Hi Hanna,

I saw a Facebook post recently that listed the different types of rest we need to avoid burnout. I decided to consider these areas for my children and me and I did a kind of audit to see which areas need boosting up a bit if we can. I thought I’d share the one I did for myself in case it’s helpful for you and your family. I found it so helpful! I’ve already been to the woods for a walk by myself this week, booked a massage and used my phone less and I feel so good for having done these things. They are all things I already knew would help me but it wasn’t until I sat down and did this audit and wrote a plan that I actually took action.

If you have any parent self care tips I’d love to hear them please.

Hanna

Type of rest	Strategies that work me	Comments	Plan
Physical	Exercise	Ok	1 extra Pilates/week
	Nutrition	Good
	Sleep	Ok
	Massage	Occasional	Book a massage
Emotional	Therapy/support	Monthly
Emotional	Friends	Good support
Mental	Meditation	Good
	Time for doing nothing/listening to music	Not great, I like to be busy	Go for walk in the woods on my own weekly
	Block time away from work and switch off	Not great	Goal of no phone/emails for 1 weekend day
Social	Time alone	Ok – bath every night	Woods walk as above
Social	Time with easy-going like minded people	Ok	Plan wild swim with friend
Sensory	Time away from screens	Not great	Put phone in other room for few hours every night
	Time with low lighting, no noise, peace etc	Would like more nature time	Woods walk as above
	Favourite sensory supports – smells and teddy blanket	Love incense and candles	Use candles at bath time
Creative	Time and space to dream, to set goals etc	Rarely	Put a date in my diary where this is the focus
Creative	Holidays	Ok	Yorkshire trip coming up - take a nice notebook
Spiritual	Doing something meaningful	Good – feel fulfilled
Spiritual	Practicing gratitude/ mindfulness/meditation	Good at this