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ForBusy Philipps, carving out the time to treat herself to some TLC has been instilled inside her from a young age.
“Growing up, my mother always had the perfect manicure. She would go to the salon a lot and get facials. Those beauty treatments were her time for herself because we didn’t have childcare,” Philipps, 42, tells PEOPLE.
“It can be as simple as taking five minutes sitting down and having your Oui yogurt. Or it could be looking at the day ahead and deciding that you can reschedule one of your appointments for a later date because it’s just too much. You’re packing too much in,” Philipps explains.
Below, Philipps shares all of her favorite ways to create a little bit of time for herself, and what she hopes her daughters learn from her.
PEOPLE: You learned the importance of self-care from your mom. How are you passing it down to your own daughters?
Busy Philipps: “We do different kinds of things. Sometimes my nightly bath becomes a free=for-all in my bathroom. The door is open and my kids come in, sit down and talk to me. It’s kind of fun. There’s a part of me that could lament that I don’t get justalone’alone time'. But I have to say, I also am very well aware that my kids are getting older and the amount of time that they want to spend with me is getting shorter and shorter. So I will take it wherever I can get it. Sometimes, my kids have their own ideas about the thing is that they want to do.”
PEOPLE: What do they like to do with you?
BP: “They like to play makeup which is always a disaster and hilarious. They make me look ridiculous. For my little one, Cricket, I’ll give her a ‘moon bath’ on a full moon, and make it really special with flowers and crystals. I’ve done that with Birdie as well.”
PEOPLE: What’s your favorite way to unwind?
PEOPLE: How do you incorporate wellness into your life?
BP: “I don’t do it daily because I don’t have a lot of time, but when I can I like to meditate. I sit up with my eyes closed and do transcendental meditation. Then, working out has been a thing that I’ve been able to do for myself for self-care because it really makes such a difference in my mood and getting endorphins going. I think if you had told me when I was in my early 20s that I would be one of those people, I would have rolled my eyes! I doLEKFITin Los Angeles and I love it.”
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PEOPLE: What advice do you have for other women who may struggle to find the time to do something for themselves?
BP: “There’s no easy answer to how you do that because it requires you to become an advocate for yourself. You just have to make it a priority. During the pandemic, statistically, women in households burdened more of the domestic labor, the schooling and the childcare, in addition to maintaining their jobs outside of the home. I think that what is interesting now is as we shift back to the new normal in our lives, is how we continue to remember that it’s important to carve out those moments for ourselves. It’s okay to slow it down from time to time.”
source: people.com
