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Kristin Grissom
Self-CareA Journey to a Healthier You
Looking after yourself, physically and emotionally, in a healthy manner. Giving yourself a break from stress, investing in your overall mental state and acknowledging your spiritual needs.
What is Self-Care?
What Should Self-Care Do for You?
*Maintain good physical and mental health
*Meet both your social and psychological needs
*Preventative care
*Avoid illness or accidents
*Support your spiritual beliefs
Why is Self-Care Important?
Reminder to you and those closest to you that your needs are important
Daily self-care leads to a healthier you
Sends a message to you and your body that it is valued
Exercise
Cardio exercise, weightlifting, Pilates, swimming, etc.
Nutrition
Providing your body with healthy, nutritious wholesome foods (avoiding processed foods)
Sleep
Getting 7-8 hours of restful sleep
Seeing a doctor when necessary
Self-Care for Physical Well
Being
Self-Care For Emotional Well Being
Follow Physical Well-Being Steps
Manage stress levels Recognize mental exhaustion
Limit unhealthy habits Worrying, fear, stress, negative
thoughts, anxiety
Make leisure/fun time priority Engage in activities you enjoy
with/without friends
Appreciate yourself Meditate, pray, take a moment
to relish what is good and positive in your life.
Spiritual Self-Care
Express gratitude for life’s gifts Pray, meditate, or both Practice compassion and forgiveness for
yourself and others Acknowledge a Power greater than yourself
Intellectual Self-Care
Be involved in critical thinking – challenge your intellect
Be creative
Strive for career development
Relational Self-Care
Have family interactions
Strengthen relationship with family members
Honor and support your marriage or significant other
Other Types of Self-Care
More Self-Care
Social Self-CareNurture relationships with friends
(outside of family)Participate outside of family
Safety and Security Self-CareProactive about personal safetyHaving health insuranceMonitoring your finances
Regardless of how busy you are or what your weight or shape is, you deserve to
feel safe, good, happy, and fulfilled - Margarita Tartakovsky, MS
Our bodies are our gardens to which we our wills are gardeners. – William
Shakespeare
He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost. – Thomas
Fuller
Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony. –
Mahatma Gandhi
Quotes
ReferencesElizabeth Hanson Hoffman, P. (n.d.). Checklist for Physical, Emotional, and
Spiritual Self-Care. Retrieved March 8, 2012, from Hoffman Psychological Associates: http://www.hoffmanpsych.com/self-care.htm
Scherer, C. A. (2012). Emotional/Mental Self-Care. Retrieved March 8, 2012, from Desert Alchemy: http://www.desert-alchemy/txt/emotionalselfcare.html
Tartakovsky, M. (2011, May). Weightless: The 7 Vital Types of Self-Care. Retrieved March 9, 2012, from PsychCentral: http://blogs.psychcentral.com/weightless/2011/05/the-7-vital-types-of-self-care/