Jennifer Louden
By Nicola Warwick
Make a Bliss List
"Gardening, Fortnum and Mason tea, sushi, rainy days in bed reading, chocolate, Stuart Little by E. B. White, Big Sur, a fall day in the New Hampshire woods, my best friend Barbra, any meal my friend Nikki makes, women's rights, white water canoeing."
--Jennifer Louden
A woman after my own heart, Jennifer Louden has a passion for books and loves milk chocolate soap. A speedy woman (she describes herself as "Jim Carey on speed"), Jennifer loves lists, thick red marker pens to cross out the "done" items, prefers double espresso to food, is Mum to Lilly and partner to Christopher. She knows her strengths and weaknesses and writes to help her master these. The Woman's Comfort Book evolved from Jennifer's own need for self-nurturing and the realisation that we all need ideas on how to nurture ourselves. The Woman's Comfort Book provides these in abundance.
The Woman's Comfort Book is a "dip into" book about self-nurturing with wonderful suggestions to help achieve a better level of comfort in our lives. The checklist at the beginning of the book is a good starting point to assess your own level of comfort.
I especially like Jennifer's suggestion of a Comfort Box. You place in it items that bring you comfort and you then carry the box with you to work or on your travels. And when you feel in need of a moment of comfort, peek into your box and pull out a chocolate or re-read a letter from a favourite friend. I immediately packed a box to take with me when I travel. I love staying in hotels but sometimes when you're away you feel a need for a few home comforts. Mine contains tiny photos, those credit card sized words of inspiration, a smiley face eraser, a piece of (Rob Roy) MacGregor tartan ribbon.
Jennifer has appeared on many TV shows and been written about in the press. She also leads workshops on self-nurturing.
Her books include The Couple's Comfort Book, The Little Book of Sensual Comforts, The Pregnant Woman's Comfort Book, and The Woman's Retreat Book (which is the next title on my shopping list).
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Copyright © by Nicola Warwick, 2001. Nicola Warwick is the author of life's little luxuries. She lives in Manchester in the North West of the UK. Nicola's articles have been published in various writing, computing, and electronics magazines. She currently works as Product Marketing Manager at World Online. Read more about her here. |
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