Employee Support and Wellness

Take a Moment for You: Reflect, Recharge and Prioritize Your Well-Being

Self-care plays a vital role in maintaining balance, resilience and overall wellness in a demanding profession. Explore the self-care quiz below to reflect on your habits across six key areas and create a personalized plan to support your well-being. You’ll also find resources, tips and support group information to help you stay connected and cared for.

These links take you to a quick self-care quiz to help you reflect on your well-being habits across different areas of life.

• Workplace or professional
• Physical
• Psychological
• Emotional
• Spiritual
• Relationships

Create Your Own Self-care Plan

Workplace or Professional Self-care

This involves activities that help you work consistently at the professional level expected of you. For example:

• Engage in regular supervision or consult with a more experienced colleague.
• Set up a peer-support group.
• Be strict with boundaries between clients/students and staff.
• Read professional journals.
• Attend professional development programs.

Physical Self-care

Activities that help you stay fit and healthy, and with enough energy to get through your work and personal commitments.

• Develop a regular sleep routine.
• Aim for a healthy diet.
• Take lunch breaks.
• Go for a walk at lunchtime.
• Take your dog for a walk after work.
• Use your sick leave.
• Get some exercise before or after work regularly.

Psychological Self-care

Activities that help you feel clear-headed and able to intellectually engage with the professional challenges in your work and personal life.

• Keep a reflective journal.
• Engage in a non-work hobby.
• Turn off your email and work phone outside of work hours.
• Make time for relaxation.
• Make time to engage with positive friends and family.

Emotional Self-care

Allowing yourself to safely experience your full range of emotions.

• Develop friendships that are supportive.
• Write down three good things that you did each day.
• Play a sport and have a coffee together after training.
• Go to the movies or do something else you enjoy.
• Keep meeting with your parents' group or other social group.
• Talk to your friend about how you are coping with work and life demands.

Spiritual Self-care

This involves having a sense of perspective beyond the day-to-day aspects of life.

• Engage in reflective practices like meditation.
• Go on walks.
• Go to church, mosque or temple.
• Do yoga.
• Reflect with a close friend for support.

Relationship Self-care

This is about maintaining healthy, supportive relationships and ensuring you have diversity in your relationships so that you are not only connected to work people.

• Prioritize close relationships in your life e.g. with partners, family and children.
• Attend the special events of your family and friends.
• Arrive at work and leave on time every day.

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