6 Self-Care Lessons We Can Learn From Jill Scott

Jill Scott gives us tips for self care.

Jill Scott - “That I-can-do-it-by-myself mentality is a lie. I’m sorry if I hurt anybody’s feelings, but you cannot do it all by yourself. You need a village: some aunties, grandmoms, friends. I couldn’t do this by myself and would be a fool to think I could.”(Photo: Ebony Magazine, May 2013)

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The Importance of Self-Acceptance - Following the birth of her son, Jill Scott was quoted as saying, "I woke up in the morning feeling so blessed."So often, we are in a rush to compete with someone else rather than accepting where we are in life and counting our daily blessings.(Photo: Ebony Magazine, May 2013)

The Importance of Self-Love - Jill Scott constantly reminds us through her lyrics and Twitter sermons of the power of self love, saying, "I just want to be free, I just want to be ready." Sometimes we don't need that other person in our lives and, instead, need to work on ourselves.(Photo: Erik Snyder)

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The Importance of Self-Love - Jill Scott constantly reminds us through her lyrics and Twitter sermons of the power of self love, saying, "I just want to be free, I just want to be ready." Sometimes we don't need that other person in our lives and, instead, need to work on ourselves.(Photo: Erik Snyder)

The Importance of Embracing the Past - Jill Scott's "Golden" reminds  us of the importance of owning each of the important life lessons we are presented with along our journey. (Photo: UpperCut Images) 

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The Importance of Embracing the Past - Jill Scott's "Golden" reminds  us of the importance of owning each of the important life lessons we are presented with along our journey. (Photo: UpperCut Images) 

The Importance of Positive Self-Talk - "The reality is, I'm going to be who I be," Jill Scott lets it be known in her song "Hate on Me." It's important to accept our truths and ours alone.

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The Importance of Positive Self-Talk - "The reality is, I'm going to be who I be," Jill Scott lets it be known in her song "Hate on Me." It's important to accept our truths and ours alone.

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Taking Ownership of Your Dating Situations - "Let's take a long walk around the park after dark," Jill Scott sang in "A Long Walk." She was speaking into existence what she wanted out of her next relationship. Too often we we think it's too much to list what we want while we are dating someone, but  this shouldn't be the case. (Photo: Skip ODonnell)

The Ability to Embrace Every Life Lesson Presented to Us - Jill Scott is the queen of being honest with herself before she attemtps to be honest with anyone else. So often, we as are forced to put up a facade in order to get by, but try being honest with yourself. (Photo: Thomas Northcut)

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The Ability to Embrace Every Life Lesson Presented to Us - Jill Scott is the queen of being honest with herself before she attemtps to be honest with anyone else. So often, we as are forced to put up a facade in order to get by, but try being honest with yourself. (Photo: Thomas Northcut)