An Invitation to Real Self-Care

About this episode

Therapist Jen Hershey joins Cindy Scharkey to discuss self-care and the importance of prioritizing one's own needs over others.

Women often feel burnout from taking care of everyone around them before caring for themselves. The term self-care is trending, but how can we go about doing it? Therapist Jen Hershey joins me to share her perspective, including ideas around alignment and learning to listen to your inner authority. This conversation is an invitation to move through life with more trust, clarity and intention. Learn more about Jen Hershey, LMFT ORDER my Book: Permission for Pleasure: Tending Your Sexual Garden...

People in this episode

Host: Cindy Scharkey

Guest: Jen Hershey

Topics covered

• self-care
• burnout
• mental health
• therapy
• women's health

Keywords

• self-care
• burnout
• therapy
• women
• mental health
• inner authority
• alignment

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Permission for Pleasure: Tending Your Sexual Garden

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