When I saw the cover of What's Age Got To Do With It? by Robin McGraw, I thought it was aimed at my mother’s generation, but certainly not for me, in my early 30’s. But then I saw Robin interviewed on a news show. Something she said stayed with me: “I realized that it doesn’t make you a better wife or parent if you’re sacrificing everything—including your health, soul and spirit—for your family.”Her encouragement was what I’ve needed in my rekindled desire to take as good care of myself as I do of my family. With two young children to care for, it’s easy to use all my time and energy in caring for them, putting myself on the back burner. I haven’t made my own well-being a priority in recent years, but Robin’s words gave me motivation for doing what my conscience had already started prompting me to do.
She balances personal experience with professional advice on each topic. I found good information from the areas of fitness, food, skin and hormones. Probably due to my age, I didn’t relate quite so much in her chapters on hair, beauty, and fashion.
My overall gain: if I don’t put my health and well-being first, no one else will.
1 comment:
Thank you for this book review and the awesome lessons learned from reading it! I am very inspired by your words! You are right, we often do not even stop to think about what we would actually want.
Chris asked me a few days ago what my personal goals were for this new year. I was stumped! Perhaps taking what you were talking about and making it a goal to do figure out ways to take better care of myself would be a great start! :)
Please let us know what you come up with to fulfill this in your life!
Post a Comment