Topic Tuesday // Staying safe while supporting others // April 18, 7pm AEST

I am currently finding that I can only fulfill some of the elements of self-care. Trying to do something in each element is beyond my current personal limitiations. This is ok though - it is a work in progress and there are many factors involved for me that limit what I can actually achieve. This in itself is self-care in that I know my limitations and need to work around them to look after myself the best way I can in my current situation.

What a night! I'm so appreciative of how much everyone shared. I hope you all have found this session helpful.

I know it's been very fast-paced, making some of the questions that took a lot of consideration hard to answer. Tonight or in the coming days, if you are interested in the boundaries and holistic self-care planning, you can revisit this as much as you need.

As a reminder:

Questions to answer to help establish boundaries:

How to establish boundaries

• What we will and won’t engage in (what do I find triggering, frustrating, makes me angry)
• When do I offer support? How I can be in control of when I offer support? (structured time on the Forums, allocate time to call this person when you’re in a good state of mind)
• How do I offer support while still respecting my boundaries? What can I offer that won’t compromise my own wellbeing?

Holistic self-care plan.

List two self-care strategies for each bucket:

I wil leave this thread open if you want to post your answers here 🙂

Finally, there are ways in which we suggest forum members take care of themselves. We have added a new section here, which has some Forum specific information on self-care during matters of:

• upsetting posts
• addressing conflict

@kristin Thank you, I shall start looking for some around here. I am in Canberra. Also, I have only been here an hour or two. Don't worry about not knowing my situation 😛

Yes @Zoe7. I agree. 💜🤗

Thanks @NikNik. That was a super helpful discussion.

Thanks @NikNik you put a lot of work into that. Appreciated.

my slef care is visiting my mum,having epsom baths soaks @NikNik

and now I have a dietician , and i can feel the difference by changing my diet has made this month alone ,

Thanks @NikNik. Heaps of great discussion and helpful information here. I will need to reread all the posts and absorb more of it at a later time.