Weaving in Wellness: Infographics for Self-Care

• Main Authors: Adair Finucane, Mickey Sperlich, Whitney Mendel
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ralph W. Steen Library, Stephen F. Austin State University 2020-09-01
• Series: Journal of Human Services: Training, Research, and Practice
• Online Access: https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=jhstrp

Human service professionals are at risk for burnout, vicarious trauma (VT), and compassion fatigue (CF) throughout their careers, and contemporary levels of burnout, VT, and CF suggest a need for interventions. Engagement in mindfulness and self-care has been found to buffer these risks while increasing worker wellbeing. This article presents infographics intended for facilitating practical self-care engagement. The accompanying infographics provide guidance for mindful self-care behaviors woven into daily transitions. They present a low-cost means of promoting self-care strategies throughout agencies and organizations. This, along with minimal time commitments for each practice, makes these infographics an accessible intervention for human service professionals. These infographics may also act as a primer for more involved mindfulness and self-care training.