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The Power of Why Not?

I drove past that gym every day on my way home from the morning school run. It was big, gleaming. I knew inside would be deliciously cool and well-supplied. Every day I thought about going in and checking it out. But who has time to work out, I thought. I…

Allison EvansJuly 19, 2024

Self-Care

Stop One, Start One: Shifting Self-Care Habits

Last week I wrote about the unique ambivalence women have about self-care. We beat ourselves up when we don’t take good care of ourselves, and then we feel guilty when we do. Why? Because women are socialized into a unique duty of intimate, self-sacrificing care to their communities: we are expected…

Allison EvansJuly 3, 2024

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Why Self-Care Gets a Bad Rap (and What to Do about It)

Self-care isn’t selfish. Why does that need to be asserted?It could be a neutral, self-evident statement, along the lines of, “Water isn’t dry.” To be alive is to have needs! Who better to know what those needs are and to meet them than the one who has them? Yet it must be…

Allison EvansJune 20, 2024

Self-Care

The Power of Why Not?

Stop One, Start One: Shifting Self-Care Habits

Why Self-Care Gets a Bad Rap (and What to Do about It)

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