Choice → Control → Balance
To cultivate a woman-self-care practice based in the power of presence.
To strengthen internal awareness so that when you prioritize your emotional needs, they align with who you are at the core, an adult woman.
Most women are unconsciously over-identified with their caregiving/professional roles.
The blind spot limits the voice of the woman-self, thus dims the power of presence.
To be able to move with ease, emotional agility, between the needs of your strong authentic woman-self and the caregiving/professional roles you engage in daily.
The Lipstick and Soul self-care practice is founded on the principles of feminine presence. The self-care practice strengthens identification with your woman-self.
The focus thus ensures that when you make a list of your woman’s core self-care needs you do so from a perspective that promotes success. All you need to do is…
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Compare your woman-self-care practice to a restorative beauty ritual.
Step Number One
Breathe. Slow Down.
Then, centered,
Contemplate the concept: WOMAN-SELF
To help: A little brain prompt.
How are the needs of a woman different than those of a nurse on duty?
Imagine high heels, stylish flats vs nursing shoes.
How would the default mindsets of these two women differ?
Now…
Keep Woman-Self at the forefront of your mind as you answer the questions below.
How would you describe the bond you have with your woman-self?
Strong? Weak? Missing? Do not have time to think about it! Other…
To benefit from the complimentary, Write Your Heart Out™ follow-up segment do this:
With spontaneity, write your responses, any little thoughts, down on paper.
Then,
Step Number Two
Within the Pause,
Gaze Inward.
Contemplate the concept: WOMAN SANCTUARY
To help: A little mind-body connection prompt.
How might the felt body sensations/energy of a woman wearing stylish flats be experienced differently than those of a nurse on duty?
Wouldn’t the woman wearing stylish flats be more light-hearted, while the nurse on duty be observing for issues to remedy? Would they be walking differently?
Keep Woman Sanctuary at the forefront of your mind as you answer the questions,
Where within yourself do you freely admit to your Woman-Self emotional needs?
Would it be in your heart? Your mind? Deep in your gut? Don’t want to think about it?
To benefit from the complimentary, Write Your Heart Out™ follow-up segment do this:
With spontaneity, write your responses, any little thoughts, down on paper.
Then,
Step Number Three
Imagine a calm inner sanctuary filled with the power of presence.
Pause. Breathe.
Observe. Become Centered.
Contemplate the concept: POWER of WOMAN PRESENCE
To help: A little brain prompt.
What circumstance, thought process, would take place for the nurse on duty to decide to exchange her nursing shoes for her stylish flats?
She’d know the power of purpose that goes with each pair of shoes.
The key is to KNOW one pair of shoes is not better than the other.
Woman-Self-Care is founded on the POWER OF CHOICE
Keep Power of Woman Presence at the forefront as you answer the questions,
How would your thinking shift if you made woman-self-care a top priority?
How would your actions change if you made woman-self-care a top priority?
Would you …
Think of yourself before others?
Say, “No” more often?
Be willing to be the center, of your attention?
Be capable of receiving as well as giving?
Embrace the power?
To benefit from the complimentary, Write Your Heart Out™ follow-up segment do this:
With spontaneity, write your responses, any little thoughts, down on paper.
To help: A little brain prompt.
Research has shown writing fosters health and wellbeing. The intent of all Write Your Heart Out™ processes is to create a stronger, more conscious connection with yourself, your woman-self.
Take it a step further.
After completing the three steps above you have notes. Now is the moment to further stir your mind and heart to awaken a deeper awareness of and connection with your woman-self.
You must know who you are to know what you need!
Let’s deepen the conversation…
Engage. You are now prepared to benefit from your Write Your Heart Out™ notes.
Do so by participating in the first writing exercise in the Lipstick and Soul workbook.
To continue down the path, click on the button below.
REPEAT THE STEPS ABOVE THROUGHOUT THE DAY
Notice any difference, shift in experience, as you practice these three steps.
To learn about how to use the power in feminine presence, visit our blog.
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