Introducing Feel Good Friday    So you’ve probably noticed at ReachOut we really like to talk about self care and well-being. This is basically us on the daily -      While treating oneself is definitely a form of self care, it's not the full story. There’s good reason why we discuss how to care for ourselves on the regular. Just like learning to drive or cook, learning how to self care is a necessary life skill that helps us juggle the challenges life throws at us.    So...what actually is self care?   Self care is the act of mindfully preserving or improving ones health. What you do to preserve your health may be different to what you do to improve it. For example, you might take vitamins to build your immunity before flu season to preserve your health vs going to the doctor to get medication once your sick to improve your health.    With that said I'm sure we can all agree that "health" is a pretty broad term. So let's dig into it little deeper. If we take a holistic approach to our health we could say that our well being can be categorised into the following -    Physical:    Eating a balanced diet of nutritious food on a regular basis. Did you know when we don't eat regularly our moods are impacted?   Taking time to be "in your body". That could look like doing some light stretching, dancing around the house, having a hot shower or going for a run.  Treating yourself to some pampering. Moisturise your skin, do a facial or get your nails done.  Psychological:  This ones all about engaging and stimulating the brain.  Learn something new! (a language, an instrument or software)  Teach someone something you're good at  Journal. Writing about how we feel or whats going on for us helps us to process emotions.  Emotional:  Practise self compassion. This one can be a challenge but my tip is to pretend you are giving advice to a friend you really care about. What would you say to them if they were feeling how you are? Set boundaries and don't feel bad about it. We all have boundaries but struggle to let other people know. It feels really good to stick up for your needs and set an emotional boundary.  Try and think of your own affirmation - something supportive you can say to yourself each day.    There are lots of different activities you can do to maintain your well-being or pick yourself up when you're not feeling good. Here is a guide on self care if you ever get stuck.    I've touched on three forms of self care but there's also social and spiritual self care.    Activity:    Can you all give me some ideas for what social or spiritual self care would look like?    What can you do to determine what kind of self care you need?                          ... View more