Welcome
Next week our agency-wide Self-Care Week launches. If you’ve
worked here for any length of time you know that the work is rewarding, but
that vicarious trauma is a real occupational hazard. No one is immune from the
negative emotional impact of being surrounded by our client’s trauma.
Fortunately, there is a simple antidote—self-care.
Starting Monday, we are going to collectively renew our
commitment to renew ourselves. Every campus will have a Self-Care Central table
waiting for you (Ask your campus’s director for the location and the hours it
will be open). Each day you’ll be invited to try up to four self-care
experience. There will be a quick self-assessment you can take, two simple
mindfulness activities, and self-care app that you can download onto your
phone.
With each experience you complete, you earn one chance to
win a daily gift basket/gift certificate drawing. The CORE Team has gathered
wonderful give baskets of gourmet food, wine, beer, oil changes, massages,
adult coloring books, Dick’s cards, Starbucks cards, and a variety of
restaurant cards.
After completing an experience, you’ll visit this website and complete a drawing entry form. You’ll submit one form for each experience
you’ve completed—up to four per day. The winners of the drawing will be
announced the following day.
If you work remotely you can still participate! The entire
experience will be online at the URL listed above. You will need access to a
printer in order to complete the self-assessments.
On behalf of the CORE team, enjoy next week!
Larry Shallenberger
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