19 | Making Self-Care Accessible with Michelle White
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4.8 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 5 February 2019
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Today we are talking to Michelle White, self-care blogger and author of the guided self-care journal, Self Explore, Self Restore. Michelle created her website gmichelle.com to offer space for folks to practice self-care regularly and strengthen their self-love.
Michelle is a licensed social worker in the states of Illinois and Georgia. From her experiences in providing clinical services, technical assistance and trainings on interpersonal trauma, domestic violence and child abuse, Michelle understands how difficult it can be to practice self-care on a regular basis.
In this episode, we talk about…
- Simple ways to start a self-care practice.
- Overcoming guilt around practicing self-care.
- Practicing self-care in ways that are fulfilling for our needs.
- How to cultivate self-love through practicing self-care.
RESOURCES:
- Read Michelle’s Blog: https://gmichelle.com/
- Follow Michelle on Instagram @thegmichelle
- Michelle’s Self-Care Journal, Self Explore, Self Restore
- Download Michelle’s Free Self-Care Resource Guide: https://gmichelle.com/free-stuff/
Balanced Black Girl February Book Club Pick: Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Balance Black Girl Podcast. We're putting Black Girl Magic in motion. |
| 0:07.0 | This show is dedicated to reinventing wellness for women of color. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm your host Lestrandra Alfred. Welcome back to the |
| 0:15.6 | balanced black girl podcast. It is your host Lestrandra here and I am so |
| 0:19.7 | excited to be joining you for another week of content here in the balanced Black Girl universe. |
| 0:27.3 | So before we jump into today's interview, I wanted to share a little announcement with you and that is in case you missed it. |
| 0:35.2 | Our February Book Club pick will be well read Black Girl. |
| 0:40.9 | So it is in anthology or collection of writings and short stories from |
| 0:46.0 | several really really inspiring women. I recently started the book just a couple |
| 0:51.6 | days ago and have been loving it, loving hearing |
| 0:56.4 | these women's voices, loving hearing their perspectives, and I really think that you're going |
| 1:01.4 | to enjoy it as well. |
| 1:02.8 | So if you are interested in hopping into the Balance Black Girl |
| 1:06.4 | book club, grab yourself a copy of Well Red Black Girl. |
| 1:09.6 | We will have that linked in the show notes for you. |
| 1:14.8 | And read along with us. Make sure you tag us on social. |
| 1:18.8 | Use the hashtag BBG reads |
| 1:21.4 | so that we can connect with one another and for my Seattle peeps be on the lookout because we may be having another book club community meetup. |
| 1:31.0 | If you are new to following Balance Black Girl you may not know |
| 1:35.1 | that we do a regular book club. We had a December January pick and that was |
| 1:40.8 | becoming by Michelle Obama and then some members of our Seattle community |
| 1:45.0 | had a meet-up with myself that was really really wonderful. It was a great |
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