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Course Description

This course is designed to immerse students in experiential learning aimed at enhancing their well-being and happiness. The course emphasizes hands-on activities and real-life applications to explore themselves and various facets of self-care, including mental, physical, emotional, and social wellness. Students will engage in practical exercises that enhance their ability to manage stress, build resilience, and achieve a balanced, authentic life. This is a course that goes beyond simply examining self-care practices. It will open up an important level of understanding of themselves to bring about lasting and positive changes in their lives.

Course Outline

The course will be delivered over four weeks, with each 90-minute session dedicated to learning activities combined with group reflection and discussion.
Week-by-Week Breakdown:
Week 1: Immersive Introduction to Self-Care
?    Activity: Self-Care Assessment Workshop – Participants use interactive tools to identify their values, understand their needs and evaluate their current self-care practices.
?    Reflection: Group discussion on initial findings and expectations for the course.
Week 2: What gets in the way of self-care?
?    Learn: What stressors may create an unhealthy environment, the signs of a lack of self-care, how to build awareness in ourselves so we can more easily recognize stressors.
?    Activity: Identify what each individual’s triggers for heightened stress are as well as what may work for them personally to reduce the sensitivity to those triggers.
?    Exercise: Mindfulness- Listening exercise & hands-on practice with diaphragmatic breathing and progressive muscle relaxation.
Week 3: Self-Compassion & Self-Talk
?    Learn: How our self-talk and self-compassion has the greatest impact on our self-care success.
?    Activity: Assessment of our own level of self-compassion that we experience and a guide on how to increase the levels of grace and love we show ourselves.
?    Exercise: Changing your self-talk
Week 4: Integrating Self-Care and Reflection
?    Learn: Basics of how nutrition and exercise affect our ability to govern ourselves effectively.
?    Activity: Personal Growth Reflection – Participants share their self-care journey and insights gained throughout the course.
?    Exercise: Goal Setting and Action Plan – Develop personalized action plans for ongoing self-care practices.
Teaching Methods:
?    Interactive Workshops: Engaging, hands-on sessions designed to practice and integrate self-care techniques.
?    Group Reflections: Facilitated discussions to share experiences, insights, and provide mutual support.
?    Guided Exercises: Practical exercises including worksheets, assessments and videos to reinforce learning.
 

Notes

Course Objectives:
1.    Discover Personal Self-Care Needs: Participants will use experiential exercises and assessments to identify and understand their unique self-care needs as well as examine how self-compassion and affirming self-talk is a crucial component to that.
2.    Delve into the self: Through exercises, discussions and assessments participants will develop awareness of how their individual needs can be nurtured and met.
3.    Enhance Physical, Mental and Emotional Health: Through guided exercises, students will learn about and practice mindfulness, movement, stress management and develop self-awareness.
 
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