How often do you think of values when you think about self-care?  If you’re like many of us, probably not very often or at all.  Yet the reality is our values can play a huge role in our self-care, whether we think about them or not.  In this week's episode we explore three important ways values are related to self-care.  

And although most of the time connecting with our values is truly a valuable thing to do, you might also be surprised to hear that sometimes values can actually get in the way of our self-care.  So we hope you will stick around to hear more about how we can get our values to work for us, not against us!    

Episode Highlights:

• 3 ways values can impact our work life and self-care
  • Values and our work setting
  • Self-care as value-driven 
  • Value-driven work and burnout

Self-Care Experiments:

• Ideal work day
• Relationship values
• Planning for getting wet

Resources mentioned:

• Book:  Values in Therapy by Drs. Jenna LeJeune and Jason Luoma
• Book:  The Resilience Plan by Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier
• Our past podcast interview with Dr. Marie-Helene Pelletier
• Visit our website to get your own copy of our FREE 4 C's Self-Care Assessment:  https://www.intentionaltherapist.ca

Connect with Melissa & Karen at Intentional Therapist:
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmelissatiessen/

Share one of your own self-care experiments via our SpeakPipe page at: https://www.speakpipe.com/intentionaltherapist

Ready to upgrade your self-care? Check out the independent study version of our course, Thrivival Skills for Therapists, and earn 3 CE credits! Because self-care is PART OF our jobs! More info at: https://intentional-therapist.newzenler.com/courses/thrivival-skills-for-therapists-independent-study

Disclaimer: This podcast seeks to be educational in purpose and is not to be used as clinical advice. Please connect with a therapist one-on-one for personalized support.