WORK-LIFE BALANCE FOCUSING WITHIN IS A WORTHY INVESTMENT F
For women who are burning the candle at both ends, Cyn- thia Turner-Graham, M.D., has something she wants them to think about: Can you expect to do the best for loved ones if you haven’t first done the best for yourself?
Turner-Graham said the an- swer is no and that the ques- tion is at the heart of helping women understand that making themselves a priority is vital for achieving a healthy balance in their busy lives.
“If we do not take time to invest in ourselves, we cannot really love others and be fully loving and fully present,” Turn- er-Graham said. “In that way it’s a gift to those you love.”
Turner-Graham is a board-cer- tified psychiatrist and psycho- therapist in private practice in Gaithersburg, Md. She serves as a consultant and health educator with ForSoundMind Enterprises, which provides workshops and one-on-one counseling to “help individu- als achieve mental fitness for themselves and those they love.”
“Living a life that preserves your best self,” according to Turner-Graham, should be the goal of recalibrating one’s life so that the many facets of one’s life are appropriately prioritized. Paying attention to one’s health and wellness should be a woman’s first step and is much more impor- tant than people realize, she said.
Exercise, good nutrition and monitoring one’s health
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Cynthia Turner-Graham Board-certified psychiatrist and psychotherapist in private practice.
through routine health check-ups and screenings (mam- mograms, pap smears, etc.) are vital, but so is sleep. In fact, she said getting less than seven hours of sleep each night can be detrimental to one’s overall health and has been shown to lead to weight gain.
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