Self-Care Strategies
A simple self-care practice that involves focusing on your breathing to reduce stress.
What is Deep Breathing
This is often used to help individuals manage negative thoughts and feelings, focuses on changing thought patterns.
What is Therapy?
This is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person.
What is Empathy?
This term refers to being fully present in the moment without judgment.
What is Mindfulness?
A small act of kindness you can do for your neighbor, like holding the door open or offering a compliment.
What is a Random Act of Kindness?
This practice, commonly used to promote relaxation, involves applying gentle pressure to specific points on the body.
What is Acupressure?
This "feel-good" hormone is released when you engage in activities that make you happy or relaxed.
What are Endorphins?
Happy Kindness Week!
This simple practice can help promote mindfulness by focusing your attention on the sensations of your body during activities like walking or eating.
What is Mindful Eating or Mindful Walking?
The term for an initiative where people pay for a stranger’s meal or coffee, usually anonymously, as an act of kindness.
What is Paying it Forward?
The term for taking a break from technology, especially social media, to recharge mentally and emotionally.
What is Digital Detox?
The term for intentionally paying attention to your feelings and the emotions of others without judgment.
What is Emotional Awareness?
This term refers to showing concern or care for someone else's well-being through supportive actions or words.
What is Compassion?
This type of meditation involves focusing on your breath and gently bringing your mind back to the present moment whenever distractions arise.
What is (Breath Awareness) Meditation?
This form of kindness involves donating your time to help others, such as working at a shelter or food bank.
What is Volunteering?
This is a healthy form of self-care that involves setting clear expectations to protect your time and energy.
What is Boundary-Setting?
This practice involves using positive affirmations to boost self-esteem and counter negative self-talk.
What is Self-Compassion?
This kind of listening skill involves not just hearing, but truly understanding and validating the speaker’s feelings.
What is Active Listening?
The mindfulness practice that involves observing your thoughts and feelings without getting attached to them or reacting impulsively.
What is Non-Judgmental Awareness?
This type of kindness where individuals leave small gifts or positive notes for strangers, often anonymously, to brighten someone's day.
What is Random Acts of Kindness?
This type of exercise is considered a form of mindful movement that helps to reduce stress and improve flexibility.
A common emotional response that often signals a need for personal space or time alone, typically caused by overextension.
What is Burnout?
The practice of intentionally directing kindness and understanding toward yourself, especially during difficult times or moments of self-criticism.
What is Self-Compassion?
This mindfulness-based approach combines mindfulness with movement, often practiced in disciplines like Tai Chi or certain types of yoga.
What is Mindful Movement?
This type of community-based kindness involves creating and sharing resources, like free libraries or pay-it-forward campaigns, to uplift others.
What is Community Generosity?