Self-Care = Meeting Yourself Where You Are

Self-care is not about adding something to your to-do list. It’s about cultivating new ways of being with yourself ~ Renee Trudeau

I have a dear friend in Austin who is known for her bubbly, outgoing positivity. But, when she and I are alone on a walking date, her temperament is typically subdued and reflective. She was raised in a family of extroverts and was told to constantly “perk up.” Today she struggles with finding her true self and how to show up in the world. This week, I’m encouraging you to come as you are and explore the idea: Self-Care = Meeting Yourself Where You Are (apologies for the long video, it’s a timely theme, hang in there!). Watch/explore this week’s Live Inside Out reflection and let me know where it lands with you:

Want more? Read You Are Not a Self-Improvement Project. I’d love to hear how you’re doing. It’s a hard time to be a human. I’m here for you. We’re all in this together.

WANT TO MAKE YOUR SELF-CARE A PRIORITY?  HERE ARE THREE OPPORTUNITIES! 

• March 8^th, March 15^th & April 5^th,  April 18^th ~ “Refill Your Well: Tools & Practices to Build Resiliency.” Live in Western NC, work in education/healthcare/nonprofit management and feel burned out? Through the generous support of several NC foundations, The Center for Trauma Resilient Communities will offer four half-day self-renewal retreats for leaders in healthcare, education and nonprofit management. I’m excited to facilitate these self-renewal events for men/women.  If you qualify, register here to attend one of the four retreats.
• April 26 – 28th ~ Awakening Your Wild Soul: A Women’s Self-Care Retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health ~ Join me for a spring re-set: replenishing rest, divine natural foods cuisine, healing bodywork, restorative yoga and more. Awakening Your Wild Soul: A Women’s Self-Care Retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health (Berkshire Mountains, MA) will help you learn to revere your energy and direct it to what matters most. Packages start at just $635 for this empowering and deeply supportive weekend. Learn more/register.
• *NEW OFFERING!* Secrets to Facilitating Life-Changing Women’s Groups/Retreats in Uncertain Times ~ A support package. Are you passionate about empowering other women in your area? Created by Renee, this beautiful mentoring/support package–based on our 18-year-old Facilitator Training Program (now retired) offers personal coaching and tips, a comprehensive Facilitator Training Guide, Renee’s best-selling ebooks and a bonus women’s self-care retreat. Only $195 for a limited time. Learn more.

Subscribe here to Live Inside Out, a weekly blog written by mindfulness coach/author/speaker and self-care evangelist Renée Peterson Trudeau. Passionate about helping men and women find balance through the art/science of self-care, Renee has been facilitating high-impact, interactive workshops for Fortune 500 companies, national nonprofits/conferences and organizations/teams worldwide for 25 years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, Good Housekeeping, US News & World Report, AARP, Spirituality & Health and more. She and her team have certified more than 450 facilitators in 10 countries around the globe to lead self-renewal groups/retreats based on her pioneering self-care curriculum. She’s the author of two books on life balance including the award-winning The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life. She and her husband live in Western North Carolina; her latest venture is Wild Souls Nature Adventures. More on Renee here.