Empower Newsletter – July 2016
Welcome to the July 2016 edition of the Empower Newsletter. This month the focus is on the importance of taking time for yourself.
Do you know?
‘how important time out is’
It’s the end of the financial year and an especially busy time of year for some. It can be easy to forget to take time for yourself because time can be so scarce and there is so much that needs to be done.
It doesn’t have to be taking time out to be alone, it can be to do something you love, anything that recharges your batteries and makes you feel recharged.
If you don’t have ‘me time’ you can get resentful and feel like a dogsbody.
If it’s not your work commitments it’s family and if it’s not family it is chores. There is always something that needs to be done.
Quite often taking time out of our hectic lifestyles can leave us feeling guilty or even selfish especially when there are things to be done, people to take care of or deadlines to meet.
This can leave us spreading ourselves too thin and often not being able to give our best to the task at hand, often finding ourselves getting frustrated with loved ones, friends or ourselves.
A great way to overcome these feelings of guilt or selfishness of taking time for ourselves is looking at it from a different perspective which is ‘that not taking time out for ourselves makes us more selfish!’ “I hear you ask how.” Well if you are tired, stressed or irritated from spreading yourself too thin, how can you give your best? So in other words you are taking away from whatever you do!
Becoming short or getting cranky with yourself, your loved ones or not completing a task to the best of your ability are just some of the consequences of not being at your best.
So by taking time for yourself it can be said that you will get better results all round! In other words if you are happy, everyone and everything around you will be in harmony creating better relationships and better results.
Definition
Self time
Taking time out for yourself: For a massage, taking a walk or reading a book, whatever it is that makes you feel relaxed, happy and emotionally nourished.
Something to Ponder
“Recent research has shown that women today are less happy than they have been over the past 40 years. There are many theories about why, but lack of free time can be a major reason.”
~ Gina Shaw ~
Quotes of the Month
TIME OUT is a good thing. You can shift to Paradise in the next breath, and a sense of wellness and timelessness will be the wonderful result.
~ Cheryl Melody ~
I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don’t spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.
~ Reese Witherspoon ~
Affirmation Corner
‘I take time for myself regularly.’
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July 3, 2016 11:07 am
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