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14 No Cost Radical Self-Care Tips

by Irene Greene MSED // www.irenegreene.com

Political Trauma Stress, Oppression Fatigue, Burnout & Compassion Fatigue Are All Real!

~ Let’s Keep Ourselves, Each Other and the Revolution Healthy ~

  1. In your work, play and self-care, use your integrity as your guide. Value yourself with respectful self-talk, wiggle-room & compassion.
  2. Slow down. Take deep slow breaths: three sets of three: 5 seconds on inhale & 7 seconds on exhale.
  3. Check-in & greet your body. Rub your arms, legs, hands, forehead, base of your skull, shoulders. Take stretch breaks every 50 minutes.
  4. Use your 8 senses to orient yourself to your surroundings: hear, touch, taste, see, smell; Note your body’s physical needs, your body in relation to gravity & the connectedness of your body’s parts.
  5. Do you need to: hydrate? eat? sleep? rest? stretch your body? pee? make alone time to just be? tend to life maintenance details? tend to relationships? say “yes” to yourself and “no” to others?
  6. Do you need to debrief? Need a safe physical way to release intense energy or anger? to cry? to grieve? Let it out. Let it go.
  7. Take a break from social media…A meaningful break…Yes, put your phone away for a while.
  8. Get real about what you have control & influence over & what you do not. Then problem-solve creatively.
  9. Take physical & mental space away from your work, planning, organizing & volunteering.
  10. Connect with your kindreds for fun & solace. Don’t isolate. Schedule regular check-ins.
  11. Do something you enjoy…listen to music, doodle, run, write, chat with your neighbor.
  12. Be in or imagine nature. Trees. Water. Sky. Animals. Birds.
  13. Anxious, afraid, depressed? Stressed? Hopeless? Medicating? Headaches? Tired? Stomach or sleep problems? Flashbacks? Admit when you need help. Get a referral from a trusted ally.
  14. Unabashedly remind yourself: “I am an amazing, worthy, important, unique & lovely human being.”                                                                                                                     www.irenegreene.com 2016 ©