53: How Self Care Helped Me Face My Struggles with Strength (Jen Riday, part 1)
Vibrant Happy Women
Jen Riday
4.8 • 671 Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2017
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
In part 1 of a 2-part series, I share a past life struggle involving a miscarriage and the marriage struggles that intensified as a result.
And, for fun, here's my bio (every other guest has one, so I want to fit in with the "cool kids."): Jen is a 42-year-old mom of 6 and Women's Happiness Expert who lives just outside of Madison, Wisconsin with her family. Jen was raised on a farm with the values of hard work and honesty, and today Jen's priorities are spirituality, family, healthy and helping women find happiness (in that order). In her free time Jen enjoys yoga, meditation, time in nature, and curling up with a great book.
Nuggets of Wisdom from Jen:
After I clawed myself out of the emotional pit that resulted from events on the most horrible day of my life (so far), I learned several things that helped me let go of the guilt I used to feel when I took time for myself:
- I'm loved and I'm worthy.
- I'm 100% in charge of my life and happiness.
- The greatest gift I can give my loved ones is my own happiness.
- I'm happiest when I take care of myself first (and others second).
- The Wheel of Happiness is the perfect guide to guide my use of time so I take care of ALL aspects of myself.
A Challenge from Jen:
Grab the Self Care Toolkit and learn the 5 things that will help you get rid of guilt... sweet!
Then... email me at support@jenriday.com and share 1) one thing you struggle with and 2) 1 thing from the Wheel of Happiness you're going to focus on to help you take better care of yourself so you can face your struggles with strength. You can ask to remain anonymous, or, at the other extreme you can volunteer to jump on a Skype audio call so I can record your voice for Part 2 of this episode, airing next week!
Resources
The 8 components of the Wheel of Happiness: Body, Mind, Emotion, Spirit, Contribution, Relationships, Outdoors, Resources.
Listen to Part 2 to get the rest of the story next week.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, episode number 53. |
| 0:06.3 | Welcome to the Vibrant Happy Women Podcast, stories of vibrant women living happy lives. |
| 0:13.0 | And now your host, Jen Rideh. |
| 0:25.3 | Hey there, Jen here, and welcome to Vibrant Happy Women. I'm so glad you're here. |
| 0:31.3 | Last week I chatted with Lauren Brill, founder of Sweet Lauren's Cookies, and she shared the importance of really digging deep and doing what you're supposed to do with your life. That is an excellent episode. |
| 0:38.7 | I've had so many good comments about it. |
| 0:40.8 | And if you haven't listened to that yet, go back to genriday.com forward slash 52. |
| 0:46.8 | Or you can listen on iTunes, episode 52. |
| 0:50.7 | Well, I had a listener send me an email. |
| 0:53.7 | Her name is Angela. And she said, Jen, I want to know more |
| 0:56.7 | about you. Have you been on any podcasts? Have you been a guest on some podcasts? Well, I shared a few |
| 1:01.4 | with her, but it got me thinking, why don't I do a two-part series explaining a little bit more |
| 1:09.4 | about me? And I wanted to talk about self-care. So I chose the topic |
| 1:13.9 | of facing struggles with strength through excellent self-care. We all struggle. If there's |
| 1:20.8 | anything I've learned through my podcast and through my business helping women is that we all |
| 1:27.1 | struggle. Some of us face those struggles |
| 1:29.8 | more easily than others. And I'm not claiming I face struggles easily, but I have found a few |
| 1:34.8 | strategies that help me. And I'm going to share some of those today. So on the show, we often |
| 1:41.2 | talk about the guest's low point. And I'll tell you my low point. |
| 1:45.8 | I earned my PhD in human development and family studies many years ago when my first two children |
| 1:52.4 | were born. And then it became a stay-at-home mom. We moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where my |
| 1:57.1 | husband got a job. And I really loved being a stay-at-home mom. I had learned all that |
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