The Little Book of Self-Care: 200 Ways to Refresh, Restore, and Rejuvenate

by Adams Media

This beautiful, inspiring book features 100 accessible activities that help you reconnect with your body, mind, spirit, and surroundings, and leave you feeling refreshed and ready to face the world again.

Self-care is an essential part of wellness. From self-massage to meditations to decluttering, The Little Book of Self-Care provides relaxation exercises to help you focus on your own personal needs in an enjoyable way. By caring for yourself, you’ll learn how to care for the world around you.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Mental Health, Personal Development, Psychology, Health

208 pages, Hardcover

Published October 17, 2017

Reviews

[Cryobee · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were some good nuggets in this book but I found the majority pretty superficial and fluffy.

[Morgan Rowe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short and sweet little read

[Det · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of small ideas to help self-care however it is an American book which makes some of the tips useless for people in other countries

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

I have to agree with others on this one. Some good pieces, but others are either outdated, superficial, fluffy, or make you question everything. I've taken some highlighted moments into consideration.

[S · Rating 2 out of 5]

Pointless, but easy to read. I liked the formatting (generally one idea per page), but the ideas themselves were mostly subpar. There was no shortage of recommendations with questionable value: using herbs & essential oils, hiring a medium for a seance, lots of meditation/ spiritual randomness, sex (maybe useful for someone else), discovering angels, etc. Most of it was repeated throughout, just phrased differently. Some were even conflicting: don't use energy on Earth Day, but throw your sheets and blanket in the dryer before bed. Having said that, everything isn't worthless: walk, stretch, annual medical checkups, vitamins, cook, make a budget, drop toxic relationships, write, organize photos, hike, volunteer, etc. Unfortunately, you have to read a lot of absolute nonsense repeated over and over before you get to anything useful (that's really only common sense, anyway). Save yourself the time, and skip it. 1.8*

[Brooke · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Little Book of Self-Care did not read as a curated collection of tips to take care of yourself, but more like a book of general life advice about being a good, kind, thoughtful person. When I reached the end of the book, it all made sense - these nuggets of information have been culled from a variety of other books published by Adams Media and collected here in this volume. Unfortunately, I did not gain much insight into how I can better care for myself, but rather how I can care for others. Not what I was looking for.

[ashe · Rating 4 out of 5]

sometimes it’s just good to have a little list of ways to take care of and refresh your body, mind, or spirit in a new way. are all of these applicable or appealing to me? of course not. but that’s not the point. it’s just a way to get you outside of your comfort zone and truly take care of yourself in any way you can. even something completely off the wall can give you a sense of renewal.

[Jessica Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a short & sweet read.

Some tips were quite obvious, and others weren’t things I would’ve thought of.

I liked the fact that resources to websites were mentioned & there were step-by-step guides for certain tips.

However, for some of the “out there” tips I could’ve used a bit more of a description (eg. for Labyrinth walks) - hence the 4/5 stars.

[Jeffrey Ning · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good compilation of self-care activities across mind, body, soul and environment. Despite its concise contents, this little book shall inspire and empower you to perform all or at least most of the 200 activities.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a big fan of "little" books. This one included a few things I wouldn't have expected (hold a seance, learn about karma) from other self-care books. I liked the way it was divided into categories. Not sure I'm going to actually implement anything, but still, I enjoyed it.

[Megha Sehgal · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book in 10 minutes or so today. in fact when I say I read this book I just mean that I saw the table of contents and that pretty much was self-explanatory and that is all I needed to grasp from this book

[Shelby VanHoosier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Light read with fun ideas if you need some creative new things to try. Not likely to change your life but fun to just pick a random page and try something new. The headings are all you really need to read, the rest is mostly fluff.

[Zee · Rating 4 out of 5]

It had a lot of ideas that I'm going to start implementing into my life.

[Em Witteveen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of good ideas broken into easy categories.

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

A good reminder to schedule these items in your busy day

[Karley Essington · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was unimpressed with this book. It felt like I've read the same material before but done much better. I was hoping for some originality but was disappointed.

[Lora Gardner · Rating 4 out of 5]

simple read

Refreshing read that allows you to tap back in to the simpler sides of life. Very easy and quick read.

[Deisi Fernandez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Idk who gave me this book but were they trying to tell me something? Most of these tips were old and also just plain overrated. I’m sorry to touch grass? We’ve all heard it before.

[QueenMargaery · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute ideas for some me time!

[cheri carlson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very quick

Gave me some good ideas! Short book but interesting and a really quick read. Read this quickly and see how you feel about it.