Self-Care A-Z: It’s the Little Things Right now, life feels like a lot; everything feels big and overwhelming. What are the little things that have made a big difference in your self-care? In this big overwhelm, let’s draw on those little...

Right now, life feels like a lot; everything feels big and overwhelming. What are the little things that have made a big difference in your self-care? In this big overwhelm, let’s draw on those little things. ✌🏼✌🏾💚

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Self-Care A-Z: Self-Care in the New Year Resolutions or regrets? Here are some field-tested, tried-and-true strategies to help with solidifying a self-care commitment for the new year. And, have some fun!

Self-Care for the new year!! ✌🏼✌🏾💚
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Self-Care A-Z: Getting Ready for Winter Self-Care Brrr. Blah. These have been my primary associations with winter. I’m determined to change that. Join me in getting ready to embrace winter.

From the archives. A reminder: Get Ready. #Winter #SelfCare! ✌🏼✌🏾💚

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Self-Care A-Z: Three Self-Care Approaches for Seasons of Stress Celebration is a form of self-care. As you consider how to practice meaning and be present, think about what and how you want to celebrate this season.

Celebration is a form of self-care. As you consider how to practice meaning and be present, think about what and how you want to celebrate this season.✌🏼✌🏾💚
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Self-Care, A-to-Z: Gratitude as Focus, Frame, and Fuel for Self-Care Let’s use this month of Thanks-giving to commit to using gratitude as fuel, frame, and focus for self-care.

Happy Thanksgiving! #Gratitude #SelfCare ✌🏾✌🏼💚
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Self-Care A-Z: People Explain Self-Care to Me I welcome any conversation about self-care! I’m thrilled it’s a more common topic and expertise is growing! I am alternately appreciative, amused, and concerned about some conversations that ensue whe...

“I welcome any conversation about self-care! I’m thrilled it’s a more common topic and expertise is growing! I am alternately appreciative, amused, and concerned about some conversations that ensue when people new to the topic explain it to me.” ✌🏼✌🏾💚

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Self-Care A-Z: Resisting and Reframing Toxic Messages When we hear toxic messages about social work, speak up (including self-talk!), take action, and actively counter them. Let’s commit ourselves—individually and collectively—to resist and reframe.

When we hear toxic messages about self care, speak up (including self-talk!), take action, and actively counter them. Let’s commit ourselves—individually and collectively—to resist and reframe. ✌🏼✌🏾💚

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Self-Care A-Z: Autumn Self-Care - Simply Slowing Down, Gently Letting Go, Reflectively Taking Stock Autumn is in the air! Each season has a unique role in human wellness. Autumn is a good time to slow down, let go, and take stock.

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September Self-Care Awareness Month: Take Five and Re-Set! September is Self-Care Awareness Month. Let’s Take Five and give attention to five interlocking areas to Re-Set for effective self-care.

Happy birthday to the Self-Care A-Z blog! September is Self-Care Awareness Month. Let’s Take Five and give attention to five interlocking areas to Re-Set for effective self-care. ✌🏾✌🏼💚

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Self-Care A-Z: Making Self-Care a Habit Self-care needs to be individualized, integrated, and intentional. It needs to be structured, SMART, and sustainable. Habits engage all these components. Forming positive habits is crucial to self-care success.

It's Week 12! Make self-care a habit! In this last week of our Super Self-Care Summer, solidify your progress on the journey. Commit to making self-care a habit!
Thanks for joining us for #SuperSelfCareSummer! ✌🏾✌🏼💚

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Self-Care A-Z: What “R” Essential Aspects of Self-Care? These five “R”s of self-care are universal and essential. At the same time, self-care must be individualized to fit one’s values and circumstances.

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Wk 11—Back to basics: How “R” you doing? Super self-care requires revisiting basic building blocks. This week’s assignment guides in reviewing, reinforcing, and recommitting to Reframing, Reflection, Routine, Rest, & Relationships. ✌🏾✌🏼💚
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Self-Care A-Z: Home-Making as Self-Care What does "home" mean to you? Is your home a space that is consistent with your self-care needs? What are you grateful for, and what would you like to change about your home?

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Wk 10—Consider how your home supports your self-care. Ironically, we often ignore the powerful aspect of home-making as self-care. Use this reading to guide a deepening commitment to self-care in your home.✌🏼✌🏾💚
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Self-Care A-Z: Professional Self-Care for Social Workers, Part 2—Boundaries & Balance Professional self-care is crucial for social workers. Boundaries and balance are important elements of self-care at work.

