Self-Care
In the Realm of Self-Discovery
1: Schedule time for your self-care. Immerse yourself in a 30-day self-care challenge.
1: Schedule time for your self-care. Immerse yourself in a 30-day self-care challenge.Books / Articles 🎧
🎧- Self-Care for Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents – by Lindsay Gibson PsyD: daily, practical ways to help you heal the invisible wounds caused by immature parents, nurture self-awareness, trust your emotions, improve relationships, and stop putting others’ needs ahead of your own. Also available as an AudioBook.
- Radical Self-Care: An LGBTQIA Guide: Radical self-care is a transformative practice that empowers us to reclaim our mental well-being in a society that often stigmatises people for being our authentic selves. This guide explores how radical self-care is both an act of resistance and self-affirmation for the LGBTQIA community.
- 10 Questions About Self-Care Only YOU Can Answer – on Mindfulteachers.org: Straight to the point. Much like our Guiding Questions – these can help you go deep on the topic of self-care and further flesh out what you need for yourself.
30-Day Self-Care Practices
- 30-Day Guided Self-Care Challenge – from Alfrey & Pruitt Counseling: Self-care is self-love and vice versa, right? This has day by day steps/actions and there’s a download/printable version of the challenge.
- 31-Day Self-Care Challenge for MEN – from Paul Bashea Williams: This is a month-long calendar with a concrete action step each day. Very doable and beneficial. Try this for one month!
- 30 Day Self-Love Challenge – from lovebecca.com: Self-Love is the best love! Love these daily, doable actions – 1 per day. At the end of the month, you’ve really done something beautiful.
- 101 Self Care Ideas and a 30-day calendar planner: From Sarah Steckler of the Mindful Productivity Blog.
Podcasts 🎧
- Brown Girl Self-Care Podcast: very well-reviewed with excellent topics, conversations, actionable suggestions and much more!
- 10% Happier with Dan Harris Podcast: insights and practices from experts in modern science and ancient wisdom on self-care and personal transformation. Hosted by veteran journalist and author, Dan Harris.
2: Consider consulting with a nutritionist or naturopathic doctor to help you make qualitative dietary changes.
Resources to Find Dietician / Nutritionist near you 📝
- Nourish.com: find a dietician in the US that may be covered by your insurance. One of the largest U.S. dietitian networks (4,000+ RDs). Lets you filter by specialty (gut health, hormones, emotional eating, etc.)
- Fay Nutrition: US nationwide network of board-certified dietitians brings empathy and expertise across weight management, chronic conditions, gut health, and more.
- Culina Health: US-based – offers holistic, inclusive, and evidence-based nutrition care. With an easy sign-up and referral process and a secure, convenient telehealth platform, they make nutrition counseling accessible and impactful.
- CANADA & US – Dietitian Directory: search by location and specific area of nutrition specialty.
3: Assess your media consumption and its impact on your health and well-being. Try a media break every day or a longer mindful media reset / digital detox.
Assistive Apps 📲
- RescueTime: RescueTime delivers tools with one powerful app to improve concentration and automatically track time spent on apps and websites
- Freedom.to: increase productivity, build new habits, invest more time in relationships – pretty cool app!
Articles on Digital Detox 📝
- What is a Digital Detox and Do You Need One?: From Brown University Health Blog. A simple breakdown of what it is, how to see it, and how to plan for one.
- Digital Detox Resources from American Academy of Opthamology 👁️: Great article with resources to approach your digital detox from a variety of directions. Your eyes will thank you!
- How to do a Digital Detox in Real Life: from Lifestance Health. More good options and plans for a digital detox that you can actually do.
- Mindful Consumption: Finding Balance in the Age of Social Media: oh yes, this is so real for so many of us. This article raises ones awareness and gives you some great tools. “Mindful consumption is about recognizing when information serves you and when it overwhelms you,”
Self-Assessment Tools 🛠️
- Internet Addiction Test (Self-Assessment): Could you be addicted to spending too much time on the internet—playing games, shopping, or reading articles? If activities like this interfere with connecting to people in real life, take the quiz to find out whether you may be suffering from an addiction to the internet. NOT a medical diagnostic tool, but helpful – from HealthCentral.com.