7. Personal Wellbeing

What Will You Learn?

• 1. Importance of Self-Care for TRS: TRS must prioritize self-care to effectively support others, recognizing the need to stay calm, avoid triggers, and maintain personal well-being.
• 2. Ways to Ensure Personal Well-being: Strategies include rest, hydration, reaching out to friends, spending time in nature, meditation, physical activity, healthy eating, therapy, creative pursuits, social connections, journaling, and regular relaxation.
• 3. Creating a Wellness Plan: A wellness plan is essential for managing challenges and supporting personal well-being, serving as a toolkit for navigating difficulties and staying prepared to help others.
• 4. Connection: Questions explore preferences in social connections, attitudes towards counseling, and identifying supportive individuals for regular interactions.
• 5. Physical Goals: Considerations include preferred physical activities, eating habits, vitamin intake, and engagement in sports or outdoor activities.
• 6. Emotional Well-being: Reflections on managing anger, identifying triggers, journaling for emotional processing, fostering positive thinking, and achieving small victories.
• 7. Spirituality: Exploring comfort zones, memorable moments in nature, and personal understandings of spirituality.
• 8. Developing Self-Sufficiency and Daily Living: Considerations include financial habits, responsibilities at work or in the community, sleep patterns, sleep hygiene, and creating an ideal living environment.