2021 Self-care resources for student leaders
| What is one of your go-to self-care practice? | Links to videos, articles, websites, or other resources you use |
| Watching television shows with my partner | meditationlab.mit.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfcAVejslrU I created this: https://happeer.herokuapp.com/, if you want me to create a customized version for you :) |
| Yoga with Adriene, an amazing youtuber who makes epic yoga videos for all occasions | https://www.youtube.com/c/yogawithadriene/videos This is Adriene’s channel, I would super recommend this. She has targeted videos like “Yoga for Stress” or “Yoga for Strength” which are lovely. |
| Using the Headspace App | I find the HALT framework pretty accurate: https://bradfordhealth.com/halt-hunger-anger-loneliness-tiredness/ “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” - Audre Lorde |
| When I have really rough days, I like to go out for a run | https://www.facebook.com/breathecambridge/ |
| Listening to music | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4B3j5YoaQk |
| I love meditating | For meditation: https://www.headspace.com/meditation/tips |
| Going on walks while listening to music (happy or sad playlists!) | This song sounds like sunshine! My happy/good vibes playlist (it’s not elite but I like the songs on it) |
| Lying down on my bed and just relaxing | Listening to this: https://open.spotify.com/album/16fMATKYNi10ChZuJj0dMd?si=cwazmJVLS0CezIagQDpv2w |
| Finding fun recipes to bake :) | https://www.bonappetit.com/recipe/tahini-billionaire-bars |
| Listening to instrumental music | This is the most relaxing playlist I’ve ever had the fortune to stumble upon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpnpZH_IY8I |
| I take 5 minutes to follow a guided meditation to ground myself | I took a freshman seminar called The Surprising Science of Happiness, and for one of our assignments we had to follow a guided meditation from this website: https://www.uclahealth.org/marc/body.cfm?id=22&iirf_redirect=1 I like to follow the 5-minute Breathing Meditation from here |
| Watching kdrama, anime and eating ice cream | Life goes on by BTS On The Ground by ROSE (stay grounded and everything will be okay because life goes on regardless) |
| Talking to a friend and Journaling | Headspace App |
| Reading books not assigned to me. Another thing I have done is made a list of random things I want to spontaneously do during the semester. When I have free time, I pick one of them to do. I have found this to be really energizing for me. | Some of my friends and I made a Book wish list https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q2kd76foSGtAvcwZwLnQZp2nP6kYJzBTk19q80E7saE/edit Book Rec$/Reading List |
| Working out, going to the gym, and reading the Bible | Headspace for meditation Really like searching up plans for the specific emotions/things I’m feeling during a particular time. |
