No. 1: Self care
Women expressed there was too much to do, too little energy, and a whole lot of “how will I handle that?” — and not just physical, but emotional needs. As I thought about this, I realized that we women know the need for self-care, body and soul, so why don’t we do it? One thought was perception — that we perceive we can’t or shouldn’t — and we can change that….
Basic physical health. We need to value basic health for ourselves. Take the time to eat well, exercise and sleep, and in the process shoot for 80 percent of the time. When one area can’t be a positive (i.e. a new baby, so sleep is gone), add something to another one (eat well). You can also adjust responsibilities, delegating to someone else (i.e. trade something for house cleaners for three months).
Basic emotional health. As a young mom, I thought doing the things I loved — playing the piano, writing, speaking — would take away from my children and the time it took to help develop them into wonderful people. But what I learned is that it gives something to them: It helped them know me and expand their own talents and interests.
One of my friends told how the only time she could play the piano was at night when her children went to bed. So she did, and they loved it! Years later, one of her children in college called to say he’d heard a Brahms piece that she used to play for them.
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