College of Education Self-Care

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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 feeling cared for

April 8, 2024

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Our work, especially at this time of the academic year, in often challenging, demanding, and stressful. That is why feeling cared for is especially important for our wellbeing right now. “Studies show that feeling cared about buffers against stress, increases positive emotions, promotes resilience, and increases caring for others,” according to a 2020 article in Psychology Today. Read more

Self-care and self-compassion

April 1, 2024

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Practicing compassion is important for our relationship with others, but especially healing when we engage in self-compassion for ourselves. “Self-compassion is simply the process of turning compassion inward.,” states Dr. Kristin Neff, Associate Professor of Human Development and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin. Read more

Self-care and recharging

March 25, 2024

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Recharging through self-care activities is critically important to maintain well-being. It’s important that we recognize the signs that we have reached a level of exhaustion and stress. If we understand these signs when they first appear, we can engage in actions to restore balance.  Read more

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