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title: "Self Care is NOT Selfish"
url: https://liveimprfct.com/podcast/self-care-is-not-selfish
description: "Listen in on a discussion exploring how we, as a society, are emerging from COVID lockdowns and how this is impacting our mental and physical wellbeing.…"
published: 2026-09-06
updated: 2026-09-06
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# Self Care is NOT Selfish

Published 2026-09-06

Podcast

Listen in on a discussion exploring how we, as a society, are emerging from COVID lockdowns and how this is impacting our mental and physical wellbeing. Kattie and Mila will share their personal stories with navigating stress and experiencing what is called “languishing” and provide a few no cost / low cost ideas on how to invest in a little self care to get you through.

**Shared on this episode:**

- [NY Times: “There’s a Name for the Blah Your Feeling: It’s Called Languishing”](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/19/well/mind/covid-mental-health-languishing.html)
- [Open Learn: “Stress and anxiety in the digital age: The dark side of technology”](https://www.open.edu/openlearn/health-sports-psychology/mental-health/managing-stress-and-anxiety-the-digital-age-the-dark-side-technology)
- [Psychology Today: “The High Cost of Calm”](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/articles/202105/the-high-cost-calm)
- [Cleveland Clinic: Women and Stress](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/5545-women-and-stress)

**Did You Know: Gallup’s Annual “Global Emotions” Study**

- [Forbes: “Global Emotions Survey Shows Record High Levels of People ‘Feeling Stressed, Sad, Angry and Worried'”](https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2021/07/31/global-emotions-survey-shows-record-high-levels-of-people-feeling-stressed-sad-angry-and-worried/?sh=378c55e56963)
- [Gallup Global Emotions Study 2021](https://www.gallup.com/analytics/349280/gallup-global-emotions-report.aspx)

**It Doesn’t All Suck: Spreading Joy One Jar at a Time**

- [Good News Network: Woman Delivers Compliment Jars Anonymously to Dozens of Friends With Notes of Praise During Pandemic](https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/woman-sends-compliment-jars-during-pandemic/)