Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
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Have We Been Doing Self-Care All Wrong?
By Angelica Puzio — 2021
To understand how the term “self-care” has evolved, I dug into the history of the phrase. The term has origins in medical research, but its leap from academia to public awareness can be traced back to the Black Panther Party and Black feminist writers.
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