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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! 

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Self-care and work-life balance

September 2, 2024

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This week we celebrate Labor Day and the dedicated work that we all engage in. This is also a good time to reflect on our work-life balance in relation to our professional lives. Work-life balance is “bringing things into harmony. It’s not something that you can get, but something that you continually do,” according to Gustavo Razzetti, who is author of “The best way to find balance in your life” in a Psychology Today article. “Balance is not a destination, but a constant journey. You might feel out of balance from time to time, and that’s okay. Don’t approach it with a perfectionist mentality; accept the good enough.”  Read more

"True self-care"

August 26, 2024

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What is “true self-care” and how does it help us in our everyday lives? As discussed in a 2023 Psychology Today article, Psychiatrist Pooja Lakshmin states “that the heart of true self-care is this: Real self-care brings you closer to yourself.” This includes behaviors, feelings, and thoughts that support “the degree to which you feel true to yourself.” Dr. Lakshmin cites a meta-analysis from 2020 that found that “feeling true to yourself is associated with greater well-being and greater work engagement.”  Read more

Radical Self-care

August 19, 2024

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As we continue our commitment to social justice in our College of Education, it’s important to recognize the impact that this work can have on us. Radical self-care is an essential type of self-care in the face of racism, sexism, homophobia, audism, class, and other forms of oppression. Institutionalized and interpersonal racism causes grief, pain, and exhaustion. Exhaustion can also occur from working to make changes for the better. Radical self-care involves deep reflective work that prioritizes our own inner peace and commitment to take care of ourselves first before attempting to take care of others. Read more

Self-care and the Calm app

August 12, 2024

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As we get ready for a new academic year, I want to remind our college community at this busy time to always take care of yourselves! As one way to do this, CSUN continues to offer the Calm app for phones and computers free for all CSUN employees, including paid student assistants! In addition to short, guided meditations, this app offers specialized music playlists to help with stress and focus, mindful movement video and audio, relaxing Sleep Stories, tailored content for students and for children, wisdom-filled masterclasses led by experts, and much more. Read more

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