Caring with Compassion

Tools to Support Self-Compassion, Part II

  • Remember this work is your choice—stay self-aware and honor if you need more attention toward your own well-being
  • Give yourself permission to pause
  • Take a breath, such as "two feet" breathing in, "one breath" breathing out
  • Look out a window
  • Place reminders in your office or through your phone to pause throughout the workday
  • Drink a glass of water and visualize it giving you well-deserved nourishment
  • Practice your chosen Relaxation Response methods, and be open to explore more
  • Do something slow and quiet every day
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