by jayme | Apr 14, 2011 | Barbara Fredrickson - Positivity, Happiness, Individuals, Resiliency, Strategies, The Happiness Project - Gretchen Rubin, Women's Self-Care
Isn’t happiness what we all want? I don’t know anyone who wouldn’t like to live her life with as much positivity and joy as possible. Yes, as this photo above suggests, chocolate is one way to feel happy! And while I enjoy chocolate myself regularly...
by jayme | Mar 24, 2011 | Chaos, Compassion, Individuals, Research, Weight Loss, Women's Self-Care
Virgina Sole-Smith wrote another great post on her blog, neversaydiet, about new research supporting the notion that having negative feelings about your body and trying to “escape” it through dieting and restriction often leads to the ironic opposite...
by jayme | Mar 1, 2011 | Resiliency, Strategies, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care
Tara Parker Pope reported on new and very important research (for both women and anyone interested in helping individuals change their behaviors for good. ) This work Tara reports about on self-compassion is hugely important! These insights needs to be integrated much...
by jayme | Feb 21, 2011 | Women's Health, Women's Motivation, Women's Self-Care
Smart women don’t diet reflects a new mindset toward self-care, in general, and physical movement in particular. This new mindset reflects a new type of smarts; one that uses one’s own inner wisdom as the most important guide for initiating a lifestyle change such as...
by jayme | Feb 5, 2010 | Women's Health, Women's Self-Care
How often do we say to ourselves “I really should do that”? We hear others saying the same thing. On the surface, this might not seem like a problem. After all, as human beings, we want to do what we think is “right”. This is a good thing!...
by jayme | May 8, 2008 | Resiliency, Strategies, Women's Health, Women's Self-Care
I am writing to you about self-care at an auspicious moment, close to Mother’s Day and just weeks after becoming a mom myself. Because of this, I feel compelled to write about one of the most common challenges of motherhood: Pushing your own self-care to the back...