle reflection, SELFish invites you to notice what you need, question the guilt that comes with asking for it, and begin making room for yourself again. This is not about ignoring everyone else. It is about learning that you can care for yourself more without giving others less. Because you were never meant to leave yourself out.