Triple Your Self-Care Return on Investment

About this episode

This episode explores why traditional self-care practices may not restore energy and how women can reconnect with their true needs.

Have you ever done all the “right” self-care things, taken the bath, bought a planner, scheduled the massage, and still felt completely exhausted? In this episode, we’re unpacking why that happens. Most women aren’t bad at self-care. We’re just investing in practices that don’t actually restore us. In a culture that praises hustle, sacrifice, and pushing through (hello, military life), it’s easy to lose touch with our own needs. Over time, we forget how to answer the question: What do I actua...

People in this episode

Host: Christina Mattison

Topics covered

• self-care
• exhaustion
• women's health
• personal needs
• hustle culture

Keywords

• self-care
• exhaustion
• personal needs
• hustle culture
• women's health
• restoration
• self-improvement

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