Episode 137: How to Give Yourself a Self-Care and Energy Audit, with Pag Sadie

Self care is not about bubble baths. A self-care and energy audit encourages us to look at six essential areas of our lives to see what is feeding us and what isn't working. Where are we in terms of relationships, emotionally, psychologically, environmentally, spiritually, and  career-wise? ~ Peg Sadie In the last three years, how many times have you heard the term "self-care?" Probably almost as often as you've heard about "resilience." But what do they mean? If we try to define either word, we rarely agree on a singular definition. As to how to integrate either, or both, into our lives, well, that makes room for even more opinions and suggestions, but few concrete strategies. Here at Brilliantly Resilient, we're all about specific tools to help you tap into your inherent resilience (learn more at www.brilliantlyresilient.net), as is our friend Peg Sadie, founder of the Resilient Mom Academy, and an expert on helping mothers create calm and intentional lives. Peg advises that in order to practice meaningful self-care, we need to intentionally take note of what is and is not working in six major areas of our lives. Being unbalanced in any one, or more likely several, can lead to anxiety, overwhelm, and parenting that is not only less than ideal, but passes on those challenges to our children. By recognizing what is lacking, we can "reverse engineer" the problem, finding solutions to fix what's broken or let go of it altogether. Self-care is not about bubble baths (not that there's anything wrong with that!), but rather, allowing ourselves the time and focus to pay attention to ourselves. Tune in to hear more of Peg's wisdom on this episode of the Brilliantly Resilient podcast. Let's be Brilliantly Resilient together! XO, KS & MFB