Advocacy & Rights
This is supporting or opposing policies that impact peers.
Advocacy
This tool includes multiple life areas to define wellness.
Eight Dimensions of Wellness
This theory explains motivation based on internal needs.
Self-Determination Theory
This can happen when self-care is neglected and empathy fades.
burnout
Sleep, food, and exercise fall under this type of self-care.
physical self-care
Knowing these helps strengthen advocacy efforts.
Laws/WACs
This goal-setting method helps create clear and achievable plans.
SMART goals
One of the three needs: feeling capable and skilled.
competence
The Maslach Burnout Inventory measures this main feeling.
emotional exhaustion
Managing feelings and practicing self-compassion is this type.
emotional self-care
This type of advocacy involves demonstrating your own voice and values.
modeling self-advocacy
This planning tool helps identify early warning signs and wellness tools.
WRAP plan
One of the three needs: having choice and independence.
autonomy
Saying this word is an important boundary skill.
No
Trying hobbies and journaling are examples of this type.
personal self-care
Using a peer’s strengths in advocacy helps build this.
confidence
This approach emphasizes working with the peer, not for them.
mutuality
One of the three needs: feeling connected to others.
relatedness
This happens when “self-care” activities start draining you instead of helping.
Self-care gone wrong or Toxic Self Care
Setting boundaries and choosing energizing relationships is this type.
social self-care
Too much time in advocacy mode without balance can lead to this.
burnout
Habits are described as behaviors we do without this.
conscious thought
Peer supporters cannot do this for someone else.
motivate or recover for them
This type of boundary is important not just with peers but also with coworkers and supervisors.
workplace boundaries
Budgeting, cleaning, and time management fall under this category.
practical self-care