Practicing Self-Care (Core Competencies: 1.2; 1.6; 1.7; 2.5; 3.5; 3.7; 4.2; 4.6; 4.15; 4.17)
Providing peer support in a professional role can be emotionally complex and stressful. At times, it can be draining and depleting. Practicing self-care or nurturing community connection is critical for those offering peer support. To be effective, you must be able to show up present and attentive to another's need. This means you must recognize your own needs and seek to take care of yourself. This is a solitary writing activity. List ways that you practice self-care or nurture your community connection. How do you take care of yourself or connect with your community on a regular or daily basis? Please be specific. Leaning into discomfort and brave space In this course, real, sensitive, and delicate topics will be explored that can arouse strong emotions or present challenges. Various topics that will be explored include historical and collective trauma, supporting people considering suicide, diagnosis, the effects of stigma, systemic marginalization and oppression, and involuntary commitment. If some of these terms are unfamiliar to you, an excellent glossary of terms related to equity is found at Racial Equity Tools: https://www.racialequitytools.org/glossary. It will be important for participants and facilitators alike to actively lean into uncomfortable conversations and new perspectives. This part of the co-learning process is important in peer support. Earlier in this section, community learning considerations were explored to support a safer learning space. Now, it’s time to ask the question, “Why do we want to support a sense of safety?” A physical sense of safety is vital to supporting participants and facilitators in taking risks, sharing with honesty and vulnerability, speaking up for their own and the group’s collective needs, as well as courageously addressing missteps or conflict. This is called a brave space. What are some ways that you can take care of yourself or intentionally connect with community while remaining actively engaged in learning through full participation?
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