Day One: The Benefits of Self-Care


Welcome the first day of SARCC's Self-Care week. The fact that you are on this website, looking at this page, affirms that you know that you matter, and that this rewarding work can be draining. If you find yourself a little weary, you aren't alone. Compassion fatigue is an occupational hazard for those of us in the helping profession. The good news is that diligent self-care effectively combats cynicism and depletion.

This week is designed to expose you to new options to help you in your self-care endeavors. Try an exercise and see if it benefits you. Steal a play from Marie Kondo: If you try an exercise and it brings you joy, add it to your self-care arsenal. If you try something, and it feels awkward or if it's just not you, toss it. The spirit of this week is exploration. 

Here are four options for you to try today. 

Explore!: Take a survey to help you understand your quality of life and the impact that compassion fatigue may have already taken on you.  

Mind! We tell the children to take deep, controlled breaths. Psst: It works for adults, too! You are just a few deep breaths away from calming yourself.

Body! This quick and fun activity tests how ambidextrous you are and focuses your attention into the here-and-now.

App!: Download Wysa onto your phone. This app is available for both Apple and Android phones. It's filled with valuable mindfulness activities and self-guided CBT tools.

Enter! Tell us what challenges you participated in and you'll be entered into a daily drawing.

Comments

  1. UnknownJanuary 21, 2019 at 9:45 AM

    Is the App called Headspace? The only Wysa my phone finds is called Wysa Anxiety....Thanks!

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    1. Larry ShallenbergerJanuary 22, 2019 at 4:55 PM

      The app is called Wysa. Since I downloaded it I have learned that there mind be multiple versions.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 22, 2019 at 11:32 AM

    I completed the Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue survey.

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