You're listening to the feel-good effect. Self-care day. We're talking about exactly what that is,

why you need it in your life, why it's absolutely not selfish, and why it's a really good option

if you don't feel like you have time for self-care every day. Let's make it happen. Radically simple and ridiculously

doable, the feel-good effect will help you redefine wellness on your terms. Hi, I'm your host,

Robin Conley Downs, and I believe that wellness isn't about achieving another set of impossible

standards, but instead finding what works

for you. Drawing from cutting edge science on mindfulness, habit, and behavior change,

this podcast offers a collection of small mindset shifts that allow for more calm, clarity,

and joy in everyday life and allows you to embrace the idea that gentle is the new perfect.

I invite you to listen in as we cut through the clutter and find the small shifts that create

huge changes in your life. Thus striving, more ease. It's time to feel good.

Well, hey, feel good, bam. I am so glad you're here for this episode on self-care day. So if you're new here, I am obviously the host of the feel good effect, author of

the feel good effect book, and founder and editor of realfoodlife.com.

And here at Real Food Whole Life, we do self-care differently.

The thing is, when it comes to self-care, we believe that it doesn't have to be time-consuming

and overwhelming, that listening to your body is the best place to start, rather than

looking to others for the perfect plan, and that you can start by focusing on what feels good

and asking how you can treat yourself with kindness in small ways throughout the day.

And we believe that self-care isn't just for people who have ample amounts of

leisure time or require tons of money in order to make it part of your daily habits for health and

happiness. And we believe that there is a better way to care for you.

Because believe it or not, self-care does not have to be all or nothing.

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