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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 recognizing trauma

October 25, 2021

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Trauma due to the pandemic may likely cause a widespread mental health challenge. When felt on the community level, people may question the future as a whole. The first step to addressing trauma is recognizing the existence of trauma, according to psychiatrist Dr. Julian Lagoy. “The current COVID-19 pandemic has qualities that qualify as a traumatic experience, like Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as it takes a physical and emotional toll on many people.” According to Lagoy, one of the indicators of STSD trauma “is seeing the world as a dangerous place. Read more

Self-care and Silver Linings

October 18, 2021

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Public health officials, doctors, therapists and researchers have observed that the pandemic is providing unexpected, yet positive, impacts due to the major shifts in human behavior, interaction and thought. COVID is currently responsible for over 241 million cases and 4.9 million deaths, globally, according to John Hopkins Coronavirus Research Center. Yet despite these sobering statistics and the person impact of this time, there are silver linings to what we have experienced.  Read more

Self-care: Prolonged grief during COVID

October 11, 2021

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“COVID Has Put the World at Risk of Prolonged Grief Disorder” according to Katherine Harmon Courage, as indicated in her May, 2021 article in Scientific American. She states, “A March 2021 poll from the Associated Press–NORC (AP-NORC) Center for Public Affairs Research found that about 20 percent of people surveyed in the U.S. had lost a relative or close friend to COVID. That means a potential bereaved population of about 65 million, and it could push numbers of new prolonged grief cases into the millions.” This can lead to a psychiatric state called prolonged grief disorder, which can last for a long time after a loss. Read more

Self-care: Resilience toolkit

October 4, 2021

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Part of self-care involves finding ways to increase resiliency under stress. The Executive Director of the Global Center for Resiliency and Well-Being, Dr. Amid Sood, has created a resilience toolkit filled with evidence-based options, which he discusses in his January 2021 article “Your 10-Point Self-Care Plan for Boosting Resilience This COVID-19 Winter” published in Everyday Health.  Read more

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