Advice for self-care and date-night for every mom

Samantha Ettus, MBA, suggests ways moms can take care of themselves with "me time" and spending time with other adults
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Advice for self-care and date-night for every mom

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As a mom it's so important to make time for yourself on a daily basis, and not enough moms do this. And what I always recommend is carving out a half-hour, at least, each night that you are either reading a book, you're watching TV with your partner, whatever you're doing it's something that's taking your mind off of the day, off of your career, off of your kids, and it's just doing something that you enjoy each night. And you need this to rejuvenate yourself so the next day you're energetic and ready to take everything on. One last thing, it's essential that we all take one night out a week to spend time with other adults. If you're a single mom it's going out with friends or on a date, and if you're married it's with your partner. You absolutely need that like a car needs gas, that's your fuel.

Samantha Ettus, MBA, suggests ways moms can take care of themselves with "me time" and spending time with other adults

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Samantha Ettus, MBA

Lifestyle Expert for Working Moms

Sam is the leading lifestyle and parenting expert for working women. Since earning her undergraduate and MBA degrees from Harvard, Sam has coached thousands of women - celebrities, entrepreneurs, top CEO's and professional athletes - who aim to perform at the highest levels in both their professional and personal lives.

Sam is a bestselling author of four Random House books and a Contributor to Forbes and Disney’s parenting site, Babble. She hosts a nationally syndicated radio show for working moms and the Conference for Women’s monthly radio show, “Office Hours.”

Sam hosted leading online talk show, Obsessed TV and is known for her interviewing skills. She has interviewed countless luminaries from Al Roker to Bethenny Frankel and Mary J. Blige. Sam has made hundreds of local and national TV appearances and is a sought after speaker at corporations, conferences and colleges.

Sam aims to practice what she preaches in her daily life as a mother of three and wife of entrepreneur, Mitch Jacobs. 

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As a mom it's so important to make time for yourself on a daily basis, and not enough moms do this. And what I always recommend is carving out a half-hour, at least, each night that you are either reading a book, you're watching TV with your partner, whatever you're doing it's something that's taking your mind off of the day, off of your career, off of your kids, and it's just doing something that you enjoy each night. And you need this to rejuvenate yourself so the next day you're energetic and ready to take everything on. One last thing, it's essential that we all take one night out a week to spend time with other adults. If you're a single mom it's going out with friends or on a date, and if you're married it's with your partner. You absolutely need that like a car needs gas, that's your fuel.