Self-care tips for fostering your emotional health

Maintaining a healthy relationship with yourself is important for your mental, physical and emotional health, and self-care will take you on a path to a healthier and happier you.

Self-care means different things to different people, so we have put together a list of free, short and easy-to-access self-care options to get you started.  

  1. Take a 5 minute self-compassion break with a guided recording created by self-compassion expert Kristen Neff.
  2. Book a free, confidential counselling appointment with UBC’s Employee and Family Assistance Program by calling 1 866 833 7690.
  3. Book resiliency coaching sessions with a career counsellor with UBC’s Employee and Family assistance Program. Call 1 866 833 7690 and ask for a resiliency coaching session with a career counsellor.
  4. Take an on-demand Overcoming burnout workshop.
  5. Attend a live wellbeing workshop and meet other like-minded people. 

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