self-care
ISSUP Philippines' Christmas Offering
ISSUP Philippines would like to invite you to give a gift to yourself this December! Join this workshop to Pause, Reflect and Connect.
Worker wellbeing
Taking care of your health is important no matter what you do for a living. But when it comes to AOD work it’s all the more important. Working in the AOD sector can be very rewarding but the passion and dedication that drives many who work...
Self-Care Reading List
We put together this list of resources and reading for anyone interested in learning more about the importance of self-care and what it might look like in practice.
Vicarious Trauma
The term vicarious trauma (Perlman & Saakvitne, 1995), sometimes also called compassion fatigue, is the latest term that describes the phenomenon generally associated with the “cost of caring” for others (Figley, 1982). Other terms used for...
Work and Well-Being: A Guide for Addiction Professionals
This booklet identifies common workplace stressors for addiction professionals and offers evidence-based, practical strategies and resources to promote healthy lifestyles and productive professional lives. It is intended to assist agencies...
Practicing or Just Preaching? Self-Care for Addiction Professionals: Why It Counts and How to Do It
The principles of self-care are the same as for recovery, as exemplified by recovery-oriented systems of care. These principles promote a person-centred, strengths-based approach that helps people marshal the individual, social, and...
Burnout Prevention and Treatment
High levels of stress can result in feelings of helplessness, disillusionment, and exhaustion. Burnout is defined as a state of emotional, physical, and mental exhaustion caused by excessive and prolonged stress. The impact of burnout can...
Self-Care: 12 Ways to Take Better Care of Yourself
It is vital we practice self-care in order to protect our physical and mental wellbeing. Unfortunately, we fail to practice self-care, leading to fatigue, stress and ill-health. In this blog post, Tchiki Davis, Ph.D. describes the...
The Self-Care Matrix: A Unifying Framework for Self-Care
We are seeing a global rise in long-term noncommunicable diseases, linked with our inability to protect our own wellbeing. The World Health Organization defines self-care as: " the ability of individuals, families and communities to promote...
