MANAMI YAMAMOTO, LMFT

There is a question that has stayed with me for quite some time. Why do so many of us wait until we're completely overwhelmed before we begin caring for ourselves? It isn't because we don't know that rest is important. We understand the value of sleep, healthy relationships, movement, time in nature, and moments of stillness. We encourage the people we love to slow down when they need to, and we often recognize the signs of exhaustion in others long before they recognize them