Self-Care Strategies Quiz

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Establishing or maintaining social connections with others outside of your role as a caregiver may provide a sense of relief and enjoyment.

Socialize with Others

Taking some time to 'check-in with yourself' by reflecting or relaxing alone can be soothing. Time alone provides an opportunity to reflect on your experiences and stressors and recharge or rejuvenate your spirits.

Time Alone

Participating in clubs or groups is a great way to connect with others over shared interests and broaden your social circle.

Community Interest Group

Support groups provide an opportunity to share challenges and solutions with other caregivers. Support groups may be led by social workers, psychologists, or other caregivers.

Caregiver Support Group

Reading engages the mind. The content you read often teaches you something and leisurely reading a topic of interest is satisfying.

Reading

Thinking games such as brainteasers can energize your brain and be enjoyable to complete. 

Solve Puzzles

Podcasts are audio recordings of conversations, interviews, and stories on a range of topics. Podcasts can considered ‘on-demand radio' for mobile devices and computers.

Podcasts

TV shows and movies are convenient distractions from reality. Moderately watching feel-good, go-to shows can feel comforting. 

Television Shows and Movies

Casual video games are considered fun, quick to access, easy to learn, and do not require long time commitments to play. 

Casual Video Games

Jogging is an aerobic activity that can be an effective way to improve or maintain cardiovascular health, muscle strength, and mental wellness.

Jogging

Walking is one of the most accessible forms of exercise. Walking can be done alone or with others, and modified in speed and length, making it an appealing activity for people with a wide range of abilities. Walking is an inexpensive form of exercise that requires little equipment to participate.

Walking

Yoga is an ancient mind-body practice combining controlled postures, intentional breathing, and meditation. There are different types of yoga for all activity levels, ranging from gentle and relaxing to physically intense. 

Yoga

Gardening is the process of growing and nurturing plants. It involves many aspects, including soil maintenance, weeding, trimming, watering, and harvesting.

Gardening

Swimming is the act of moving through water using one's own body. There are different types of swimming, including lane swimming or Aquafit.

Swimming

Tai Chi is a Chinese martial art that focuses on slow, fluid movements and intentional breathing. 

Tai Chi

Religious services is a broad term to describe a regular devotion to worship a higher being. These services look different for each religion but share common elements of faith teachings and community.

Religious Services

Engaging with spiritual music includes listening to, singing, or performing songs with a faith-based focus.

Spiritual Music

Nature is the naturally created components of our environment. This includes plants, animals, and landscapes. For many, time in the natural environment acts as a stress release and a place for spiritual connection. Examples of nature are diverse; they can vary from the pristine wilderness in a protected park to plants in manicured gardens.

Time in Nature

Meditation describes the intentional dedication of time towards identifying and acknowledging personal thoughts and feelings in non-judgemental ways. 
Meditation practices vary from physical exercises such as yoga to methods that require stillness such as deep breathing, guided imagery or body scans. These goals may include relaxation, pain management, spiritual growth, self-awareness, coping with stress, and more.

Meditation

Painting and colouring are both examples of expressive art.

Painting/Colouring

Journaling is the process of documenting personal thoughts and feelings. Journaling can be structured by answering specific questions, or unstructured, with the freedom to write whatever comes to mind.

Journaling

Scrapbooking involves compiling photos and mementos into an album to remember a person, time, or event. 

Scrapbooking

Aromatherapy uses essential oils to achieve therapeutic results. Essential oils can be massaged into targeted areas on the body or inhaled through the use of a diffuser. They can be used as a response to a current issue such as stress and pain, or as comfort or preventative approach.

Aromatherapy

Listening to music can be an active experience that involves a focus on each note or song lyric, or can be passive, and experienced "in the background" when completing other activities. Listening to music can be done alone, in groups, live, or through music playing devices.