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The Self-Care Project
- How to Let Go of Frazzle and Make Time for You
- Narrated by: Jayne Hardy
- Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
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Summary
Everything you need to know about self-care: what it is, why it's important and why it's such a struggle and how to integrate it into day-to-day life.
There's a damaging misconception in society that putting ourselves first is an act of selfishness. But self-care is not just a millennial buzzword. Without the restorative power of self-care, how will we ever escape the vicious circle where we're sick and fed up of feeling sick and fed up? Self-care is a tool, accessible to us all, which helps us to take responsibility for our own happiness - our physical, emotional, psychological and social needs.
Jayne Hardy, founder and CEO of The Blurt Foundation, argues that it is the best preventative measure available to us to combat overwhelmedness, stress and ill health in our hectic, modern world. The Self-Care Project is for those who have been feeling off-kilter for a while but have not been able to put the finger on the 'why'. It is a no-nonsense, practical journey to help you do just that. It'll walk you through the case for self-care (why it's so darn important) and why it isn't selfish at all, help you explore what self-care means for you and what your obstacles might be and provide advice on how to chisel out daily space for self-care in a practical, achievable and realistic way.
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- Tahra
- 13-01-18
Great book.
Really enjoyed this book and will listen again and again. Certainly recommend. It is very easy to forget about looking after yourself or even know where to begin sometimes!
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- Nicola Williams
- 29-07-18
The best self care book I’ve listened to
This book is absolutely brilliant, the best self care book I’ve ever listened to. I felt like this book was written for me, as I could identify so much with the topics discussed. It’s absolutely down to earth and it’s full of common sense and excellent basic advice.
This is a book which I will re read to recap on when needed.
I found the narrator spoke so fast. When your head is feeling like scrambled eggs, it’s easier to absorb information if it’s said at a slower speed. Listened to someone who is speed reading I find difficult.
I really hope this amazing lady writes more regarding this subject, as I love her down to earth nature, and her amazing approach regarding self care.
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- Lucy lu
- 13-01-19
Dig deep for diamonds of hope...
Very thoughtful, helpful and the exercises helped you analyse your life long the way. The author was speaking from experience so understands from an emotional point of view rather than from a dry logical perspective.
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- Moira
- 16-11-19
Short, sweet and inspiring
I enjoyed Jayne’s narration, empathy and ideas. Well worth a listen to help you out of a rut. I likethe exercises too.
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- Miss B
- 10-01-18
Great Book
Really enjoyed this book. I listened to it while I was working out at the gym. The self care tips are often things we forget during times of personal crisis/ depression. I listened to this book during a personal low period and it is helping get me back on track.
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- Naomi
- 25-06-19
calming and relaxing self help
very useful to listen to when you need something to focus on.
I found the narrator was easy to listen to.
I will defo keep this so I can utilise the tools the author reccomends.
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- Mrs J A Greenhalgh
- 14-10-22
Great listen
I was recommended this book by someone I know, it’s full of great content, and useful tips & exercises. Would highly recommend.
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- James B
- 12-09-18
Definitely a nice book for some but not everyone
I decided to have a listen to this after a complete breakdown in the middle of a masters. I've always been a bit of an overachiever: always got the best grades, went to the best universities, worked for one of the biggest fashion corporations in the world. Things fell apart in the middle of a masters when I was working so hard that I stopped eating, or washing properly, or seeing friends, or taking any care of myself because I was so stressed about deadlines, and was forced to take a break to recover when I couldn't get out of bed for months with anxiety.
While this book has some great tips, and certainly not a waste of time, I think that a lot of the advice was basic, and was geared towards someone with a different personality or lifestyle to me. Firstly the author announces that she has a very introverted personality--I'm quite the opposite, and have always been quite sociable. Secondly, she's a mother and talks a lot about having to put others before her needs--I'm an independent student in my mid-twenties living in another country to my family and so-far haven't really had much responsibility with having to put others' needs before mine regularly. Thirdly, she says she hasn't been that pushed with career ambition--I've always been very driven with ambition and creativity, and it was this that pushed me over the edge where I was expecting too much and to get it right on the first go. Although her advice on how to make self-care a habit is useful, it was maybe a bit too generalised for me, and nothing that they don't already teach you in most counselling/CBT.
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- Misii Hastings
- 30-01-21
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The book covered many needed topics and I found it helpful. The pace of the reading was a but fast for me. I definitely would recommend it.
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- Steve B
- 19-02-19
Plain Common Sense - why can't we see it ?
I reckon that the physical book would be much better as you could scribble in it, but that doesn't mean this is a bad audio experience - it's not. It certainly gets you looking at your own state of mental health and thinking about how you can do stuff differently to improve things all round.
I enjoyed the book and it made sense, but the biggest thing was helping me realise we all need to get our heads into a better place from time to time, and that's OK !!
Certainly worth a dabble :-)
Check out www.blurtitout.org for more.....
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