Jody Mountcastle LCSW presents Mindful Self-Care
Resources:
Description of Dr. Herbert Benson’s Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Video of Dr. Benson teaching how to evoke the relaxation response
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBCsFuoFRp8
Psychology Today article about beginning mindfulness
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-be-yourself/201707/mindfulness-beginners
Apps to relax and practice mindfulness
https://www.mindful.org/free-mindfulness-apps-worthy-of-your-attention/
Here is an assessment tool to be reviewed with curiosity rather than should/shame.
It lists a number of tasks we can undertake each day to care for ourselves.