Self-care: Tips and Tools for Creating a Personal Self-care Plan

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1 COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES: Building Upon a Caring Community Monday, October 22, 2018 Self-care: Tips and Tools for Creating a Personal Self-care Plan Highlighting Essential Oils and their Role in Self-Care

2 Faculty/Presenter Disclosure Faculty: Jill Godin and Laurel Kirchner Relationships with financial interests: Grants/Research Support: not applicable Speakers Bureau/Honoraria: not applicable Consulting Fees: not applicable Patents: not applicable Other: Jill Godin is employed as a Licensed Practical Nurse at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Covenant Health Laurel Kirchner is employed as a Wellness Advisor in Occupational Health, Safety and Wellness, Covenant Health

3 Disclosure of Commercial / Financial Support Faculty: Jill Godin owns Essentials by Nature, a business which produces and natural, non-toxic, homemade products. Faculty: Laurel Kirchner. Not applicable. Mitigating Potential Bias Faculty: Jill Godin will not be marketing Essentials by Nature products. Her role is to provide expertise in the area of using essentials oils for self-care. Faculty: Laurel Kirchner. Not applicable.

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5 Self-care is investing time and energy in ways that personal physical, emotional and spiritual Self-Care needs met such that a person truly enjoys life and is equipped to deal with the challenges they face.

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7 When self-care is part of a person s lifestyle, they experience a positive sense of well-being that allows them to thrive not just survive.

8 Restore energy levels Stress-relief Joy Peace Stressor Energy drain Guilt

9 What is your favourite self-care practice?

10 Self-care includes practicing a healthy lifestyle, Dogs taking time and for meaningful best friends rest and renewal, make great and engaging reality in quality therapists. meaningful relationships.

11 Being physically active: Finding activities that feel like fun and not a chore!

12 Fueling wisely: The messages in the media are so confusing! One day eggs are bad for you and the next day eggs are a health food What the heck should you eat?

13 Quality sleep: Issues with sleep are the first sign that something is out of alignment related to one or more aspects of self-care.

14 Self-care means building a lifestyle and implementing practices that allow time for at least 7-8 hours of sleep every 24 hours. It means being in an emotional state that allows complete rest and relaxation on a regular basis.

15 Calming your mind ~ nurturing your spirit: essential oils, meditation, mindfulness, stress management, deep breathing and other spiritual practices

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17 How can we incorporate Essential Oils into our daily routine?? aromatherapy/diffuser massage oils use in the bath add to skin care products DIY cleaning products essential oil candles, roll-on s, body mists essential oil jewelry

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19 Peppermint Chamomile Grapefruit Lavender Rose Vetiver Clary Sage Bergamot Frankincense

20 Stop and smell the Roses Through the process of conditioned learning, smells can become associated with a particular event, place, person or experience. We may not even realize or be aware of a specific memory until it is triggered by a certain scent.

21 Creating Your Own Self-Care Plan

22 Hands-on Amanzonite Lava Aromatherapy Bracelet