Self Care
Self-Care A-Z Blog
Self-Care A-Z: You Do Not Have To Deserve Self-Care
When self-care is conveyed as reward for being good and/or permission to be bad, we erode its essence. We do not need to be good; we do not need to be bad. In caring for self, we simply and powerfully re-claim the essence of being human. Read more
Self-Care A-Z: Hope as a Self-Care Strategy
Professionally and personally, we must attend to our individual self-care of hope. We must practice that hope in our professional and collective actions. Read more
Self-Care A-Z: Here’s Your Self-Care Awareness Month Calendar for September 2024!
Celebrate our anniversary and deepen awareness and activation of self-care. This calendar provides a daily dose of self-care for September 2024. Read more
Self-Care A-Z—How To Have a Super-Self-Care-Summer: A Weekly Guide
The New Social Worker is going on summer break June-August and won’t be doing new posts. However, we’re not neglecting you! Join us in having a Super-Self-Care-Summer! Read more
The Book
Book Trailer: The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals
Watch the book trailer for The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals. Read more
Introducing...The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals
Using an A-to-Z framework, the editors and contributors to this self-care handbook outline strategies for social workers/helping professionals to build a self-care plan with specific goals and ways to reach them realistically. Read more