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Permission to Nap: Taking Time to Restore Your Spirit
Peaceful prose and classic images of women in repose initiate the harried into the sweet secret of living well-the afternoon nap. Working mothers, career women and stay-at-home moms all need encouragement to care for their well-being and happiness with a few minutes of downtime. This lovely gift book not only tells them it's ok, but also shows them how even the shortest siesta can be filled with delights-scents, sounds, flavors, fabrics-that leave a woman refreshed and renewed.
This will be the first book
--Show how to create a personal ritual for relaxation, including luxurious locations for napping and techniques for slowing down into rest
--Involve all the senses for improved harmony in life, including aromatherapy, massage and meditation techniques, sounds such as fountains, chimes and music, tactile comforts such as sheets and blankets
--Recommend affordable napping indulgences, including hot and iced soothing beverages, eye pillows and other comfort enhancers
--Encourage women to adopt napping as a lifestyle habit, showing them how to organize their lives to accommodate a nap
--Educate the harried that napping increases good health, for example, adequate sleep has been linked to longevity
--Overcome guilt by providing valid reasons to nap
Like our French sisters, who enjoy a 35-hour work week, or in Spain, where a siesta is a must, we can come to enjoy, embrace and revel in a little lovely shut-eye.
This will be the first book
--Show how to create a personal ritual for relaxation, including luxurious locations for napping and techniques for slowing down into rest
--Involve all the senses for improved harmony in life, including aromatherapy, massage and meditation techniques, sounds such as fountains, chimes and music, tactile comforts such as sheets and blankets
--Recommend affordable napping indulgences, including hot and iced soothing beverages, eye pillows and other comfort enhancers
--Encourage women to adopt napping as a lifestyle habit, showing them how to organize their lives to accommodate a nap
--Educate the harried that napping increases good health, for example, adequate sleep has been linked to longevity
--Overcome guilt by providing valid reasons to nap
Like our French sisters, who enjoy a 35-hour work week, or in Spain, where a siesta is a must, we can come to enjoy, embrace and revel in a little lovely shut-eye.
175 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 2002
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About the author
Jill Murphy Long
8 books4 followersAuthor of several books in the Permission to...Book Series, Jill Murphy Long is a professional writer, certified yoga instructor, athlete, and writing instructor. She owned The Ad Group, was a partner and creative director/copywriter for ten years at Murphy & Watt Advertising, and worked for Foote, Cone and Belding, ADWEEK, and The Advertising Center. As a former advertising executive, she realized the importance of taking time each day to nap and play. In 1997, she quit her day job to write books for those who needed permission to take this time the most—American women.
A graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing/Communications, Ms. Long’s best-selling first book, Permission to Nap, Taking Time to Restore Your Spirit received the Excellence Award, a distinguished recognition presented by the Chicago Book Clinic and the 2003 Benjamin Franklin Award by the Publishers Marketing Association.
Interviewed by NPR and other major metro radio stations, the author has also spoken at five-star spa resorts, universities, bookstores, libraries, and many other, diverse retail locations. Press coverage of her first book included articles in: Better Homes & Gardens, USA Today, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, American West In-flight Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, and international spa magazine, Pulse, to name a few.
The second book in the Permission Books Series, Permission to Play, Taking Time to Renew Your Smile, was published in April 2003 with 20,000 copies in the first printing. Permission to Play has been featured in publications such as: Women’s Health & Fitness, Delicious Living, Women’s World, Inside Borders, Christian Science Monitor, and Philadelphia Daily News. The author has appeared on CBS and Fox television stations and has been interviewed by hundreds of radio stations throughout North America.
Permission to Play shows readers many ways to fit active, creative, and mind play in their days with the same convincing prose and beautiful artwork found in the first book of the series.
The author has played all of her life both dabbling in the arts and trying new sports. This former collegiate alpine ski racer, Professional Ski Instructor of America (PSIA certified), and bike racer licensed under the United States Cycling Federation, speaks from experience of starting a new healthy habit and staying with it. An avid skie and now a member of the Courtesy Ski Patrol for the Steamboat Ski Resort tallying 100+ days a year on the slopes, Ms. Long still reserves time for naps and play between her writing and book tour schedule.
The third book in the series, Permission to Party, Taking Time to Celebrate and Enjoy Life is available at fine bookstores and gift shops nationwide including e-retailers such as: Amazon Books, Barnes & Noble, Booksamillion.com, Walmart, Target, and in gift direct mail catalogs such as: Isabella catalog, Femail Creations, Paragon, Victorian Trading Company, and Stampington & Company and online at their websites.
