Description:  We and our students are faced with varying degrees of health, financial, and emotional changes as we all navigate the impact of the pandemic.  In this session, we will (1) provide some concrete examples of how to engage in self-care for ourselves,  (2) share some ideas about how to encourage our students to engage in self-care activities during these unprecedented and uncertain times, and (3) encourage you to share your own methods and examples.   Hosted By: Annie Crossland, Kristin Spencer, & Lisa D'Adamo-Weinstein (Associate Professor, Department of Arts & Media, SUNY Empire State College)  

1. Description: We and our students are faced with varying degrees of health, financial, and emotional changes as we all navigate the impact of the pandemic. In
this session, we will (1) provide some concrete examples of how to engage in self-care for ourselves, (2) share some ideas about how to encourage our students
to engage in self-care activities during these unprecedented and uncertain times, and (3) encourage you to share your own methods and examples.
Hosted By: Annie Crossland, Kristin Spencer, & Lisa D'Adamo-Weinstein (Associate Professor, Department of Arts & Media, SUNY Empire State College)

2. I can’t do it all.
I don’t have to be perfect.
I’m taking it…

3. What is self-care?
•Identify stressors
•Finding what is comforting for you
•Cascading emotions
•Recognizing vulnerability as a strength
•Personal boundaries
•Truth – what is the truth/what do I believe/what can I believe?
•Listen to your intuition

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5. Community & Connecting Focus
Who is your community/communities?
• Social distancing is not social isolation
• Self-talk & reframing

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7. • Assess and become aware of:
• Your own shifting emotions
• Your comfort/discomfort with technology
• Your support networks – home & work
• Your need for technologically mediated community
• Your need to disconnect and find “space”
• Your personal circumstances
• Your home “office” and your home “co-workers”

9. • What I can control (focus on these)
 My attitude
 Taking proper precautions for myself
 Social distancing for myself/family
 Staying home
 Limit my consumption of news/social
media
 Practicing loving kindness for myself
 My own reaction to compassion fatigue
• What I can’t control (so let them go)
 How long this will last
 Other people’s reactions
 Actions of others
 If other’s follow social distancing
protocols
 Amount of supplies at the store

10. • Understand it’s not all impacting us in the same way.
 Some of us have loved ones who are doctors, nurses, first responders,
delivery drivers, grocery store workers or other essential workers
 Some of us live alone and are completely isolated
 Some of us have now lost our jobs and are concerned about our finances
on top of the crisis
 Some of us are also parents and have to homeschool our children on top of
our regular daily tasks
• Be Kind to Others as well as Yourself

11. • Remember, that knowledge is power
 WGU – COVID-19 information for Faculty
 ESC resources https://www.esc.edu/safety-security/covid19/
 Your state should have something similar to NYS -
https://www.governor.ny.gov/
 Information from the CDC & WHO about the virus symptoms and how it
spreads.
• Reach out to others when you feel that you need emotional support.
 SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline (800) 985-5990- provides 24/7, 365-
day-a- year crisis counseling and support.
 Call the NAMI HelpLine at 800-950-NAMI (6264) Monday through
Friday, between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm EST for mental health resources.
• Additional Resources
 https://bit.ly/ESCConnectsSelfCareResources

12. https://www.headspace.com/ny
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/motivation-daily-quotes/id876080126
https://woebot.io/
https://insighttimer.com/

13. • Keep your regular morning schedule as much as possible, take a shower, get dressed
• Get outside
• Meditation
• Revisit a beloved hobby
• Get your kids involved in an activity to help others
• Virtual tours
• I invite you to participate or view - Creative Expressions - https://bit.ly/CreativeExpressionsVideoChannel
 Thursdays at 5pm Eastern/3pm Mountain - https://bit.ly/CreativeExpressionSeries

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• moment by moment
• on a continuum over time
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• Remember that raising your awareness that feeling good feels better helps you feel better
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• Take stock of “being” in the moment and not necessarily “doing” something

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 https://www.esc.edu/covid-19-student-faq/support/
In order to work effectively, direct requests for student support or
feedback to one email address only. Contacting multiple teams about
the same student situation causes duplicate work that slows down
response time. Advice for helping students with negative feedback is
available from the Social and Emotional Learning Team.
The Faculty Experience website continues to update their page
dedicated for COVID-19 information for Faculty.

16. I can’t do it all.
I don’t have to be perfect.
I’m taking it…