Self-Care & Stress
Being a VISTA comes with a whole host of stressors, limited budgets, moving to a new place, entering a new professional workplace, etc.. Self-care is more than just making sure you don't collapse due to stress. It's a commitment to recognizing what you do to take care of yourself, and being deliberate and thoughtful in protecting those activities and rituals, whatever they may be. Self-care is also highly individualized, what works for one person may not for another. The resources below are a great way to start your self-care journey!
Videos
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Avoiding Burnout During Service: This webinar from the VISTA Campus archives discusses how to identify and cope with the stress that comes from serving in AmeriCorps VISTA. |
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7 Daily Self-Care Habits to Feel Your Best: Sometimes we need a good reminder of the simple ways we can practice self-care. These 7 daily self-care habits will easily help you feel your best. |
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Mental Health, Stress, and Resilience:
This session explores how to identify and respond to stress, compassion fatigue, and other potentially more serious emotional and mental health issues. Learn how to take care of yourself, how to provide support to others, and what resources are available to ensure the emotional and mental well-being of VISTA members. |
Articles
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Self-Care Strategies:
Whether we're taking care of kids, aging parents, demanding partners, friends in crisis or taxing bosses, self-care is often tossed out the window. But many experts say that making room for our own needs is critical to enable us to care for others and keep going with calm and inner strength. This article contains a plethora of resources on finding self-care that works for you. |
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What Self-Care Is - And What It Isn't: Most of us know what self-care is, but knowing what self-care is not might be even more important. It is not something that we force ourselves to do, or something we don’t enjoy doing. As Agnes Wainman explained, self-care is “something that refuels us, rather than takes from us.” |
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Gratitude Journals: The short article discusses how to set up a gratitude journal, and why keeping one may be one of the keys to happiness. |
Resources
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Down Dog:
Yoga can be an amazing source of self-care, and the free Down Dog app helps you build your own personal yoga routine.
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Twilight:
Research suggests that exposure to blue light before sleep may distort your natural (circadian) rhythm and cause inability to fall asleep. Twilight is an app that filters out the blue spectrum on your phones screen after sunset, allowing you to relax easier. 
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Stop, Breathe & Think:
This app helps give you some time each day to step back, practice mindful breathing, and check-in with yourself about how you are thinking and feeling.
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