Claim Your-SELF! (Administrating Self-Care)

2014 Administrative Professional’s Conference Keynote Address

Chaplain Wendy J. WycheApril 24, 2014

CONFERENCE TOPICS

• Technology• Organization• Compassion

WHO is taking care

of YOU?

Sound Familiar?

• Working too much, without enough time for relaxing and socializing

• Being expected to be too many things to too many people

• Taking on too many responsibilities, without enough help from others

• Not getting enough sleep • Lack of close, supportive relationships

How about this?• Feeling like you have little or no control over

your work • Lack of recognition or rewards for good work • Unclear or overly demanding job expectations • Doing work that’s monotonous or

unchallenging • Working in a chaotic or high-pressure

environment

Symptoms/Signs of Burnout• Feeling tired and drained most of the time • Lowered immunity, feeling sick a lot • Frequent headaches, back pain, muscle aches • Change in appetite or sleep habits • Sense of failure and self-doubt • Feeling helpless, trapped, and defeated • Detachment, feeling alone in the world • Loss of motivation

Symptoms/Signs of Burnout• Increasingly cynical and negative outlook • Decreased satisfaction and sense of accomplishment • Withdrawing from responsibilities • Isolating yourself from others • Procrastinating, taking longer to get things done • Using food, drugs, or alcohol to cope • Taking out your frustrations on others • Skipping work or coming in late and leaving early

Potential/Eventual Outcome• Every day is a bad day. • Caring about your work or home life seems like a

total waste of energy. • You’re exhausted all the time. • The majority of your day is spent on tasks you

find either mind-numbingly dull or overwhelming.

• You feel like nothing you do makes a difference or is appreciated.

WHO is taking care

of YOU?

In what ways are you starving yourself of what you need to live a rich and fulfilling life?

Vocational

Intellectual

Physical Emotional

EnvironmentalSpiritual

Social Cultural

WELLNESS

VOCATIONAL WELLNESS

Trade Occupation for Vocation

• Seek new ways of understanding purpose

• Nourish your professional affiliations and connections

• Continue to educate your interests and your passions. Be creative about your duties and responsibilities!

A NOTE ABOUT TECHNOLOGYHow Are You Using Technology

for Professional Wellness?

WELLNESS

EMOTIONAL

Nurturing Our Emotions

Protecting Our Emotions

What Kind of Messages Do You Tell Yourself?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ldAQ6Rh5ZI&sns=em

Messages to Ourselves

Do Our Tears Tell The Tale?

ENVIRONMENTAL WELLNESS

Organize

SPATIAL

TIME

Take Inventory

Do You Like Your Space???• Where you live and work needs to reflect

what is important and comforting to you• Space has an impact on emotional and

physical health• Your external is a reflection of your internal• Put the TIME IN ON THE FRONT END: Start a

room/space at a time • Make the investment

Space

• 1. Eradicate Clutter!!

• 2. Make Functional

• 3. Make Beautiful

TIME

MANAGE

TECHNOLOGYHow Are You Using Technology for

Environmental Wellness?

INTELLECTUAL WELLNESS

The Mind Stays Sharp with Use• Self Care of our minds requires that “we use them or indeed, we will lose

them.”• Practice using your memory skills.• Practice using your speaking skills.• Practice using your problem solving

skills.• Practice using your conversation skills.• Practice your organization skills.

TECHNOLOGYHow Are You Using Technology for

Intellectual Wellness?

SOCIAL AND

CULTURAL

WELLNESS

TECHNOLOGYHow Are You Using Technology for

Social and Cultural Wellness?

SPIRITUAL

WELLNESS

DEFINITIONS• Spirituality: concerns about the

ultimate meaning and values in life

• Religion: practices, beliefs and texts about the transcendent shared by a particular community

Spiritual Questions• Has my life mattered?

• How will I be remembered?

• What are my regrets?

• Who do I need to forgive?

• From whom do I need forgiveness?

• What matters to me? How do I feel in relation to the values, beliefs, and things that give my life meaning?

• How am I honoring and nurturing the spiritual aspects of my life?

TECHNOLOGYHow Are You Using Technology for

Spiritual Wellness?

PHYSICAL

WELLNESS

Treat Your Body With Respect,EVEN LOVE…

Get It Moving Every DayPractice the Rhythm of LifeRestReflectionRestEngagementRest

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Rest DailyExercise DailyHire a personal trainerGet physical therapyEat Healthy foodTake your meds

Just Do It

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Do What Your Physician Tells You• Schedule check-ups• Write down the information you get about

your health.• KEEP GOOD RECORDS EVERYWHERE!!

Passions, Hobbies, Interests

TECHNOLOGYHow Are You Using Technology for

Physical Wellness?

Vocational

Intellectual

Physical Emotional

EnvironmentalSpiritual

Social Cultural

WELLNESS

Compassion v. Selfishness

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