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Self-Care – Part 2: Developing ‘Self-Understanding’
In the first article in this series of 4 on ‘Self-Care’, I looked at a definition of ‘self’ as defined by Atkinson and Field (1995) as ‘I am’. I also mentioned that internal and external factors including life circumstances and relationships as being influential in...
Self-Care – Part 1: What is the ‘Self’?
This is a huge question with an extensive philosophical history ranging from Augustine, through Descartes and Post-modern thinkers, the history of which I am not going to cover here. Sorry for all those of you are a fascinated to delve deeper. There are however some...
Self-Care – Introduction
How successful are you at doing effective self-care? Self-care that encourages, refreshes and energises you.For many of us it can be a huge effort to just get motivated. Self-care can be more about adding to an already hectic routine, a help to make us feel good,...
Wreck-reation or Re-creation
For most of us doing recreation is about having fun, doing hobbies, taking time out, spending time with friends, family, or just being intentional about not doing work.Recently I have been thinking about the word “Recreation”. Random I know but that little word just...