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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 the arts in apocalypic times

July 6, 2020

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As we continue the journey through truly apocalyptic times, we find ourselves in a critical moment to make changes for the better. Messages echo through the media, especially during this last weekend, of choices we can make to move our world to a better place. Some of the most poignant messages about where we have come from and how we can move forward can be found in the arts-videos, signage, paintings, films, and music. These messages plead for us to be better informed and to find our way to a place of peace, acceptance, equity, kindness, togetherness, and compassion. Self-care can involve emersion in the arts to inform and inspire us. Read more

Self-care and the meaning of the 4th of July

June 29, 2020

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The 4th of July holiday this week comes as a thankful opportunity to rest, and enjoy family and friends. This holiday takes on deeper meaning as our country and our college contemplate just what the constitution of America stands for, as well as the ongoing press to change toward equal social justice for all in our current lens of anti-black racism.  Read more

Self-Care for Politically Charged Times

June 22, 2020

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I recently read an article that reminded me of why it is so important to engage in self-care, especially as we face these challenging times of a pandemic and racism in America. The author Shelley Tygielski of this article entitled, “The Five Rules of Self-care” in the journal Mindful, assets “Being whole and meeting our own emotional and physical needs first is the only way we will build the world we want to see in the future.”  Read more

Self-care, compassion, and PRIDE month

June 15, 2020

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Ongoing protests due to anti-Black racism in America continue to send a message of anger and pain over the need for change. These protests signal that enough is enough. Another message also is emerging, one of compassion. Compassion for those victims who have repeatedly experienced injustices, compassion for those facing their own implicit biases and privilege and now choosing to speak out for change, compassion for one another as we move through this ugly time together to work toward a better, more just world. Read more

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