Kristin Grissom

Self-CareA Journey to a Healthier You

Looking after yourself, physically and emotionally, in a healthy manner. Giving yourself a break from stress, investing in your overall mental state and acknowledging your spiritual needs.

What is Self-Care?

What Should Self-Care Do for You?

*Maintain good physical and mental health

*Meet both your social and psychological needs

*Preventative care

*Avoid illness or accidents

*Support your spiritual beliefs

Why is Self-Care Important?

Reminder to you and those closest to you that your needs are important

Daily self-care leads to a healthier you

Sends a message to you and your body that it is valued

Exercise

Cardio exercise, weightlifting, Pilates, swimming, etc.

Nutrition

Providing your body with healthy, nutritious wholesome foods (avoiding processed foods)

Sleep

Getting 7-8 hours of restful sleep

Seeing a doctor when necessary

Self-Care for Physical Well

Being

Self-Care For Emotional Well Being

Follow Physical Well-Being Steps

Manage stress levels Recognize mental exhaustion

Limit unhealthy habits Worrying, fear, stress, negative

thoughts, anxiety

Make leisure/fun time priority Engage in activities you enjoy

with/without friends

Appreciate yourself Meditate, pray, take a moment

to relish what is good and positive in your life.

Spiritual Self-Care

Express gratitude for life’s gifts Pray, meditate, or both Practice compassion and forgiveness for

yourself and others Acknowledge a Power greater than yourself

Intellectual Self-Care

Be involved in critical thinking – challenge your intellect

Be creative

Strive for career development

Relational Self-Care

Have family interactions

Strengthen relationship with family members

Honor and support your marriage or significant other

Other Types of Self-Care

More Self-Care

Social Self-CareNurture relationships with friends

(outside of family)Participate outside of family

Safety and Security Self-CareProactive about personal safetyHaving health insuranceMonitoring your finances

Regardless of how busy you are or what your weight or shape is, you deserve to

feel safe, good, happy, and fulfilled - Margarita Tartakovsky, MS

Our bodies are our gardens to which we our wills are gardeners. – William

Shakespeare

He lives long that lives well, and time misspent is not lived, but lost. – Thomas

Fuller

Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony. –

Mahatma Gandhi

Quotes

ReferencesElizabeth Hanson Hoffman, P. (n.d.). Checklist for Physical, Emotional, and

Spiritual Self-Care. Retrieved March 8, 2012, from Hoffman Psychological Associates: http://www.hoffmanpsych.com/self-care.htm

Scherer, C. A. (2012). Emotional/Mental Self-Care. Retrieved March 8, 2012, from Desert Alchemy: http://www.desert-alchemy/txt/emotionalselfcare.html

Tartakovsky, M. (2011, May). Weightless: The 7 Vital Types of Self-Care. Retrieved March 9, 2012, from PsychCentral: http://blogs.psychcentral.com/weightless/2011/05/the-7-vital-types-of-self-care/