Women's Comfort Book - Softcover

Louden, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062505319 ISBN 13: 9780062505316

Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 1992

Synopsis

With over 200 prescriptions for giving yourself a break, this book helps the reader to sort out guilty feelings about self-nurture and to define her comfort/self-nurture needs. In this book the author delivers a host of creative and comforting programmes like the self-care schedule, creative selfishness, creating a comfort network, body delights, a personal sanctuary, the comfort journal, bathing pleasures and comfort rituals. Organized by topic and cross-referenced throughout, this guidebook is designed to appeal to women of all ages.

About this title

Review:

"[O]ne of the great self-help classics of our times."----Suzanne Falter-Barns, author of Living Your Joy and How Much Joy Can You Stand?

From the Back Cover:

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Body-and-soul sustenance to make the hard times easier and the good times better
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THE WOMAN'S COMFORT BOOK

"'The Woman's Comfort Book' guides you with hundreds of simply wonderful and practical treats for nurturing yourself in body, mind and spirit. An invaluable reference manual for doing yourself a favour."
LUCIA CAPACCHIONE, Ph.D., author of 'The Well Being Journal' and 'Recovery of Your Inner Child'

"Louden's amazing encyclopaedia of self-love works: to build self esteem, to practice self care, and to keep pleasure on your daily to-do list. Don't deny yourself – every woman needs this book."
KAY LEIGH HAGAN, author of 'Internal Affairs' and 'Prayers to the Moon'

"Some women are taught self-nurturing by loving parents. Others seem to have intuitive knowledge about self-care. Many of us ask therapists to teach us. Now we have our own reference book – we need it!"
JENNIFER JAMES, Ph.D>, author of 'Women and the Blues'

Nurturance comes naturally to most women – as long as it's directed at someone else. But taking care of yourself is more difficult. You don't have time. It feels self-indulgent. You're simply too tired. Here – for women too busy to worry about their well-being – are more than two hundred soothing recipes and inventive rituals for relaxation, practical self-care, and gentle growth, including:
· Comfort rituals
· Creative Selfishness
· Hiding under the covers
· Herbal help
· A Comfort Journal
· Holiday Blues
· Bathing Pleasures
· A Personal Sanctuary

Organised by topic and cross-referenced throughout, this is a wonderfully comprehensive resource for refreshing and replenishing the self.

Jennifer Louden has written for television and leads workshops for women who want to restore their balance of comfort. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, Chris, and their dog, Atticus.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0062505319
• ISBN 13: 9780062505316
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192