How can moms keep their lives in balance and maintain a sense of self?
Ideally, make self-care a regular part of your life, which means engaging in both daily and weekly practices that nourish your health and well-being. Make a commitment to taking care of yourself more days than not. Eat on a regular basis, and make more healthy choices about what you put in your body than unhealthy ones Make certain that you take breaks. Spend 10-15 minutes in the morning to sit quietly and have a cup of tea, or take a half-hour to read a magazine or go for a walk. Sometimes doing this a couple of times a day seems radical to women, so start with a couple times a week. Get adequate sleep. So many women are staying up until midnight and beyond, doing laundry, catching up on e-mail and having some quiet time because they havent been able to get that during the day. We now know adults require eight to nine hours of sleep a night. Six to seven hours is not bad for awhile, but you can’t have a steady diet of that and do well. Regular physical activity is very important to ma
