Stronger Together

Self Care Follow Up

At the board meeting our former RN Vice President, Judy Maldonado, taught us a lot about self care. We’ve gathered some of the resources she went over here so you can easily access them.

First up, we have the relaxation video she shared:
Judy also provided some resources for anyone who wanted to read more:
Finally, we compiled a big list of self-care activities we can utilize. She asked everyone to identify two activities they have done before, and two they would like to try in the future. We put together the tool below to help you with that. We’ll record your responses so we can follow up on them in the future.
Self-Care Techniques Survey

Self-Care Activities Tracker

Activity I have done this I want to do this N/A
Acknowledge Your Stress
Alone Time
Arts/Crafts
Baking
Be An Active Listener
Bible Study
Biking
Birding
Blowing Bubbles
Board Games
Breathing Exercises
Calming/Mindfullness Apps
Camping
Candles
Challenge Yourself
Chewing Gum
Chocolate
Church
Cleaning
Close Your Eyes
Coffee On The Porch
Coloring
Cooking
Count Backwards
Creativity
Crocheting
Crosswords
Crying
Dancing
Decompress
Dewing
Eat Healthy Food
Different View Points On Life
Doing What You Love
Dress Up
Drink Warm Tea
Drinking Water
Eating Your Favorite Foods
Eliminate Stress
Enjoy Life
Exercise
Family Pictures & Videos
Find Solitude
Fishing
Fly A Kite
Flying
Focus On The Positive
Game Night
Gardening
Geocaching
Get Your Attention
Go Off The Grid
Go To A Play
Go To Bed
Golfing
Good Book
Recall Good Memories
Grandbabies
Express Gratitude
Grounding Exercises
Group Activities
Hiking
Hobbies
Holiday Decorating
Horseback Riding
Hot Bath
Ice Cream
Journaling
Kayaking
Knitting
Latch Hooking
Laughing
Leaning A New Language
Learn To Say No
Legos
Library
Lie In The Sun
Listen To A Baby Laugh
Listening To Music
Listening To Nature Apps
Listening To Podcasts
Long Steamy Shower
Long Walks
Look At Nature
Looking At Pictures
Mani/Pedi
Martial Arts
Massages
Medicate – Vitamins & Supplements
Meditation
Mental Health Day
Museum
Napping
Nature
Organizing
Origami
Painting
People Watching
Play Hide & Seek
Play/Snuggle With A Pet
Playing An Instrument
Playing With Kids
Playing Word Games
Porch Rocking
Positive Affirmation
Pottery
Power Naps
Prayer
Puzzles
Rage Rooms
Read
Relaxation Techniques
Rest
Running
Sailing
Sauna
Say No
Scavenger Hunt
Scrapbooking
Sewing
Sex
Shopping
Short Break Outside
Shower Or Bath
Singing
Sitting By Water
Skating
Skipping Rocks
Skydiving
Get a Good Night’s Sleep
Slow Down
Socializing With Friends
Spa Day
Speak With A Confidant Or Friend
Spending Time With A Loved One
Sports
Stress Balls
Support Circles
Swimming
Take A Spoonfull Of Honey
Taking A Drive/Road Trip
Talk/Vent To Someone
Talk To Your Pastor
Therapy
Tik Tock/Reels
Time With A Friend
Trampolining
Turn Off Your Phone/Unplug
Vacation
Video Games
Visit A Nursing Home
Volunteering To Help The Needy
Walking
Watch A Baby Sleep
Watch A Movie/TV
Watching A Comfort Movie
Watching Golf On TV
Watching The Sunset
Water
Working Out
Yard Work
Yell !! Get It Out !
Yoga