Self-Care and Resiliency

Emily Vaden is an incredible young woman with a powerful story to tell. She shares her transformative self-care journey from chronic migraines, through moving and unemployment, the birth of her child, and her husband's suicide -- and how she developed an indomitable resilience.

We delve into what has helped her weather the storms with strength and grace, including:

• Letting go of the need for constant control
• How she makes time for self-care even as a single mom of a toddler in addition to her full-time job
• Lessons of grief
• Things that help: acupuncture, massage, friends, and people who get it
• Learning to say no when you need to
• Having an identity apart from just that of being a parent, and role-modeling happiness and self-care for her kid
• Permission to have a back-up plan

I hope you find her story as inspiring, and that you love Emily as much as I do.

Resources:

TheGiftOfSecond.com for people who have lost a loved one to suicide.