Mental Health Resources

Here are 10 ways to exercise self-care and take better care of you.   

1. Self-care means knowing who you are and your limits.
2. Self-care means getting the sleep you need and knowing how to rest. 
3. Self-care means making sure that you're well fed. 
4. Self-care means finding a way to decompress throughout your day. 
5. Self-care means giving some thought to changing a difficult work situation. 
6. Self-care means taking time to get to know you better.  
7. Self-care means identifying what you enjoy doing and what's fun for you and make a serious effort to integrate it into your day.
8. Self-care means knowing how to decompress after a day's work.  
9. Self-care means feeding your spiritual self. 
10. And finally, self-care means taking time to love yourself.

Read more from Psychology Today on Self Care 101.

Self-Care Tools

Midwest Alliance for Mindfulness

An online tool with many free mindfulness meditation and yoga resources including guided meditations (in several languages, for people of color, and for the deaf and hard of hearing), a research bibliography, instructional videos, and information about mindfulness in recovery. They also are offering a number of free lunchtime meditations, weekend seminars, and evening classes on mindfulness for wellbeing and resilience via Zoom.

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Sanvello - Self-care App

Access self-care, peer support, coaching and therapy. Free tools or paid premium subscription.