College of Education Self-Care

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SUN Program

Welcome to our College of Education Self-care Initiative, informally called Self-care for U at Northridge, the SUN Program.

It is so wonderful that you are considering self-care as an important way to care for yourself and keep balance and health in your life. Self-care means taking responsibility for yourself to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle at work and in your personal world through individually determined, proactive activities. You are at your best when you attend to yourself in equal measure to others in day-to-day living! 

Self-Care News

Self-care and coping with war

June 16, 2025

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Many in our community are experiencing much pain and sorrow in relation to the ongoing wars in Ukraine and the Middle East. Feelings of anxiety, stress, fear, despair, and even hate, are being experienced by people everywhere, those directly in the path of the violence, those who currently have families and friends in the Middle East or Ukraine, and those concerned about the effects of war everywhere. The impact of violent crises can be very triggering in our own lives, states Jim Kendall, LCSW, CEAP. "To cope with this requires incredible courage and resilience." Read more

Self-care in Pride month!

June 9, 2025

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June is Pride month, a time for reaffirming our commitment and support for our LGBTQIA communities as a form of self-care for both ourselves and others. This is especially needed in a year with so much hatred directed at LGBTQIA communities. When we practice self-care, we hone our interactions with everyone in our world and can “bring awareness to the role we each play in ensuring everyone – no matter their identity – has access to a world where they are free to be nothing short of themselves.” (Ashley Krombach  My Good Brain blog). Read more

Self-care in a time of violence

May 26, 2025

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The psychological impact of the violence, hate, and war in our world is far reaching and deepLast week, we witnessed the horrific and unacceptable hate crime toward an innocent young Jewish couple murdered at gunpoint while exiting an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. Every day we hear about the deaths of family members, especially children, in the wars in Ukraine, in the Middle East, and in our own streets and news in America. In the face of these horrors, we must continually champion our fight against all violence and hate, and renew our commitment to reject antisemitism, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, anti-Arab, anti-Palestinian, anti-Black, anti-Asian, anti-Hispanic, audism, ableism, and all forms of hatred and oppression toward diverse and marginalized communities. Read more

Self-care and thank you!

May 19, 2025

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It is with much gratitude that I recognize the extraordinary work of faculty, staff, administrators, community partners, and students during the past academic year. As we come to this ending, my wish is for all of you to always take good care of yourselves. It may help to reflect on what self-care really means for each of us. In a blog in Psychology Today,  Dr. Ilene Strauss Cohen Ph.D. suggests, “Taking care of yourself means compassionately accepting yourself for who you are instead of burning yourself out trying to be everything to everyone all the time. Read more

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