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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: Living with uncertainty

January 24, 2022

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After nearly two years of pandemic chaos, the omicron variant has thrown a road block in front of what we hoped would finally be post-pandemic life. “Wait and see” is the new mantra. Planning is incredibly difficult, from returning to the new semester to planning personal gatherings and activities. And research shows that all this uncertainty can cause massive stress. “The human brain doesn’t cope well with uncertainty” according to Heidi Grant and Tal Goldhamer in an article in the Harvard Business Review. Read more

Self-Care and Martin Luther King Day

January 17, 2022

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This week we celebrate Martin Luther King Day and are reminded that one important way to engage in self-care is by giving back through civil rights community service. In a recent CNN article, Ryan Bergeron offers ideas to help the world honor of Dr. King, including learning from his legacy, funding social justice initiatives, and just doing something good. Read more

Coping with Omicron in the new year

January 10, 2022

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Just when we were looking forward to a wonderful new year with increasing safety, the next pandemic surge arrived. And as we once again retreat with heightened protection, many of us are feeling anxiety and emotional exhaustion. Read more

Self-care: Finding Joy

December 13, 2021

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‘Tis the season for joy, and especially as an anecdote for adversity, what better way to experience self-care than through finding joy right now? In a 2020 YouTube Obama Foundation video, former First Lady Michelle Obama discussed why experiencing joy is so valuable. “What happens in your darkest hour? It’s true, those times will come, and there isn’t a magic answer to that,” Obama said. “But if you have been thoughtful in your life and you understand how to bring yourself joy, that’s what gets you through it. It doesn’t mean that the dark day didn’t happen. It means that because you’ve planned joy, joy is coming. But a lot of times we plan work, that’s what we’re taught to do, but we’re not taught to plan our lives and plan our joy.”  Read more

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