Tag: self care

  • When You’re Not “Just Tired”

    When You’re Not “Just Tired”

    As busy women enjoying our second act, Divas can often overdo things and become tired. In and of itself, that’s just fine and a hot shower followed by a good night’s sleep on clean sheets can usually put us right. But what if you’re not “just tired?” What if, for instance, you’ve forgotten your hard-won…

  • Breathless

    Breathless

    Often, self-care is about incorporating small moments of grace into an average, ordinary day in order to slow down and remember why you work so hard. Sometimes those small moments of grace need to give way to longer, more intense experiences – I often find that to be the case after finishing a large scale…

  • Preparing

    Preparing

    So you’ve made the decision to take a break. To call a halt. To kick back. Call it what you will, but you probably should have done it earlier. But let me warn you, dear Divas, you cannot just stop everything and expect your break to be restorative. Oh, no. All good things in life…