Sensory self-care has the aim of calming the mind and bring your awareness to the present and your surroundings. When looking at sensory self-care activities it is important to remember all senses, smell, touch, sight and sound. Often we are more responsive to a certain sense, what might this sense be for you. By targeting …
Social self-care is about just having fun with the people that matter to you. Socialising helps to increase positive health outcomes. This area of self-care is not measured by the quantity but rather the quality of the social ties. Social self-care is not about being a people pleaser, it is about feeling connected to those …
Mental self-care is about decluttering our mind and reducing stress levels. There are many different ways to do this and different things might work for different people. This area of self-care is important to do each day to make sure that we can mange our stress and be our best selves each day. Mental self-care …
Professional self-care is self-care that is related to your work life, and may mean that you need to practice self-care while at work. It is about creating a healthy work-life balance. This is a really important area of self-care that we might not even think about. We all need a work-life balance and not to …
Remember that spiritual self-care is not always in relation to religion. It is a broader concept. Spirituality is putting emphasis on the well-being of the mind, body, and spirit. This area of self-care can be seen as holistic as it is about looking after the mind, body and spirit. The aim of spiritual self-care is …
As we defined the different types of self-care you would have noticed that there was mental and emotional self-care. Emotional Self-Care is about caring for your emotions. We will explore what that looks like here. Release your emotions. Sometimes you just need to feel the emotions. Acceptance of yourself as you are is so important. …
We have defined what physical Self-Care in the last post. So lets brainstorm some ideas that fit the physical self-care domain. Physical self-care does not have to be about getting fit and healthy. It is about moving your body. Looking after the physical aspects of your body. Move and have fun while doing it. Get …
