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Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hi there SANE Community,

We are very excited to announce that our next Topic Tuesday will be featuring the amazing @Shaz51 talking about self care for carers! Many of you will know @Shaz51 and her passion for carer wellbeing 🙂


Self care

Self care is a term that we speak about on the forums, so what does it mean? Self care is the activities that you do each day that promote your emotional, physical and social health.

Every person's self care will look different- it's as unique as we are. For carers, self care is an important part of maintaining wellbeing and preventing burnout. Often on the forums we hear about compassion fatigue, and the impact on wellbeing that can happen when we don't take time for ourselves.

This discussion will explore burnout and the role of self care in promoting wellbeing as a carer.

Please join us here on Tuesday the 20th of July 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm AEST to follow this conversation.

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New to the forums or want to get involved in this discussion? Check out the How To Guide for Topic Tuesdays.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Not a problem at all @Emelia8 You are more than welcome to check back in!

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Emelia8 So sorry for your loss Em xx

BB 🐰💙

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@znp jittery seems undertsandable when a loved one is in hospital. I really appreciate your taking the time out to join us tonight and hope you're able to get something valuable from the discussion 😊

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

im around but im really unwell tonight so i prob wont be able to join in much

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Sure thing @frog

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hi @Hal1,

Yes that's correct, this discussion is all text based. We will post a few questions as we go that you are welcome to answer, or you can ask @Shaz51 a question you might have about self care 🙂

To follow along, make sure to refresh your page to see the new responses

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Q1 What does self care mean to you?

To me, I always thought Self care had to be big but over the years I found that self-care can be small
Also, self-care, is caring for yourself. It’s doing what you need to do to take care of your everyday wellbeing physical and mental aspects to prevent Carer’s burnout and carers Fatigue

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

In terms of self-care, what do you all recommend for a quick "jittery" fix? I've tried lamingtons but didn't work.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@znp Sorry to here your son is in hospital xx

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Self Care for Carers // Tues 20th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

I hear you Mindy. Ever struggle with the small talk question 'How are you?' when your whole world is a dark cloud of worry? Hugs.
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