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Self-Care

Resources are meant to help one brainstorm and explore options that may be suitable on the journey to wellness. However, resources listed are not meant as a replacement for professional help.

Only completely free apps with both iPhone/Android versions are listed.

  • Download a Wellness Inventory (pdf)

Sleep Hygiene

Aim for no caffeine (as close to) 10 hours before bed.

  • 3 hours before bed: No more big meals or alcohol consumption

  • 2 hours before bed: No more work/career/school responsibilities

  • 1 hour before bed: No more screen time (turn off all phones, TVs. tablets, and computers)

Aim to press that snooze button zero times!

Mindfulness

Yoga

Free yoga workouts, typically with minimal time investment

Self-Care Brainstorming

  • Axe throwing room
  • Bake
  • Barefeet in grass or sand
  • Batting cages
  • Board games
  • Bowling alley
  • Boxing
  • Buy a new soap that smells nice for the shower
  • Cat Cafe
  • Cleaning
  • Color
  • Cook
  • Eat simple meals
  • Eating fruits and veggies
  • Exercise
  • Farmers market
  • Fishing
  • Foam rollers
  • Gardening
  • Getting out in nature
  • Go for a bike ride
  • GroupOn
  • Hang out at a cat cafe
  • Help someone else
  • Hiking
  • Hula hooping
  • Ice cream potluck
  • Ice pack on face (helps raise alertness and grounds yourself)
  • Ice skating
    Jenga
  • Kayaking
  • Kickboxing
  • Learn a language (Duolingo is free)
  • Learn a new skill (EDx is free)
  • Make a plan for the day
  • Making something with your hands (knitting, fixing something, craft)
  • Making a list of small tasks and crossing it off (even things like taking a shower, brushing teeth)
  • Meditation
  • Mindfulness
  • Miniature golf
  • Origami
  • Pet an animal
  • Photography
  • Playdough
  • Playing in the dirt (there are microbes in dirt that increase serotonin)
  • Positive affirmations
  • Puzzles
    Read
  • Rock climbing
  • Rock picking
  • Roller skating rink
  • Scavenger hunt
  • Seeing friends
  • Self defense class
  • Sending a message of thanks to a friend
  • Sewing
    Sidewalk chalk (buy some and play a game of hopscotch)
  • Silly putty
  • Sing in shower or car
  • Sitting outside in sun
  • Sit outside
  • Sleep
  • Smoothie timeout (buy a smoothie and do nothing until you are done drinking it)
  • Sound Healing
  • Swing at a playground
  • Take a walk
  • Teeter totter on a playground
  • Thrifting
    Use heating packs with essential oils
  • Video games
  • Zoo