1. Self Care for Professionals
Because You’re Worth IT!!

2. Self Care-Definition
In health care, self care is any necessary human regulatory function which is under individual control, deliberate and self-initiated. Some place self care on a continuum with health care providers at the opposite end to self care. In modern medicine, preventive medicine aligns most closely with self care.
Self care - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

3. Hmmmm…..

4. Put on your OWN Oxygen Mask First
Mother Theresa took 4 hours each morning to “connect” before she stepped foot into the day.
Pope John Paul took 3 ½ hours each morning of quiet time.
Did society say of them…those Lazy people…always thinking about themselves first!
Helping ourselves FIRST assures we are more able to provide service and assistance to those in our family, our workplace and our community.

5. What are you “feeding” yourself?
Take a moment to Breathe right now. Ask yourself a couple of quick questions.
How do I awaken in the morning?
What food do I eat throughout the day?
Where do I eat that food?
How do I feel when I do/don’t get everything checked off my daily list?
How do I reward myself after a long day at work?
How do I go to sleep at night?

6. Meditation as a Daily PRACTICE
Appetizer MEDITATION
Meditation as a Daily PRACTICE
If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything: it is open to everything. In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s mind there are few. ---Shunryu Suzuki---Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

7. Main Course MINDFULNESS
Where is your Mind?
Right NOW!!

8. Mindfulness…what is it?
The practice of Mindfulness involves being aware moment-to- moment, of one’s subjective conscious experience from a first- person perspective. Wikipedia
The awareness that arises by paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and non-judgmentally. Jon Kabat-Zin
7 Major Pillars of Mindfulness Practice –Jon Kabat-Zin
*non-judging *patience *beginners mind *trust *non-striving
*acceptance *letting go

9. Mindfulness as a Practice
Hourly Breathing---set an alarm
Check in with self—Where Am I?
Notice your mind as if you were an observer— without judgment!!
Find one activity in your daily routine to practice being mindful.
Baby steps…we learn to crawl before we learn to walk

10. Food for Thought

11. Self Care Dessert
Gratitude
for being your
BEST
Self!!

12. Play Time!

13. A few of Cindy’s Favorites
Meditation
Journey of Awakening- Ram Dass
Mindfulness
Full Catastrophe Living-Jon Kabat-Zin
Eckhart Tolle- The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle- A New Earth
Thich Nhat Hanh- Peace is Every Step
Spirituality
Michael Bernard Beckwith- The Answer is You
Wayne Dyer- There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem