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Questions for reflection How do you currently take care of yourself? Do these strategies include all dimensions of wellbeing?

Even if you don’t experience secondary trauma, it is still important to do some form of self-care. WHAT IS SELF-CARE? Self-care is the mindset, activities, practices and habits we bring to bear against stress, unhappiness, illness, depression and many more negative emotions. However, self-care when practiced with purpose, can help build resilience to stress. Self-care is about giving ourselves relief when we feel overwhelmed. It is about addressing our problems holistically. Self- care activities are usually carried out, or at least initiated by, the person themselves.

- - Self-care is any activity that we do deliberately and actively plan in order to take care of our mental, emotional, and physical health - - Could be debriefing or talking through something after an interaction - - It’s an active choice - - “Something that refuels us, rather than takes from us.” - - It is not only about considering our needs; it is rather about knowing what we need to do in order to take care of ourselves, to enable us to be able to take care of others as well 19

19 https://psychcentral.com/blog/what-self-care-is-and-what-it-isnt-2/

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