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When youre feeling half-empty, how do you fill your cup?
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But she doesnt appear to be taking time off.
Lakshmis been hard at work writing a cookbook and promoting the latest season of her Hulu showTaste the Nation.
Im not one of those creative people who are like, I hate everybody.
I want to go out.
I love talking to people, Lakshmi says.
But it also does drain me…and lately Ive just felt spent.
I have no more ideas; I have nothing to say.
And the way that I combat that is just by creating literal and figurative space for myself.
For a lot of people, self-care involves candles and meditation, she says.
That, at this point in my life, is the greatest luxury.
And thats a feeling shed like a lot more of in her life.
My goal is to keep being as much myself as I can.
As I progress and age, thats all I want, she says.
And that confidence is gold, and thats what I aspire to.
you could buy it at any drugstore.
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My other self-care go-to is a small collection of essential oils.
I get headaches from a lot of store-bought perfumesit doesnt matter whether theyre really expensive or dime-store ones.
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I love my podcasts.
I listen to one calledHidden Brainand its about neuropsychology.
Its geared toward questions like: Why are you hard on yourself?
Or, Why do we self-sabotage?
Its really serious research, peer-reviewed, backed with science, but its very conversational.
And [Vedantam] has such a soothing voice.
She had got them as a birthday gift from her dad, and I was always eyeing them.
She put them on me once and I was like, Oh my God.
But maybe five years ago, I just wasnt anymore; Im just not willing to be uncomfortable.
I remember when that happened to my mom tooshe just couldnt wear tight jeans anymore.
This dress, I would consider a very essential part of my self-care.
I can move in it, its stretchy.
