The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal
(Balanced Living Press)
© 2008 Renée Peterson Trudeau
(Balanced Living Press)
© 2008 Renée Peterson Trudeau
The Transformative Power of Self-Care
One day after dropping my son off at school, I was driving home filled with gratitude for my life circumstances, and in a moment of supreme clarity, I wrote:
The life I desire is marked by deep connections to my child and partner. It’s a life filled with joy and meaning. It’s a life in which I feel supported and nurtured by an incredible community of men and women — young and old. I experience regular, meaningful, heartfelt connections with people I care about. I am continually open to growth — as a woman, a mother, a partner, and a spiritual being. I enjoy supporting and serving others in a way that feeds me rather than drains me. I feel that I always have enough time in my life for those things that are most important to me. My life flows, I trust my intuition, and I expect good to come to me. I feel peaceful. I am loving, and I feel loved. This is the life I desire.
I was finally able to articulate this only after I embarked on my self-care journey and truly started to connect to my needs and desires.
One day after dropping my son off at school, I was driving home filled with gratitude for my life circumstances, and in a moment of supreme clarity, I wrote:
The life I desire is marked by deep connections to my child and partner. It’s a life filled with joy and meaning. It’s a life in which I feel supported and nurtured by an incredible community of men and women — young and old. I experience regular, meaningful, heartfelt connections with people I care about. I am continually open to growth — as a woman, a mother, a partner, and a spiritual being. I enjoy supporting and serving others in a way that feeds me rather than drains me. I feel that I always have enough time in my life for those things that are most important to me. My life flows, I trust my intuition, and I expect good to come to me. I feel peaceful. I am loving, and I feel loved. This is the life I desire.
I was finally able to articulate this only after I embarked on my self-care journey and truly started to connect to my needs and desires.
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Renée Peterson Trudeau is an internationally recognized life-balance coach, speaker and author of three books on life balance, including the award-winning The Mother's Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life. Renée has been creating and leading transformative events for women for more than 20 years, and she is on the faculty of Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health and Esalen Institute. Thousands of women in more than 10 countries are facilitating self-renewal groups as RTA-Certified Facilitators, based on her award-winning self-care curriculum. A sought-after life balance media expert, Renée's work has been featured in The New York Times, US News and World Report, Good Housekeeping, and Spirituality & Health.
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