Jami Attenberg Quotes

I've also learned to no longer feel guilty if I'm invited out and don't want to go. If I start to say to myself, 'What's wrong with you that you're staying in five nights in a row to watch 'Forensic Files' instead of going out with your friends' I remind myself that it's what I need to do for myself at that point.

I think it's just really good to be honest with yourself and if I'm not feeling up for something I have no problem staying in my room in ordering some food and relaxing and managing my energy and kind of just checking in with myself throughout the day.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

I got to start limiting the hits I take on myself.

It's not healthy to ever put someone first before yourself.

The biggest lesson I've learned throughout the first season of 'Workin' Moms' is that you have to give yourself permission to forgive yourself.

Everyone thinks they can cure stress by adding to their schedule, like going to yoga. Oh, great - one more thing to feel guilty about when you can't do it.

I learned to love myself, because I sleep with myself every night and I wake up with myself every morning, and if I don't like myself, there's no reason to even live the life.

Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment.

For a while it was hard for me to say no to work.

We shouldn't force ourselves to do something that really is just painful to us. If there is a discrepancy between what we are doing or putting our bodies through and then what our minds are telling us, you really have to look at yourself, and the most essential part of it is the pleasure aspect.

We finally sat down and asked ourselves how much of our lives we wanted to give everybody. We had just given a little too much, and it started to become a burden.

I am on sabbatical as of right now, been too busy to think of about my OWN needs as of late.

Well. I'm probably not loving myself like I should, but I'm really trying.

I've learned to set boundaries and know when to say, 'I just need to rest.' I'm good at listening to what my body's telling me.

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

Taking care of yourself is being there for your kids, like how on a plane, they tell you to put on your oxygen mask first.

The way I choose to live my own life rates time and space as real luxuries.

I can live with myself.

I need to start caring about myself if I'm going to be a proper father.

Guilt can stop us from taking healthy care of ourselves.

Your body is a vehicle of your emotions and a vehicle of feelings and a vehicle of whatever you need to get done in life. And you've got to take care of that vehicle.

Honestly, self-care is not fluffy - it's something we should take seriously.

Be good to yourself. Listen to your body, to your heart. We're very hard on ourselves, and we're always feeling like we're not doing enough. It's a terribly hard job.

The older I've got, the easier I've found it to accept myself. I think I've finally learnt not to beat myself up so much.