Are you being selfish really?

There are so many women that believe that if they put themselves first then they are being selfish. Throughout the years, it has been the women's place to take care of everyone. That's not sexist, it's in most of our nature to be nurturers. So much in fact that not only do we feel guilt but everyone else also puts guilt on to us. For example, I'm going to go for a walk no matter what. This expressed to the family and I hear "but Mom I need..." Now I already feel guilty for taking time to myself and the family adds on to it by telling me what they need. So I end up running them where they "need" to go and I tell myself I'll walk later. But at the end of the day I haven't walked and tell myself I'm going to walk tomorrow.

We need to change this! We need to know it is ok to do even something little for ourselves.