Self-Care for Moms: 150+ Real Ways to Care for Yourself While Caring for Everyone Else

by Sara Robinson

150 quick and easy self-care activities especially for busy moms—perfect for even the most chaotic schedule.

As a mom, you care—a lot. Whether it be physical, emotional, social, or practical, you’re there to attend to all of your family’s needs. But with so much to take care of, it can be hard to find time to care of yourself. With Self-Care for Moms , you’ll learn how easy it is to incorporate self-care into your own routine in practical, yet meaningful, ways.

In this book, you’ll find 150 realistic self-care activities that you can try right away. To help busy moms like you maximize any moment you can find for yourself, each activity is designed to fit easily within a set short time frame. For

5 Call a friend; Listen to a favorite song; Light a candle
15 Soak your feet; Read a chapter in a book; Enjoy a leisurely cup of tea
30 Give yourself a facial; Plan for a vacation; Go for a walk
1 Meet a friend for lunch; Go for a manicure; Attend a workout class

You’ll also find ideas for activities that span larger amounts of time for inspiration and motivation to take some much-needed and well-earned extra time for yourself. There’s even a few aspirational activities, such as trips or projects, that last a day—or more—with a realistic plan for how to organize and coordinate your schedule to accommodate the occasional—but very important—extended time to focus on yourself.

Start taking time for you—it’s easier than you think and besides, you deserve it!

Genres: Self Help, Audiobook

192 pages, Hardcover

Published April 2, 2019

About the author

Sara Robinson, founder of the Lonesome Mountain Pros(e) Writers Workshop, is poetry columnist for Southern Writers Magazine. Additionally she teaches a course on Contemporary American Poetry for the UVA/OLLI program. Her previous publications include her memoir about her parents(Love Always, Hobby and Jessie); three poetry books: Two Little Girls in a Wading Pool; A Cruise in Rare Waters; Stones for Words(2014); and Sometimes the Little Town, released early 2016. This latest book features pictures and poetry based on published photo journals depicting the lives of people in her hometown of Elkton, VA. by noted photographer, Hobby Robinson.

Her poetry has appeared in various publications(including Poetica Magazine, Virginia Literary Journal, and Lock Raven Review) and anthologies(including We Grew Wings and Flew, The Blue Ridge Anthology, and Scratch Against the Fabric,2015).
She resides near Charlottesville, VA.
Website: www.saramrobinson.com

Reviews

[Heather]

Lots of practical ideas grouped from 5-minute to day-long activities for the six major types of self-care (read the book to find out what those are), all contained in a pretty volume with great production values. By end of book, I felt like some of these grew redundant and obvious, but I still learned some things I intend to implement.

[Pooja Singh]

While the ideas on ways you can do self care were good, what would have been more appreciated is strategies on how you can actually engage in these self care activities on a day to day or week to week basis.

[JeQuithia Sims]

Great info!

This book provided many ways for moms to obtain self care even in as little as 5 minutes. It gave suggestions on how to involve the family as well. Some of the suggestions were redundant because she built on them but overall a good read.

[Kenzie]

Could have been an article

Sometimes I find these books and think "oh this will be great! I really want to read this!"
And then I start reading it and can't help but this this would have been a very short buzz feed article instead of a whole book! It was free on the Kindle so not super upset but seriously most of the stuff is repetitive and I don't need an explanation for every idea

[Alexandra]

Tujuan bukunya bagus, idenya lumayan, terutama yg 5-10menitan... Tapi lama2 banyak pengulangan cuma beda durasi aja. Berharap dpt ide2 yg lbh brilliant lagi sih..

[Aslıhan]

An ad of GroupOn I guess

[Tori]

Meh. Not so much insightful on how to accomplish these self care “tips”... highly repetitive, and not very helpful for single mothers IMO.

[Kathleen McFadden]

I appreciated the simplicity of some of the ideas.. even if for just 5 mins for yourself!

[Sequitta Mayes]

Some good ideas to incorporate into my routine and a nice reminder of things I'm already doing to fill my tank

[Danielle Cherek]

Actually applicable recommendations for real modern Mama’s. Finally!

[Lauren]

Way too many of these “self-care” activities are chores.

[Tyler]

Why do I keep gravitating towards these types of books? LOL.

I think anyone can walk away with ay least one aha from this book, but it's mostly just a list of things you can do in your free time, as if you don't already have a list of stuff you want to accomplish anyway.

It's nice that it focuses on you specifically, since our to-do lists tend to focus on everyone but ourselves, but I can't help but think most moms already know how to take care of themselves, just not when.

This book did inspire me to start painting my nails again. So, there's that!

[Yaz]

Realistic self care for us moms!

This was a quick and easy read. Very doable ideas,broken into 5/15/30 mom chunks of self care for us moms. Found myself highlighting lots of ideas.

[Jamie]

Very easy read book, great ideas for self care, makes you sit and realize what you can do to take proper self care .. loved it ❤️