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Take Care of Yourself Tuesday: How to Recognize (and Recover From) Emotional Labor on Hard Weeks

Some weeks hit differently. The calls aren’t necessarily longer or more frequent, but they take more out of you. You may finish a shift feeling unusually drained, irritable, or like you simply don’t have much left to give.

That difference has a name: emotional labor, and it’s real work, even when it doesn’t show up on a schedule.

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Take Care of Yourself Tuesday: The Self-Care Routine You’ll Actually Keep

Woman laying in bed holding up a book and reading

It’s Take Care of Yourself Tuesday, and since September has a way of making everyone suddenly want to reset their routines, reorganize their lives, and become a brand-new person by next Monday, we’re keeping this week’s reminder simple:

The best self-care routine isn’t the most impressive one. It’s the one you’ll actually keep doing.

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Take Care of Yourself Tuesday: Why Staying In Is a Legitimate Self-Care Strategy

Rest doesn’t need to be earned.

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Summer Brain Is Real: Take Care of Yourself in the Heat

There’s a specific kind of exhaustion that shows up during a heatwave.

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