‘Take time in quiet’: Melinda French Gates says to spend at least 10 minutes a day on self-care | Fortune0

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• August 21, 2026

Melinda French Gates first realized the importance of self-care in early motherhood. In between carpools, when her three kids were napping, and early in the morning, she recognized that she needed time to herself—to allow herself to breathe. French Gates stressed the importance of self-care in her second book The Next Day: Transitions, Change, and