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Self-Care
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A New Look at Selfishness
Modern culture prizes selflessness and abhors selfishness, in effect setting the two against each other. But do we really aspire to be without concern for ourselves?
NEW! An “Exercise” in Vitality: The Missing Ingredient in Vital, Vibrant Living
We all know the benefits of exercise. Why, then, do we resist doing it?
Are You Taking Good Care of Yourself?
The busier we are, the more vital it is to take care of ourselves. How well are you doing in that?
NEW! Changing Relationships: Caring for Yourself While Caring for Your Aging Parents
Finding time for self-care is even more challenging and necessary for the growing “sandwich” generation.
Claiming the Empty Spaces: The Importance of Idle Time in a Fast-Forward World
Discusses the importance of idle time and offers strategies for carving it out—and protecting it.
Do You Give It All Away?
Quiz assesses and raises awareness about whether one gives away too much time, energy and/or money.
Maintaining Balance Is an Inside and Outside Job
Trying to maintain balance in life can make one feel like a tightrope walker, working without a net while the crowd below holds their breath in anticipation of a slip. Thankfully, there’s hope.
Making Sleep a Priority
Not getting enough sleep impacts our mental and physical health more than we thought. Learn some DOs and DON’Ts that will help you sleep better.
Overwhelm-Busting Strategies
Employ these intervention techniques when overwhelm starts to descend.
Reclaiming Silence
Immersed as we are in constant sound and stimuli, silence is needed now more than ever.
Sabbaticals for Everyone
No longer just for academics--now anyone can benefit from the time to reflect, volunteer or focus on one’s health.
Self-Care: Becoming Your Own Best Friend
Self-care is about more than a woman giving herself breast exams. It’s about being responsible for and accountable to oneself.
Setting Limits is More than Just a Parenting Issue: How to Say Yes to Yourself and No to Others
Set limits when necessary to claim what one needs, including self-respect.
The Ultimate Act of Self-Care: Clearing Clutter
How can clearing clutter lead to a better life? Clearing away physical clutter often has the unexpected effect of clearing away emotional clutter, too, that may be holding us back from our heart’s desire.
To Make Time, Take Time
If time were an animal, it would be on the endangered species list. At least that’s how it seems: Too much to do, too many places to be, too little time to do it all. But it doesn’t have to be that way.
Top 10 Everyday Retreats
No exotic vacation on the horizon? Find ways in your own everyday life to retreat and renew.
Top 10 Routine Maintenance Points
Not just for cars—one’s mind and heart needs maintenance, too.
Top 10 Ways to Get a Good Night’s Sleep
We all know what it’s like to drag ourselves through the day when we have slept poorly the night before. Here are 10 good sleep habits to make.
Top 10 Ways to Simplify Your Life
These days a chorus of thousands has taken up Henry David Thoreau’s advice to “Simplify, simplify.” And for good reason.
Top 10 Ways to Take Care of Yourself at Work
Self-care at work increases effectiveness and productivity. So how can a person begin?