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Welcome to the Selfish Giver blog! If you’re used to taking care of everyone else, at home and at work, you’re in the right place.
Here, we focus on a different approach to health for nurse moms. One that focuses on rest, supports your nervous system, and makes feeling better simple and doable. And dare we say it, enjoyable even.
What is a stress management coach?
We all experience stressors every day. But if these stressors build up in your body over time you start to experience the effects of chronic stress. Learn about how working with a stress management coach can help you develop a more positive relationship with stress, thus helping you feel better in all areas of life.
how I went from irritable and so tired to “hey, I feel so much better”
I’m just going to come out and say it, meditation is amazing. I know, I know, you’re thinking, “ugh Sarah, give me something new! Something that I can actually do to feel better. I’m not a person who can meditate, and does it even really help that much anyway?”
If You Struggle to Relax, This is What Your Body Needs
Rest isn’t only about sitting down and resting your physical body. It’s about resting in your body as well as resting in your thoughts. We often feel guilty or selfish when we are trying to relax because our thoughts are getting in the way. Here’s how to change that and begin to actually feel better when you rest.
complete the “stress cycle” to begin feeling better
As a nurse, caregiver, or mom, you encounter many stressful events each day. Over the years this stress can build up in your body leading to painful health symptoms if left there to fester. Learn how to release this old, harmful stress.

