PowHERhouse Fall 2017 | Page 14

How do you balance between being an impactful community leader, a busy professional, volunteer and so much more without dodging your own self-care?

"Busted. What’s self-care? Seriously, I didn’t really look after myself until I turned 48.  My husband sent me to a wellness ranch because that’s the age my mother died of breast cancer.  I always thought I’d expire by then too.  I was blessed with a strong constitution: I’ve had too much iron all my life, which meant that I had too much energy.  I had to wear myself out so I could relax enough to lie down and sleep.  I see a personal trainer at the gym twice a week and try to get 10,000 steps a day.  I decompress by playing in my gigantic flower garden in the summers (my absolute favourite thing to do), and journal in the mornings with one of my cats."