Listen to your heart’s content this Mother’s Day, with titles for all types of self-care
Your partner bought you your favourite chocolates. Your kids brought you breakfast in bed (don’t worry, they’ll clean up the kitchen!). Your friends even called to wish you a happy Mother’s Day. It’s always good to know those closest to you acknowledge the work you do and the sacrifices you make as a mom. But there’s just one other person who needs to acknowledge and thank you this mother’s day: You.
Being a mother is rewarding - but whether you’re a new mom of little ones, or your kids are all grown up - it is work. And any job, no matter how much you love it, needs a little vacation time built in to avoid burnout. After all, as important as it is to care for your kids, it’s important to practise self-care as well.
This Mother’s Day, get yourself the gift of pure, uninterrupted, choose-your-own-adventure ‘me time.’ Get wrapped up in an uplifting audiobook. Sink into the tub with a romance listen. Centre yourself with a yoga title. Pair a dark merlot with an even darker mystery. Whatever self-care activities or self-care ideas you prefer, that’s what your Mother’s Day present should be.
Here, in honour of you, are a few suggestions from for some self-care ideas for you to enjoy this Mother’s Day. And if you aren’t a mother yourself, but want to give your mom the gift of a relaxing, rejuvenating day, consider getting her an Audible membership. Either way, we hope you’ll find these suggestions inspiring and you’ll find some great self-care tips along the way. After all, self-care means self-love and that’s exactly what you deserve!
Catch Up on All Those Recommendations
“Have you heard the new audiobook by so and so? It’s amazing!”
How many recommendations do we get every month, either from friends, family members or from the chatter in our Slack channels? If you’re like many busy moms, there’s a queue of fantastic audiobooks waiting for you, if only you had the time.
This Mother’s Day, clear a space for those audiobooks and podcasts – the ones that make you think, make you laugh, make you cry. The ones that everyone’s buzzing about. A fantastic place to start looking for the buzziest audiobooks is Reese Witherspoon’s oft-discussed Hello Sunshine book club list.
On there, you’ll find titles like Delia Owens’ , which shot up to the top of the New York Times Fiction Bestseller List for a combined 30 weeks (30 weeks!) between this year and last. The best-selling author’s tale of a girl who grew up alone in the North Carolina marshes is exquisitely detailed, haunting, heartbreaking and addictive. Where the Crawdads Sing is an absolute must-read and will remain a perennial topic among literature lovers for years to come – listen to the audiobook now to join the conversation.
