A Woman's Guide to Self-Nurturing

by Joanna Romer

A Woman's Guide to Self-Nurturing offers a new perspective on how to comfort yourself while bolstering self-esteem. Using Bible stories as well as creative techniques for self-nurturing, the book will help you determine exactly what pleases you and nourishes your self-esteem, expand your repertoire of self-nurturing techniques by adding love and gratitude, and show you how self-nurturing can work toward building a new identity. Combining specific guidelines with inspiring examples of self-nurturing, this book will help you recover lost self-esteem and embrace a new mission for a more fulfilling life.

166 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 2015

About the author

Joanna Romer is the author of WIDOW: A SURVIVAL GUIDE FOR THE FIRST YEAR; THE WIDOWER'S GUIDE TO A NEW LIFE (nominated for a Book-of-the-Year award); CREATIVE AGING: A BABY BOOMER'S GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL LIVING (co-authored with Cheryl Vassiliadis); and DIVORCED! SURVIVAL TECHNIQUES FOR SINGLES OVER FORTY. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Mademoiselle and other publications. With her late husband, Jack Milton, she wrote and produced the 1972 feature film, "Please Stand By". Romer taught communications at colleges and universities in Florida and New York for 16 years, and currently lives in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Reviews

[Susan Barton · Rating 5 out of 5]

For most women, the role of caretaker is an important and ongoing one. We often put our needs below those of everyone else in our lives. While we’re busy tending to everyone else’s needs, it’s easy to forget that we too need nurturing. Yet the process is essential to our well-being. “A Woman’s Guide to Self-Nurturing” discusses why and how to take the time to care for ourselves.

With Biblical references and an engaging, conversational “workshop-style”, Ms. Romer details practical advice for building self-esteem through a variety of self-comforting activities. From defining what self-nurturing is to the importance of taking time to simply relax, readers will find value in this book’s pages. Each section ends with a “guidelines” list to further assist readers in their pursuit of living a happier, more fulfilling life.

“A Woman’s Guide to Self-Nurturing” is a concise and compact paperback book, which can easily be carried in a purse or backpack, accessible whenever you’re in need of a little encouragement. Each chapter is self-contained so it’s simple to choose just the right subject at just the right time. Highly recommended!

http://ebookreviewgal.com received a complimentary copy of this book from the author via LibraryThing in exchange for an honest review.

[Susan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book showcases the importance of taking care of oneself in order to be able to take care of others and to enjoy your life. The author lays out simple truths and ways to help you cultivate an attitude of self nurturing. She shows how to implement this into your life through examples and questions at the end of each chapter. These questions are thought provoking and beneficial to helping one find what makes them happy and feel self nurtured.

[Christy Harrill · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very awesome book! I enjoyed the new perspective on stories from the Bible. The ideas give a very good starting place for nurturing ourselves