Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) April/May 2020 Aspire Magazine FULL Issue | Page 62

The ART of
Self-Nurturing
The Art of Self-Nurturing:
7 Practices to Nurture Yourself
Through Illness and Injury
BY KELLEY GRIMES, MSW
W
e are living in a time of
global health crises. If you are
anything like me, you may know
more people struggling with illness
and injuries right now than are not.
As fate would have it, as I started
writing this article, I received a
phone call that my mother had
fallen in her memory care facility.
It turns out that she broke her hip
and fractured her pelvis, and after
surgery and a week in the hospital
she is now rehabilitating in a skilled
nursing facility.
Having supported my daughter
for years through chronic health
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