In this 10-minute video, Dr. Tracey Marks discusses how chronic stress affects people and offers solutions with actionable steps.
This worksheet uses the results of your “Self-Care Assessment” to create a self-care maintenance plan. At the Source link below, select the Community Resources tab, then choose the Self-Care Starter Kit. In Developing Your Self-Care Plan, complete the “Self-Care Assessment” and use this “My Maintenance Self-Care Worksheet” to identify current practices, consider new ones, and address any barriers to your self-care. You can also find the Self-Care Assessment in the resource with the same name.
An employee can complete this brief quiz to identify areas where they do and don’t care for themselves. The assessment looks at areas of self-care and offers many examples for easy responses: physical (do you get enough sleep, wear clothes you like), psychological (do you go on day trips, write in a journal), emotional (do you seek out comforting people or places, let yourself cry and laugh), spiritual (do you spend time in nature, meditate), relationship (do you make time for friends, ask for help when you need it), and professional (do you take a lunch break, take time to chat with co-workers, arrange your workspace so it’s comfortable).
This poster from the University of Buffalo outlines eight core areas of self-care. Improvements in these areas help to restore our balance in our personal and professional lives.
A 4-minute educational video about what self-care is and how to create a plan by Columbia University.
In this six-minute YouTube video, you’ll learn about the five ways to boost your well-being: connect, be active, take notice, keep learning, and give.
Take a break with these five short desk stretch videos by the Mayo Clinic. These videos are geared toward desk workers to help ease stiffness, especially in your neck, shoulders, and upper back.
In this eight-minute YouTube video, Dr. Tracey Marks walks us through research-based techniques and tools to help us battle depression.
This five-minute YouTube video by The Partnership in Education teaches a quick method to reduce anxiety. Learn and practice the 5-4-3-2-1 method to feel present in the moment and less overwhelmed.
This 5-minute YouTube video provides a short mindfulness exercise focused on breathing and our heartbeat.