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Wk 9-Practice Professional Self-Care. A common self-care myth is it’s something after work.Super self-care is about lifestyle harmony, not life-work balance. Work is part of life; professional self-care is as important as personal. ✌🏼✌🏾💚 www.socialworker.com/feature-arti...

Ready. Set. Go! ✌🏼✌🏾💚

Self-Care Can Be Fun, Seriously! Join Us for the Self-Care BINGO Challenge for International Self-Care Day July 24 International Self-Care Day on July 24 offers a timely opportunity to (re)set our self-care commitments. And, our Self-Care BINGO adds a bit of play to the day. Join in the Self-Care Day BINGO CHALLEN...

#SuperSelfCareSummer Wk 8— Celebrate International Self-Care Day July 24th, with our annual International Self-Care Day BINGO. 7.24 underscores that self-care is a 24/7 commitment. Use the BINGO card for a fun celebration. Super-Self-Care Summer? BINGO! ✌🏼✌🏾💚
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Self-Care A-Z: Self-Care on the Cheap Attainable self-care must counter the prevalent myth that self-care costs money. An informal survey of colleagues about low/no-cost ideas for practicing self-care yielded fantastic responses. Here’s a...

Week 7— Take the Cheap Challenge. Another common myth about self-care is that it’s a luxury requiring lotsa money. This week’s assignment: CHEAP self-care! This reading gives you an array of ideas. What would you add? ✌🏼✌🏾💚
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Self-Care A-Z: Think Self-Care Always Feels Good? Viewing self-care as only “feel good” (unintentionally) equates self-care with a special treat, extra luxury, or rare indulgence. In fact, self-care is sometimes uncomfortable and often difficult.

SuperSelfCareSummerWk6—“…super self-care encompasses the full range of life. Use this week’s reading to reflect on and activate self-care that attends to the painful, difficult, uncomfortable, and boring facets of a full lifestyle.”
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Self-Care A-Z: Human Rights, Best Practices, and Leisure Time Leisure time is not a luxury. It is evidence-based best practice and a basic human right.

Week 5—Take a Break Y’all! Super summer self-care is an excellent time to remind that leisure is a human right! But, most of us need to take a class on that! (Wink!) This post is your Leisure Time 101—with your super summer assignment. www.socialworker.com/feature-arti...
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Self-Care A-Z: A Good Enough Self-Care Formula. It’s…Well, Good and It’s Enough Frequently, we undermine our self-care by thinking because we aren’t doing it perfectly that we aren’t doing it at all. Give yourself credit and permission to celebrate when your self-care is…well, go...

Super Self-Care Summer Week 4—Focus on Good Enough Self-Care . “SUPER” self-care does not mean “PERFECT” self-care. Actually, “Good Enough” self-care can be super! Use the “Handy-Dandy Checklist” in this post to solidify your Good Enough! ✌🏼✌🏾💚

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Self-Care A-Z: Summer Season of Self-Care - Liberation Through Pleasure & Power While collective grief continues, summer solstice ushers in a new season. We invite a self-care season of reclaiming the liberating joy of pleasure to (re)access fuller power. Celebration is an import...

Super Self-Care Summer Wk 3—Practice SummerSelfCare As we officially enter the season of summer (in northern hemisphere), let’s accentuate self-care as liberation through pleasure and power. How can you more intentionally (re)claim these aspects of self-care?
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Self-Care A-Z: Moving From Self-Less to Self-FULL - The Journey of Self-Care "Social work is a self-less profession." How do you viscerally respond to that assertion? I submit that this core message is an insidiously detrimental element of the social work profession. We urgent...

Super Self-Care Summer-Wk 2!
As you embark on a super self-care summer, you’re likely encountering resistance—including from yourself. A huge barrier is the entrenched, internalized message that self-care is selfish (and, thus, bad!). This week, focus on reframing self-care as self-FULL. ✌🏼✌🏾💚

Ready, Set, SMART—Your Ticket to Successful Social Worker Self-Care in the New Year, in One Brief Blog! Get ready to be SMART-er about self-care in 2019.

SuperSelf-Care Summer, Wk 1: Make/Revise a SMART Plan Originally, I wrote this post with a new year focus. But, it’s good for any new start/re-set. Use this resource to design a Self-Care Plan; test it out. What’s going well? What tweaks are needed?✌🏼✌🏾💚
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It's Time for a Super-Self-Care-Summer: Here’s Your Weekly Guide It’s that time again! Time for a Super-Self-Care-Summer! Join in with our 12-week weekly guide!

It’s time for a SuperSelf-CareSummer! Start now & please share! ✌🏼✌🏾💚

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