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 Recharging

March 6, 2023

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It is important that we take regular moments to recharge  through self-care activities to maintain well-being. Too often, we don’t pay attention to  signs that we have reached a level of exhaustion and stress. If we recognize these signs when they first appear, we can take time to reset balance through simple yet effective actions. Read more

Self-care and growth mindset

February 20, 2023

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An important form of self-care involves our mindset for self-regulation and  self-perception. How we perceive ourselves and the world around us has an amazing impact on our experience of wellbeing. Dr. Carol Dweck, author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success , states that “There are two main mindsets we can navigate life with: growth and fixed. Having a growth mindset is essential for success.” She goes on to explain, “as you begin to understand the fixed and growth mindsets, you will see exactly how one thing leads to another— how a belief that your qualities are carved in stone leads to a host of thoughts and actions, and how a belief that your qualities can be cultivated leads to a host of different thoughts and actions, taking you down an entirely different road.” Read more

Self-care and self-love

February 13, 2023

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This week we celebrate Valentine’s Day and a time to focus on love. Love of those most important in our lives, romantic love, but also self-love! To paraphrase a famous TV celebrity, “How can we love others, if we can’t love ourselves?” So how do we define self-love? Self-love means taking care of our own needs and not settling for less than we deserve. Self-love is different for each of us, since each person is best able to determine how to take care of themselves. Read more

Self-care and breathing

February 6, 2023

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Sometimes the best way to deal with stress and find a way to relax is simple-just breath.  And even better, breath deeply. Deep breathing can help reduce our experience of stress and  increase our relaxation response, so needed to maintain physical and mental health.  Read more

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