Words of Wellness are resources for students and the college community to access and utilize to improve and maintain their overall wellness.
While the Wellness Center’s Counseling and Wellness Services are available Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for counseling, consultation, and referral needs to currently registered students, we wanted to share additional resources that may be beneficial during this time.
Today (Wednesday Sept. 2), we will be sharing resources that focus on self-care. Therapistaid.com explains that “self-care activities are the things you do to maintain good health and improve well-being. Some self-care activities might already be part of your routine, such as eating regular meals, enjoying a hobby, or spending time with friends. However, during periods of stress, self-care sometimes takes a back seat to other responsibilities.”
Use the activities below to enhance your self-care awareness, learn self-care tips and practice self-care skills to maintain good health and improve your well-being.Enjoy!
1. Explore your current level of self-care with the self-care assessment from Therapistaid.com.
The Self-Care Assessment asks you to think about how frequently, or how well, you are performing various self-care activities. Activities are divided into five categories: physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and professional. This worksheet is designed to help you reflect on your current self-care practices, recognize areas where you could improve, and generate ideas for new self-care activities you would enjoy.
2. Look through the following self-care tip worksheet which provides information on self-care, including a definition and practical tips for using self-care to reduce stress. Tips include setting specific goals, setting boundaries to protect self-care, making self-care a habit, and more.
3. Let your creativity flow by coloring mandalas. Adult coloring is a meditative self-care exercise that has been shown to reduce stress.
4. Engage in the self-care activity of meditation by The Honest Guys. This gentle, guided meditation takes you to a peaceful place where you will be given a simple, effective exercise to help you relieve anxiety and clear negativity. If you enjoy this meditation, check out The Honest Guys channel on Youtube for additional guided meditation videos.
The Honest Guys Guided Meditation: Relieve Anxiety, Clear Negativity, Release Worry
5. Make self-care even more fun and play self-care bingo. Use the bingo board provided below or make your own. Change it up. Include self-care activities that are specific to you and actions, activities, thoughts, that allow you to give back to yourself.
Wishing you all good health and wellness!
Counseling and Wellness Services
Contact us at (518) 629-7320 or counseling@hvcc.edu for additional assistance.
Published: Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:55:17 +0000 by k.weeks