Self-Nurture: Learning to Care for Yourself As Effectively As You Care for Everyone Else

by Henry Dreher and Alice D. Domar

Book Overview

Everyone knows someone who needs this book Think about how you feel at the end of a day when you find your first free moment so late in the evening that you're too exhausted to enjoy it. If you've had too many days like this, find the help you need to transform your life in Self-Nurture . Harvard psychologist Alice D. Domar, Ph.D. , shows you how to restructure your life in a way that lets you breathe. Here are inspiring stories, easy-to-follow exercises,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140298460
• ISBN13: 9780140298468
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Seasonal checkups remind me to care

I love this book because it not only has options on how to prioritize caring for myself but also divides focus on the kinds of self-care with the seasons -- learning the basics and viewing family relationships in winter; relaxation, mindfulness and journaling in spring; creativity and fun with others in summer; belief in self and the future in fall. The book stays on my reading ottoman so that I can pick it up each season, nibble and practice.

Powerful Reminder for Women

This book was amazing! I can't believe it took reading this book for me to remember that I have needs too! I spend most of my time running around with my young son, running to work, running home and trying to keep up the house, etc...It would not have even occurred to me to do something for myself and here is someone who is giving me permission and telling me I will be a better Mom, Partner and Employee if I self-nurture..I realize that I need to think about my own needs and figure out what they are. So for now I signed up for a writing class one night a week. It's a start and already I feel better. Thanks.

Outstanding!

This is an amazing book. Lots of women that I know (myself included) have trouble taking time for themselves, yet they put in incredible amounts of time helping their female friends. This book helps you deal with that problem. I was also lucky enough to hear Alice Domar when she was on National Public Radio a few weeks ago. I found the interview fascinating. Dr. Domar talked about how you need to take time for yourself; so many of us feel guilty when we give ourselves time to relax. She has helped me realize that doing nice things for yourself is something that women need to do more of, and that we shouldn't feel guilty for doing it. I HIGHLY recommend this book to any woman.

Comforting and Empowering

This is such a supportive, warm, helpful, penetrating book. It helps enormously for me to rethink my life in terms of this concept of self-nurturance. What is great is how Dr. Domar takes you through so many different aspects of life and gives you practical and spiritual and psychological ways to nurture yourself in all these different areas--relationships, family, creativity, work, play, and faith. (I hate to admit it, but it also gives me confidence to know that she's a Harvard Med. School person.) I never fully realized just how exhausting and draining it can be to be so focussed on everyone else's needs. This book is giving me permission to really take time for myself, and it's giving me all sorts of ideas on how to use that time wisely, for my health, well-being, and capacity for joy. The stories are engaging, and there's something of value on every page. What a gift! I'm telling all my friends that this one is a must.

Not just for women!

An excellent book that would be helpful for men also. Practical advice given in a loving manner. Excellent "real life" examples to illustrate points.