Have a Daily Dose of Self-Care During Self-Care Awareness Month This September
by Erlene Grise-Owens, EdD, LCSW, MSW, MRE, lead co-editor of The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals
September is Self-Care Awareness Month. Also, this month marks the six-year anniversary of this Self-Care, A-Z blog. Since its inception, this blog has discussed a range of topics that inform and promote wholistic, expansive self-care. As articulated in its initial post, the blog is a forum for sharing successes, struggles, and strategies—with dozens of guest contributors.
In celebration of this anniversary and of September as Self-Care Awareness Month, we invite you to deepen awareness and activation of self-care. The calendar (below) provides a daily dose of self-care, with a link to a brief blog post to expand your understanding of self-care and how to integrate it as a lifestyle. Please, use this resource and share it with others!
The sampling of posts used in this calendar represents an extensive repository of resources to support self-care. While you’re on the blog site, check out other posts that may resonate with your self-care journey.
To use the calendar links, download the PDF version of the September Self-Care Calendar for 2022, or use the links below.
Self-Care September: A-Z in 1, 2, 3…2022
September 1: It’s time to RESET self-care
September 2: Aha! Self-Care is how we care for ourselves
September 3: Debunk Self-Care Myths NOW
September 4: Cheap ways to enrich Self-Care
September 5: Leisure is a Human Right
September 6: Self-Care: How we get our JOY back
September 7: Self-Care: from Self-Less to Self-FULL
September 8: Try a new Lens for “C”ing Self-Care
September 9: Self-Care: It’s how we work
September 10: Be
September 11: Grand Rules for Self-Care
September 12: Self-Care includes grief
September 13: Liberatory Self-Care
September 14: Self-Care in a Crisis (& beyond)
September 15: Stop Shoulding on Self-Care
September 16: Financial Self-Care adds up
September 17: Hurrah for Good Enough Self-Care
September 18: Re-claiming Self-Care in the Dark
September 19: Self-Care doesn’t always feel good
September 20: Be Mindful of Self-Care
September 21: Self-Care: It’s for Humans
September 22: Welcome Autumn!
September 23: Self-Care: Review “R” essentials
September 24: But, I Love my JOB
September 25: Home-making: Unrecognized Self-Care
September 26: Self-Care: Finding Solitude
September 27: Anchor in Awe
September 28: Self-Care: Listen to Lizzo
September 29: Self-Care Rituals
September 30: Make Self-Care a Habit
As the blog enters a “new year,” please continue reading and sharing it to promote self-care. And, consider contributing a guest post. Together, let’s re-story self-care as a normative lifestyle. #SelfCareMovement!
Peace, Love, & Self-Care, Erlene
Erlene Grise-Owens, EdD, LCSW, MSW, MRE, is a Partner in The Wellness Group, ETC. This LLC provides evaluation, training, and consultation for organizational wellness and practitioner well-being. Dr. Grise-Owens is lead editor of The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals. As a former faculty member and graduate program director, she and a small (but mighty!) group of colleagues implemented an initiative to promote self-care as part of the social work education curriculum. Previously, she served in clinical and administrative roles. She has experience with navigating toxicity and dysfunction, up-close and personal! Likewise, as an educator, she saw students enter the field and quickly burn out. As a dedicated social worker, she believes the well-being of practitioners is a matter of social justice and human rights. Thus, she is on a mission to promote self-care and wellness!