Thought for the Week

Timothy D. Stein, MFT, CSAT

April 8, 2013

A hot bath is like a big hug to yourself.

Hugs are soothing and  nurturing.  Our earliest soothing and nurturing experience was being in mother’s womb and the warm, watery environment still runs deep in our psyche. When we take a hot bath, we tap into that in utero experience and feel soothed and nurtured, just like receiving a caring hug.

When I am agitated, I can give myself a big hug by taking a hot bath.  I am worthy of nurturance and deserve to be soothed.