Over the years I have been guided towards making habits. Like making a habit out of exercise, or healthy eating, or drinking water. But when you look making a habit out of something like meditation, it doesn't quite feel right.

And let's be brutally honest, attempting to make a habit out of exercise has never worked for me in the past beyond the 20 something days it supposedly takes to make a habit. It never became something I automatically did ... but is that what I really wanted???

More recently I came across the idea of making a ritual out of your self care, and I started to wonder if maybe that wasn't a better way to go about life as a whole. 

Even the word ritual sounded more sacred to me and purposeful than habit.

So I decided it was time to delve a little deeper and look at what the differences are between the 2 words and explore how they both feel when put into practice.

This post was inspired by a recent conversation in my clinic ...