A bibliophile herself, the author belongs to a reading club and has organized and led weekly writers’ groups since 1998. She is a writing instructor at the Arts for the Soul Creative Symposiums and has led writing workshops at the Colorado Mountain College. Ms. Long plans to pen nine more books in the Permission to...Book Series and is currently writing book four, Permission to Risk, Taking Time to Live Your Dreams. Excerpts from the books and the author’s tour schedule can be viewed at: www.permissionbooks.com
The author happily makes her home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado with her husband and daughter, writing, and skiing or cycling—weather permitting—almost every day.
A graduate of California State University, Fullerton with a Bachelor of Arts in Marketing/Communications, Ms. Long’s best-selling first book, Permission to Nap, Taking Time to Restore Your Spirit received the Excellence Award, a distinguished recognition presented by the Chicago Book Clinic and the 2003 Benjamin Franklin Award by the Publishers Marketing Association.
Interviewed by NPR and other major metro radio stations, the author has also spoken at five-star spa resorts, universities, bookstores, libraries, and many other, diverse retail locations. Press coverage of her first book included articles in: Better Homes & Gardens, USA Today, Dallas Morning News, Los Angeles Times, American West In-flight Magazine, Chicago Sun Times, and international spa magazine, Pulse, to name a few.
The second book in the Permission Books Series, Permission to Play, Taking Time to Renew Your Smile, was published in April 2003 with 20,000 copies in the first printing. Permission to Play has been featured in publications such as: Women’s Health & Fitness, Delicious Living, Women’s World, Inside Borders, Christian Science Monitor, and Philadelphia Daily News. The author has appeared on CBS and Fox television stations and has been interviewed by hundreds of radio stations throughout North America.
Permission to Play shows readers many ways to fit active, creative, and mind play in their days with the same convincing prose and beautiful artwork found in the first book of the series.
The author has played all of her life both dabbling in the arts and trying new sports. This former collegiate alpine ski racer, Professional Ski Instructor of America (PSIA certified), and bike racer licensed under the United States Cycling Federation, speaks from experience of starting a new healthy habit and staying with it. An avid skie and now a member of the Courtesy Ski Patrol for the Steamboat Ski Resort tallying 100+ days a year on the slopes, Ms. Long still reserves time for naps and play between her writing and book tour schedule.
The third book in the series, Permission to Party, Taking Time to Celebrate and Enjoy Life is available at fine bookstores and gift shops nationwide including e-retailers such as: Amazon Books, Barnes & Noble, Booksamillion.com, Walmart, Target, and in gift direct mail catalogs such as: Isabella catalog, Femail Creations, Paragon, Victorian Trading Company, and Stampington & Company and online at their websites.
A bibliophile herself, the author belongs to a reading club and has organized and led weekly writers’ groups since 1998. She is a writing instructor at the Arts for the Soul Creative Symposiums and has led writing workshops at the Colorado Mountain College. Ms. Long plans to pen nine more books in the Permission to...Book Series and is currently writing book four, Permission to Risk, Taking Time to Live Your Dreams. Excerpts from the books and the author’s tour schedule can be viewed at: www.permissionbooks.com
The author happily makes her home in Steamboat Springs, Colorado with her husband and daughter, writing, and skiing or cycling—weather permitting—almost every day.
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October 19, 2011
I found this on the shelf while staying at a bed and breakfast on a girls' retreat. It was the perfect read for such a trip. I read it aloud in the gathering room while they listened and put a puzzle together. We learned fascinating sleep statistics. Lots of them. We also learned how to design a nap sanctuary, and about the noble art of leaving things undone. I was enjoying the book so much that I pulled out my amazon app and ordered one for myself. Now I'm home with nap insomnia, and the book doesn't have quite the same magic as it did at the B&B. Maybe if I create that nap sanctuary and reread it there...
January 9, 2014
I found this book in a consignment shop and was intrigued immediately, I must admit, by the cover. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and it was refreshingly not cliche. It is full of great methods of relaxation and it is relaxing to read in itself. I definitely want to apply some of the words of wisdom and advice found in this book's pages into my daily life. How can you not like a book that is all about supporting the idea that women need daily nap/relaxation time and then explains how to do that?
June 24, 2008
Such a good book with tons of reminders about how to steal time for yourself and lots of encouragement to not feel bad about it, as it addresses WHY, mainly as women, we don't take enough time for ourselves.
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March 1, 2009I do intend to read this, but I gotta say, I coulda written it... :)
July 19, 2011
Even though every word in this book is horribly cheesy, it has great recommendations for rejuvenating your nap routine and not feeling guilty about it.
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