Have you ever met a well-rested woman? Would you like to become one of them? Drawing on her many years of therapeutic experience and groundbreaking research, psychologist Nicola Jane Hobbs debunks the cultural myth that rest is laziness and shows us that, in fact, it is a path to healing, freedom and joy.
We live in a society that expects women to keep up with everything, do it all and, preferably, do it perfectly. To be good partners, mothers, daughters, friends and professionals. And so, amid endless responsibilities and sky-high expectations, exhaustion has become almost a way of life. Stress, guilt, and professional and emotional burnout take over our lives.
In Not Everything Today!, Nicola Jane Hobbs combines neuroscience and psychology with inspiring true stories from women to reveal how chronic stress, social pressures, unrealistic expectations and traumatic experiences affect our bodies, minds and relationships. Most importantly, she explains how we can change through the transformative power of rest, guiding us on a journey in which women untangle their self-worth from their productivity, rest without guilt or anxiety, trust their intuition, listen to their needs and live according to their deepest values.
With simple rest rituals, practices for regulating the nervous system and practical strategies for managing stress, this book is a guide for every woman who is tired of being tired all the time. Because rest is not a reward. It is a necessity.
