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Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

A Self-Care Practice for Reading and Presence

Self-Care Daily with Rachel Brathen

Rachel Brathen

Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.7643 Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

We have reached our final reading practice of the week. The practice Rachel shares today will help you continue reading into the future. It’s a little way to plant the seed of reading in your life and keep it going. Will you read with a friend? Will you join a book club? Tune in to figure it out. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body?

0:03.0

Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that.

0:06.0

Go on.

0:08.0

Tune in to your body's energy levels.

0:10.0

Is your brain struggling to focus?

0:13.0

Are you about to let out a midday yawn?

0:15.0

Or is your body crying out saying,

0:18.0

You've got to show me love.

0:24.5

We know what your body's asking for.

0:27.2

In store online on the app.

0:29.7

Back Your Body, Holland and Barrett.

0:35.6

Hi, friends.

0:43.6

Welcome back to the show and welcome back to our last practice of our book-focused theme of this week. So we have been reading every single day this week. We are getting excited about reading again, finding new books, remembering books that have changed our lives, and spending more time, trying to spend

0:55.6

more time reading than we do in front of a screen. Today, as our final practice, I want you to pick

1:03.5

a new book. I know you're most likely still very immersed in the book that you picked on Tuesday

1:08.8

at the beginning of the week, But I want you to pick a

1:11.8

new book today and I want you to pick this book together with a friend. So it doesn't have to be a

1:18.7

friend. It can be your partner, your husband, your wife, your spouse, your someone that you love

1:23.7

in your life can be your mom, your dad, one of your kids with someone in your life.

1:28.6

I want you to together pick your next read. And not that you have to drop the book you're

1:33.9

reading right now, take your time, finish that at your own leisure. But I want you to pick

1:38.7

your next read together with someone in your life so that you can read it together.

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