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From Burnout to Radical Self-Care
A Quintessential Guide To Self-Care For Student Activists
Two weeks after my birthday, I remember sending out text messages to close friends about my whereabouts as I was getting ready to protest Hillary Clinton. It was Oct. 30th, 2015 and I — along with eight other AUC Shut It Down student organizers — planned to interrupt Hillary Clinton as she spoke to Black…
Read More5 Tips for Self-Care in a Culture That Glorifies Stress
We often view being busy and worn out as a sign of being “productive” – so how can you prioritize taking care of yourself? These practical tips can help.
Read MoreSelf-Care 101: What It Is and How to Start
Check out this Self-Care 101 lesson on exactly how to find a set of nourishing practices that works for you. It’s easier than you think, and you deserve it!
Read MoreSelf-Care for Type A Productivity Monsters like Myself
Put very simply, self-care is an intentional practice of taking care of ourselves. Now if you’re a type A productivity monster such as myself, you may have already stopped reading because you’ve got things to do. Am I right? I’ve said that all too many times before to myself. But if our obsession with productivity is keeping us from taking care of ourselves, we’ve got a problem.
Read More5 Steps to Self-Care After the Holidays
With the passage of the new year, most consider the holiday season to be officially over. Almost overnight, we turn our focus to self-improvement. Holidays can be a stressful time for many. The resulting strain can leave you feeling exhausted and resistant to starting your next chapter. If you’re feeling holiday burnout, here are some self-care tips for the new year.
Read More3 Steps to Creating a Better Self-Care Routine
Without a solid self-care practice, negative feelings of blame can overwhelm us. Here are three steps you can use to shift perspective, care for yourself, and find the time to do so.
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7 Questions to Help You Balance Self-Care and Resistance
How can we resist everything Donald Trump is doing without burning ourselves out? These questions can help you find some answers.
Read MoreHow to Self-Care When You’ve Messed Up
It’s never fun to be told that you’ve hurt someone – and ignoring your guilt or anxiety about it won’t help. So here’s how to take care of those feelings and more.
Read More7 Ways to Practice Self-Care Around Your Abortion
Whatever you’re feeling about your abortion is valid. These practical self-care tips can help you before, during, and after the process.
Read More9 Ways to Practice Self-Care When Dealing with Street Harassment
How do you feel when you’re harassed on the street? Anger, self-blame, vulnerability, and more can come up not only during an incident of harassment, but after it’s over. Here are some tools to help make navigating the world a little less draining.
Read More6 Loving Ways to Practice Self-Care After a Miscarriage
Miscarriage can be incredibly difficult to deal with, and it’s hard to know where to start when it comes to self-care. But loving yourself is so important, so this author’s sharing some supportive tips.
Read MoreGainful Unemployment: 5 Acts of Self-Care While Job Hunting
The economy still sucks right now and you may find yourself unemployed. In our society, we too often give people value according to how much they earn and stigmatize people without jobs. So if you’re unemployed, chances are your self-esteem is suffering. But regardless of whether or not you have a job, remember that you are still worth taking care of.
Read More7 Ways To Self-Care And Self-Love As A Muslim Woman In White Supremacist America
As a community, speaking up about the need to take care of ourselves can cause a ripple effect and link our individual well being to larger acts of community resistance.
Read More4 Self-Care Practices for When Working as a Woman of Color Has Got You Down
Practicing self-care at work, or in response to issues at work, can be the difference between feeling hopeless and isolated or inspired and optimistic.
Read MoreHow To Practice Immediate Self-Care When Social Media Says the World is Burning
We can’t be prepared for every eventuality, but having a self-care plan for social media emergencies is a great first step, and so is being able to ask for help when you need it.
Read MoreNeed Some Self-Care? Here’s How To Look Beyond Just “Pampering” Yourself
This article was originally published by Catherine Labiran. It has been lightly edited and republished here with the author’s permission. Lately, I have been preoccupied with exploring and dismantling my old definition of self-care and building a new one that is tailored to my own experience. This exploration was in part sparked by a dissatisfaction…
Read MoreA Guide to Self-Care When Your Loved Ones Don’t Support Your Activism
What do you do with those relationships with people who don’t support your social justice activism? These self-care tips may help.
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