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12 Ways to Take Better Care of Yourself

Area: Self-care and help avoid burnout and vicarious trauma

This article, while be used for training and learning purposes, and can provide insight about the importance of self-care. As the author mentions: It’s so important to make sure you take good care of your body, mind, and soul every day, not just when you get sick. Learning how to eat right, reduce stress, exercise regularly, and take a time-out when you need it, are touchstones of self-care and can help you anti-stress, stay healthy, and be resilient.

Created by
Tchiki Davis for PsychologyToday.com, 28/12/2018
Link
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/click-here-happiness/201812/self-care-12-ways-take-better-care-yourself

  • Type of resource

    This resource is an article about the importance of self-care, which also offers some techniques to maintain the latter. It is of open access on the popular website “PsychologyToday.com”, by the editors of which is also verified.

  • Available in

    English

  • Related competence

    The correlation with the project’s Curriculum is referred to as: “Developing strategies for self-care, using personal and organizational resources.”

  • Most relevant

    The whole article is significant.

  • Resource audience

    This resource can be demonstrated to a large variety of professionals, who work a lot and are on the edge of burn-out, in order to emphasize the importance of self-care and its relevance to well-being and better professional functioning.

  • General comment by reviewer

    Some tips given by the author, in order to maintain someone’s self-care, may not fit to everyone. So, we should keep in mind that everyone’s special needs and understanding of self-care may vary.