Self Care Week Reminds us to Practise Self Care for Life
Self Care Week is the annual national event that raises awareness of what we can all do to improve our physical health and mental wellbeing. This year, the theme is Practise Self Care for Life.
The organiser of Self Care Week is the Self Care Forum, a charity which aims to empower and encourage everyone to make self care their everyday habit. And the Self Care Forum knows just how important this message is, particularly when times are as tough as they are right now.
Incorporating the practise of self care into our everyday lives can help us to live as healthily as possible. And better health for us can help us cope better with the challenges that come our way.
Self Care Week is a perfect time to think about how we live our lives and maybe make some small changes that will help us take better care of ourselves and our families. Those changes could mean looking at what we eat or drink, or how much exercise we do or how much sleep we are getting. They could be about our work life balance, because staying connected to our friends and family is also vital to our wellbeing, and theirs.
Knowing what to do and where to go for help is an important part of practising self care for life. Remember, it isn’t just the GP practice that can help, pharmacies are also health experts. They are on every High Street and can help with all sorts of ailments. Pharmacists can also signpost you to the right place for additional health advice or treatment.
Remember, NHS 111 can also be a good resource for health advice for things that are not life-threatening. And the NHS website has lots of information on what steps to take to look after you and your family. https://www.nhs.uk/ The Self Care Forum also has some useful fact sheets you might like to download. https://www.selfcareforum.org/fact-sheets/
The important thing to remember is, practising self care is something we all need to do every day. For ourselves. For our families. And for the NHS.
MyWishes Self Care Tutorials
Below are a number hand picked, self care tutorials you might find of value. These guides and resources might help improve aspects of your spiritual, social and psychological wellbeing.
- Mindfulness (login required)
- Design your own Coat of Arms
- How to plan for death digitally
- Dealing with Grief in today’s World
- How to create a Bucket List on MyWishes (and the top 5 regrets of the dying)
- Why you should have an Advance Care Plan
- How to create an ethical will
Why make plans?
Making plans for yourself, the people and the things you care about can feel hugely rewarding. Knowing that plans have been put in place can help reduce anxieties around death, dying, bereavement and the future.
Once plans have been made they can be used to have practical and often non-morbid discussions around your wishes.
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MyWishes free to use software was developed under the guidance of healthcare, hospice, legal and funeral professionals. Our platforms empowers society to make plans for both themselves and those they care about.
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