Jeanne Phillips Quotes

'Me' time is just as important as 'us' time.

It's okay to take time for yourself. We give so much of ourselves to others and we need to be fueled both physically and mentally. If we are in balance, it helps us in all our interactions.

Women should always take care of themselves first. It makes you more equipped to take care of others.

We have to take care of ourselves if we are going to take care of anyone else properly.

It is important to remember yourself.

As women, we're nurturers by nature. We want to make sure everyone is happy. That's a good thing, but we also have to put ourselves on that happiness list.

You can enjoy yourself, but you need to look after yourself as well.

I've learned lately that no one is going to hand me a permission slip and tell me to take time out for me.

Women, I think we can feel like we need to do it all and be it all. What's important is that we do the best we can, and just make time for yourself because when you do make time for yourself, you give back more as a mother; you give back more to your work.

I notice that my characters go out to dinner and have fun and take these great trips, but I spend so much time on their lives, I don't have much of a personal life of my own. I have to sort of remember to fill out that little notebook on me.

You know what I miss? I miss myself, that time to just do things for myself.

Don't forget your own self while preaching to others.

I'm very driven, and I always have been, but when do you prioritize self-care? It's so important because even to attain success, you must take time to slow down and get to know yourself first.

You have to have a life. And life has to go on when your voice shuts down on you and you have to take a break from what you're doing for a career.

I want to invest time in creating moments for myself.

At the start of my career - not just Me Too, which is not the totality of my career - I wish I would have known that you don't have to sacrifice everything for a cause. And that self-care and self-preservation is also a tool that is necessary to do the work.

I have no control over what people think, and if I were to spend energy on that, I would be a lifeless, deadened human being.

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.

You can't be a resource for others unless you nourish yourself.

We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.

You've gotta do things that make you happy. As women, we tend to give away a lot. We take care of a lot of people, and we can't forget to take care of ourselves.

But unfortunately, in my unrelenting drive to get back on that drum stool, the major casualty in all of it was that I really forgot about me.

The single overriding objective in wellness is creating constant personal renewal where we recognize and act on the truth that each day is a miraculous gift, and our job is to untie the ribbons. That's the Law of Esprit: living life with joy.

For a young person, it is almost a sin, or at least a danger, to be too preoccupied with himself; but for the ageing person, it is a duty and a necessity to devote serious attention to himself.

Honestly, you have to take care of yourself. That's probably something I have learned on the road.