insight : self-care for designers
Self-Care Strategies for Window Fashion Professionals Self-care is a big buzzword right now. To go beyond the hype and understand what it is and how it can help interior designers, Window Fashion VISION talked to Dr. Robyn Gobin, author of the book “The SelfCare Prescription.” BY SOPHIA BENNETT
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indow Fashion VISION: What is selfcare exactly?
Dr. Robyn Gobin: My definition of selfcare is this idea of doing things that feed you and help you operate at your best physically, mentally and emotionally. It’s doing things that help you to be healthy, happy and effective in your life—to do what’s going to help you function at the top of your game. A big piece of selfcare is not always doing what you want to do, but what you need. That’s really a huge piece of incorporating self-care into your life, is pausing to ask, “What do I need in this moment and how can I give that to myself?”
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We’re hearing a lot about self-care right now. Why do you think that is, and why does it seem so important to people? I think it’s really important in our society now because we have this cultural phenomenon going on where everyone is just constantly on the go. We’re constantly reinforced for performing at a high level, being extraordinarily productive and overachieving. While it’s great to be productive, and it makes us feel good about ourselves when others recognize our accomplishments, one of the downsides is we’re often exhausted. To some extent, we’re getting high off the external validation and that can leave us feeling empty inside if we become too dependent on it. If we are not careful, we can start to
