Well Beyond Self-Care: Pragmatic Self-Improvement Series (Part 1)

We have heard a lot about “self-care”, this basic idea which is, shocker, we should take care of ourselves. As leaders, coaches, and humans, we are both experiencing and helping others who are experiencing frustration, change, conflict, frustration, unfair situations, disappointment, inconsistency, lack of autonomy, and more. How do we do our job and not get burned-out or stressed? Is it even possible? The most common tip I hear is “drink water”, and while that is very important, it is insufficient. People know they should drink enough water and don’t (telling them has not solved the issue either). You can apply this same thinking to many other tips.

During this session, we will first dig into the core things people ‘know’ and look into how they resonate and are adopted. We will then take a deeper dive into another level of options that go beyond these initial core tips and ideas. Many of these ideas will not be totally new to you, however many people don’t associate some of these with ‘self-care’, hence the use of ‘self-improvement’. Additionally, even less people focus on them. In the end, we want to start to understand what might actually be useful to do and begin to look at what might be holding us back.