If you’ve been following my series on self care over the past few months, you know I have written about a variety of self care related topics from reflection questions to self care strategies. This month, I wanted to share some helpful resources that could be utilized as you figure out how to incorporate self care into your life. I invited some of my colleagues to share some of their favorite resources and blog posts on this topic, too. Continue reading Self Care Resources
Are you ready to stop making excuses for not prioritizing self care? Are you looking for suggested strategies that may help you enhance your approach to self care? If so, this is the post for you. Not quite there yet? Click here to read some quotes to inspire you or check out my last post on excuses for not prioritizing self care.
As you review the list of self care strategies below, I encourage you to remember that self care looks different for each person because we all have unique needs and interests. I hope this list can be used to help you start thinking about and exploring which strategies may work best for you. It may take some experimentation to identify which self care strategies you find to be the most effective.
Self care is essential for parents and helping professionals, but it is easy to put self care on the back burner as we get wrapped up in our daily routines. Self care is purposeful action that an individual takes to ensure their well-being. Well-being can include; emotional health, mental health, physical health, and spiritual health.
Below I describe 5 common excuses for why individuals may not make self care a priority. I also explore the truths behind each of these excuses.
Truth: Self care is important. As described above, the definition of self care is ensuring our emotional, mental, physical and spiritual well-being. If we don’t make self care a priority these areas can get out of whack. Neglecting self care can lead to physical and psychological symptoms such as difficulty sleeping, pain, anxiety, depression and more. Continue reading 5 Excuses That Prevent Prioritizing Self Care
Self care is purposeful action that an individual takes to ensure their well-being. Well-being can include; emotional health, mental health, physical health, and spiritual health.
What self care looks like is different for each person because we all have unique needs and interests.
We are each at our own place in understanding our self care needs and developing an approach to self care that is effective for us. Some people are amazing at making self care a priority and others struggle with this area. Some people can clearly identify their unique needs for self care and others are unsure what is effective for them. With this in mind, I invite you to consider the following questions in determining how to move forward in your approach to self care. Continue reading Refining Your Approach to Self Care
I’ve made a personal commitment to make self care a priority in 2015. I hope that some of you will join me by doing the same.
As a mother of young children, I know it is hard for parents to make time for themselves.
As a therapist, I know it is hard for those in the helping professions to make time for themselves, too.
It is important that we take care of ourselves, too! We need to do it for our own well being. Additionally, we need to take care of ourselves in order to make sure we are in a good place to be there for our families and/or those who we support through our work.
Here are some self care quotes to inspire you:
“It’s not selfish to love yourself, take care of yourself, and to make your happiness a priority. It’s necessary.” – Mandy Hale
Continue reading Self Care: Quotes to Inspire You and an Invitation