(Video) What Does Self-Care Mean to YOU?

I’m in the middle of creating a new home with my husband, building a new professional support team, recalibrating my life purpose post-pandemic and designing a new rhythm and flow for my life. It’s a lot to navigate. And, I would not be able to move through all these transitions with some sanity if I was not fully committed to my own self-care. I define self-care as the art and science of attuning and responding to your needs and desires … moment to moment.

For me, it’s not about adding something to your to-do list, it’s cultivating a kinder, gentler, more supportive way of being with yourself. Here’s a short video chat on self-care with my friends at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health. This was filmed while I was leading a retreat there (I’ll be back there leading Awakening Your Wild Soul April 26-28 and Oct. 27-29):

Want more? My entire blog is devoted to self-care (grab your favorite bevvie, curl up in a chair and peruse past posts); one of my favorites is Self-Care is Not Self-Improvement; read more.

P.S. I’d love to support you! I create/lead interactive workshops and retreats around the globe and am based in Western NC. I’d love to offer high-level mentoring and support to your team or group around reclaiming balance, resiliency and creativity. Reach out to me today, I’m booking through 2025.

HOW CAN I SUPPORT YOU OR YOUR TEAM IN FINDING BALANCE & RESILIENCY?

• April 26-28th ~ Awakening Your Wild Soul: A Women’s Self-Care Retreat ~  Join me for a spring re-set: replenishing rest, divine natural foods cuisine, healing bodywork, restorative yoga and more. This is your ultimate self-care retreat. Join me for Awakening Your Wild Soul: A Women’s Self-Care Retreat at Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health (Berkshire Mountains, MA). Packages start at just $ 635 for this empowering and deeply supportive weekend.  Learn more/register.
• Available for a limited time ~ Still, Dark & Quiet: A Deep Rest Virtual Retreat ~ Winter is here. You’re invited to slow down, go inward and relax in silence. Enjoy this 2.5-hour meditative virtual retreat 24/7 from the comfort of your home. Includes a long Yoga Nidra session. Learn more/download today. Only $49
• Wild Souls Nature Adventures (based in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC): authentic movement classes, community song circles, full moon hikes, meditation workshops, women’s circles & more. New offerings are listed each week; have me design a custom experience for your team/friends. Join us Sunday, February 4th from 9:30-11 a.m. for Wild Souls Authentic Movement class near Asheville, NC. Learn more.

Subscribe here to Live Inside Out, a weekly blog written by mindfulness coach/author/speaker and self-care evangelist Renée Peterson Trudeau. Passionate about helping men and women find balance through the art/science of self-care, Renee has been facilitating high-impact, interactive workshops for Fortune 500 companies, national nonprofits/conferences and organizations/teams worldwide for 25 years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, Good Housekeeping, US News & World Report, AARP, Spirituality & Health and more. She and her team have certified more than 450 facilitators in 10 countries around the globe to lead self-renewal groups/retreats based on her pioneering self-care curriculum. She’s the author of two books on life balance including the award-winning The Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life. She and her husband live in Western North Carolina; her latest venture is Wild Souls Nature Adventures. More on Renee here.