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Why Is Self-Care Especially Important for Foster Parents?

By KVC West Virginia Staff — 2020

For parents, children can take up every waking thought and every ounce of energy outside of work. This is especially true for foster parents.

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Time Off: A Practical Guide to Building Your Rest Ethic and Finding Success Without the Stress

Discover the transformative power of leisure to recapture your calm and creativity. We live in a time where busyness is often seen as a badge of honor.

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John Fitch, Max Frenzel
2020
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The Fail-Safe Solopreneur: 6 Essential Practices to Manage Your Well-Being Working for Yourself

Working for yourself comes with many upsides - and downsides. The Fail-Safe Solopreneur is your survival guide for managing the downsides.

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Darren C. Joe
2021
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Creative Burnout | Do Nothing to Achieve More

On our recent trip to Croatia I made a film about #creativeburnout and the importance of taking a break. I started this year wanting to produce lots more of my own content but have really struggled finding what I want to do or how to do it.

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2018
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Notes to Self: A Journal for Self-Care

Self-care has become a buzzword--and a necessary part of life in our stressful and uncertain times. As this creative, insightful journal demonstrates on every page, self-care is whatever you want it to be. Taking a walk in nature. Meeting a friend for tea.

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Lisa Currie
2019
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Give Yourself Margin: A Guide to Rediscovering and Reconnecting with Your Creative Self

A gorgeously illustrated interactive guide to changing your mindset, rekindling creativity, and embracing imperfection. “Give yourself margin” is a sewing maxim about leaving enough excess fabric to account for potential mistakes.

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Stacie Bloomfield
2020
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Words of Wisdom: Alex Pang on the Importance of Rest

During a sabbatical, Alex Pang suddenly found himself to be much more productive than he usually was. When he started reading about the science of rest, he discovered that finding a balance between work and relaxation is the ultimate recipe for a valuable life.

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2018
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Radical Self Care: Terence Nance

Let’s hear how revolutionary artist and activist Terence Nance takes care of himself in these chaotic times.

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2018
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Rest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less

Overwork is the new normal. Rest is something to do when the important things are done—but they are never done.

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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
2018
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Finding Flow: The Psychology of Engagement with Everyday Life

Based on a far-reaching study of thousands of individuals, finding flow contends that we often walk through our days unaware and out of touch with our emotional lives.

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Mihály Csíkszentmihályi
1998
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