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Self-Care Strategies

  • By DomesticShelters.org
  • Apr 14, 2016
Self-Care Strategies
  • Praise yourself.
  • Play with children.
  • Strike balance in life's activities.
  • Re-arrange or remodel your home or office.
  • Join a peer support group.
  • Identify and work on projects or tasks that are exciting and rewarding.
  • Make quite time to complete tasks and to-do list items.
  • Take time to talk to co-workers.
  • Volunteer for causes you believe in.
  • Meditate, pray and sing.
  • Be open to not knowing.
  • Embrace optimism and hope.
  • Spend time in nature.
  • Allow yourself to cry.
  • Find things that make you laugh.
  • Eat healthy and regularly.
  • Spend time with others whose company you enjoy.
  • Say "no" to extra responsbilities occasionally.
  • Be curious and learn or try something new.
  • Listen to your thoughts, opinions, beliefs and feelings.
  • Reduce those things that create stress.
  • Do something where you are not an expert or in charge.
  • Write in a journal and read regularly.
  • Make time for self-reflection.
  • Do a physical activity that is fun.
  • Take vacations and weekend getaways.
  • Wear clothes that make you feel good.
  • Get enough sleep and take time off when needed.
  • Get medical care when needed.