Non-Diety Self-Care Challenge

The non-diety self-care challenge is for anyone who wants to improve some of their self-care practices in a supportive and accountable space.

PURPOSE & GOAL:

To assess what self-care means to you, why it’s important, and how incorporating certain self-care practices will be of benefit to you
To begin taking small steps towards a more (perceived) challenging self-care activity
To have support and accountability for implementing self-care practices
The self-care challenge is:
- Non-diety
- Non-punishy
- Non-judgy
- Non-shouldy
- Non-shamy
That means that there is no pass or fail, successful or not successful, etc.
Sometimes we have the best of intentions for ourselves, and sometimes it (implementing that intention) isn't available to us. Get curious instead of going straight for the self-judgement (i.e. it's because I'm a lazy person).

THE CHALLENGE:

21 Days
June 12- July 2
$22
Choose 1 or more self-care activities you want to practice (from the list or not)
Join the Self-Care Challenge Facebook group

HOW TO CHOOSE A SELF-CARE ACTIVITY

Choose 1-3 self-care activities. Feel free to select from different categories.
Think about your basic needs. Are you meeting them?
Determine why the self-care activities you chose are important to you.
Is there a habit that you've been wanting to change for a while (i.e. screen use)?
Do you want to cut back on drinking?
Do you feel like fun is missing in your life? Have you thought about taking a dance or art class but feel silly about it. Like it's not a 'responsible' thing to do?
Is your body craving more movement?
Do you feel it's time to get started on your creative projects?

HOW NOT TO CHOOSE A SELF-CARE ACTIVITY (PREFERABLY)

Try to not choose a self-care activity based on following public health advice (i.e. eat 5 vegetables daily, 2 drinks a week, etc.) because this makes it more of a "shouldy" goal (i.e. a New Year's Resolution type goal -> I'm going to start eating 5 vegetables daily because 'I should'). Think about YOUR unique needs.

For example:
- Cut back on drinking because you don't feel great the way you're drinking now (you're often tired, foggy-brained, anxious, etc)
- Eat at least one fruit daily because you love fruit, and your body feels good when you have a fruit, and for whatever reason you haven't been eating fruit (this is me!)
- Move your body/exercise because it feels really good physically and mentally when you do it in a way that's enjoyable

Don't be too ambitious. Focus on a couple. It's tempting to want to do them all.

Try not to choose more than one challenging activity (like getting started on your creative project, learning a new language, or creating firmer boundaries with family).

Don't choose anything that feels like a punishment, like trying to eat 10 servings of vegetables a day, or taking up daily running, or doing a cleanse, or anything you don't enjoy doing. Depending on your activity, you may experience a little resistance (i.e. getting up at 5:30am to view the sunrise or setting firmer work boundaries). Please determine what is a little healthy resistance versus outright dread. Remember, this is a SELF-CARE challenge.

Finally, this isn't a New Year's Resolution challenge. Beware of approaching self-care this way, like making checklists of your new self-care activities, etc. If your self-care activity isn't feeling good, let it go. It wasn't what you needed. Continue reflecting on what you really need.

There are three self-care categories to choose from (they aren't mutually exclusive, just in case). These are some suggested self-care practices:

1. HABITS

2. FUN/ENGAGING/RELAXING

3. MINDSET/PERSONAL GROWTH