{"id":3767,"date":"2015-07-12T20:36:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-12T20:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2015-07-17T20:11:13","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T20:11:13","slug":"finding-time-for-self-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/finding-time-for-self-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Finding Time for Self-Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Self-Care-is-Not-a-Luxury.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3781\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Self-Care-is-Not-a-Luxury-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Self Care is Not a Luxury\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finding time for self-care is a challenge for most of us, so I&#8217;d like to help make it\u00a0a little bit easier and a lot more fun.<\/p>\n<p>[bctt tweet=&#8221;Self-care is not a luxury, it&#8217;s a necessity for living a balanced life &#8211; Mindful Art Studio #5for5selfcare #selfcare&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>This August 3rd &#8211; 7th, join me and a community of like-minded people for the second annual Self-Care Challenge.\u00a0Here&#8217;s a little video introduction I&#8217;ve made to help explain a bit more.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Join the Self-Care Challenge 2015!\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h1TfXz5vGPw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We are going to have so much fun together!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/challenge\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3764 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Self-Care-Challenge-2015-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Self Care Challenge 2015\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>You can click <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to learn more about the challenge and prizes. You can also click <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/7-day-self-care-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to check out last year&#8217;s challenge and get a sense for how truly lovely the community was that came together that week. Be sure you are on my <a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/email-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">mailing list<\/a> to participate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Will you drop in the comments and let me know how you liked the video? Please share widely too so that we can have an amazing experience together!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Do-Things-From-Your-Soul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3770\" src=\"https:\/\/mindfulartstudio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Do-Things-From-Your-Soul-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Do Things From Your Soul\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a>Special thanks for this video post to my director, shot coordinator, key grip, set assistant, &#8220;Gone Postal&#8221; woman, and additional set unit photographer, Melissa Norcross.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding time for self-care is a challenge for most of us, so I&#8217;d like to help make it\u00a0a little bit easier and a lot more fun. 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