Woman's Comfort Book: A Self-Nurturing Guide for Restoring Balance in Your Life - Softcover

Louden, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060776676 ISBN 13: 9780060776671

Publisher: HarperOne, 2005

Synopsis

With over 200 prescriptions for giving yourself a break, this book helps the reader to sort out guilty feelings about self–nurture and to define her comfort/self–nurture needs.

In this book the author delivers a host of creative and comforting programmes like the self–care schedule, creative selfishness, creating a comfort network, body delights, a personal sanctuary, the comfort journal, bathing pleasures and comfort rituals. Organised by topic and cross–referenced throughout, this guidebook is designed to appeal to women of all ages. The new edition has been revised and updated for modern women.

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Review:

If the pace of your life or depths of your depression leave you lacking in body and soul, this book can help you feel whole again. Jennifer Louden encourages you to assemble and draw on personal rituals, journals and sanctuaries that can add comfort and breathing space to your life. Some are obvious (herbal baths, flowers) or seem too silly, New Age, or time-consuming to tickle every fancy (blow bubbles in traffic jams, chant affirmations). Many more seem sublime and creative. But that's her point: pick and choose what works best for you, but do take some actions to make your life happier.

From the Back Cover:

Body-and-soul sustenance to make the hard times easier and the good times better : The Woman's Comfort Book

The Woman's Comfort Book guides you with hundreds of simply wonderful and practical treats for nurturing yourself in body, mind, and spirit. An invaluable reference manual for doing yourself a favor."--Lucia Capacchione, Ph.D., author of The Well-Being Journal and

"Louden's amazing encyclopedia of self-love works; to build self-esteem, to practice self-care, and to keep pleasure on your daily to-do list. Don't deny yourself--every woman needs this book."--Kay Leigh Hogan, author of Internal Affairs and Prayers to the Moon

"Some women are taught self-nurturing by loving parents. Others seem to have intuitive knowledge about self-care. Many of us ask therapists to teach us. Now we have our own reference book--we need it!"--Jennifer James, Ph.D., author of Women and the Blues

Nurturance comes naturally to most women--as long as it's directed at someone else. But taking care of yourself is more difficult. You don't have time. It feels self-indulgent. You're simply too tired. Here--for women too busy to worry about their well-being--are more than two hundred soothing recipes and inventive rituals for relaxation, practical self-care, and gentle growth.

Organized by topic and cross-referenced throughout, this is a wonderfully comprehensive resource for refreshing and replenishing the self.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060776676
• ISBN 13: 9780060776671
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224