Claim Your-SELF!
(Administrating Self-Care)
2014 Administrative Professional’s
Conference Keynote Address
Chaplain Wendy J. Wyche
April 24, 2014
CONFERENCE TOPICS
• Technology
• Organization
• Compassion
WHO is
taking care
of YOU?
Sound Familiar?
• Working too much, without enough time for
relaxing and socializing
• Being expected to be too many things to too
many people
• Taking on too many responsibilities, without
enough help from others
• Not getting enough sleep
• Lack of close, supportive relationships
How about this?
• Feeling like you have little or no control over
your work
• Lack of recognition or rewards for good work
• Unclear or overly demanding job expectations
• Doing work that’s monotonous or
unchallenging
• Working in a chaotic or high-pressure
environment
Symptoms/Signs of Burnout
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Feeling tired and drained most of the time
Lowered immunity, feeling sick a lot
Frequent headaches, back pain, muscle aches
Change in appetite or sleep habits
Sense of failure and self-doubt
Feeling helpless, trapped, and defeated
Detachment, feeling alone in the world
Loss of motivation
Symptoms/Signs of Burnout
• Increasingly cynical and negative outlook
• Decreased satisfaction and sense of
accomplishment
• Withdrawing from responsibilities
• Isolating yourself from others
• Procrastinating, taking longer to get things done
• Using food, drugs, or alcohol to cope
• Taking out your frustrations on others
• Skipping work or coming in late and leaving early
Potential/Eventual Outcome
• Every day is a bad day.
• Caring about your work or home life seems
like a total waste of energy.
• You’re exhausted all the time.
• The majority of your day is spent on tasks you
find either mind-numbingly dull or
overwhelming.
• You feel like nothing you do makes a
difference or is appreciated.
WHO is
taking care
of YOU?
In what ways are you starving
yourself of what you need to
live a rich and fulfilling life?
Vocational
Emotional
Physical
WELLNESS
Spiritual
Social Cultural
Environmental
Intellectual
VOCATIONAL
WELLNESS
Trade Occupation for Vocation
• Seek new ways of understanding purpose
• Nourish your professional affiliations and
connections
• Continue to educate your interests and your
passions. Be creative about your duties and
responsibilities!
A NOTE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY
How Are You Using Technology
for Professional Wellness?
EMOTIONAL
WELLNESS
Nurturing Our Emotions
Protecting Our Emotions
What Kind of Messages
Do You Tell Yourself?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ldAQ6Rh
5ZI&sns=em
Messages to Ourselves
Do Our Tears Tell The Tale?
ENVIRONMENTAL
WELLNESS
Organize
SPATIAL
TIME
Take Inventory
Do You Like Your Space???
• Where you live and work needs to reflect
what is important and comforting to you
• Space has an impact on emotional and
physical health
• Your external is a reflection of your internal
• Put the TIME IN ON THE FRONT END: Start a
room/space at a time
• Make the investment
Space
• 1. Eradicate Clutter!!
• 2. Make Functional
• 3. Make Beautiful
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TECHNOLOGY
How Are You Using Technology for
Environmental Wellness?
INTELLECTUAL
WELLNESS
The Mind Stays Sharp with Use
• Self Care of our minds requires that
“we use them or indeed, we will
lose them.”
• Practice using your memory skills.
• Practice using your speaking skills.
• Practice using your problem solving
skills.
• Practice using your conversation
skills.
• Practice your organization skills.
TECHNOLOGY
How Are You Using Technology for
Intellectual Wellness?
SOCIAL
AND
CULTURAL
WELLNESS
TECHNOLOGY
How Are You Using Technology for
Social and Cultural Wellness?
SPIRITUAL
WELLNESS
DEFINITIONS
• Spirituality: concerns about the
ultimate meaning and values in life
• Religion: practices, beliefs and texts
about the transcendent shared by a
particular community
Spiritual Questions
• Has my life mattered?
• How will I be remembered?
• What are my regrets?
• Who do I need to forgive?
• From whom do I need forgiveness?
• What matters to me? How do I feel in relation to the
values, beliefs, and things that give my life meaning?
• How am I honoring and nurturing the spiritual aspects of
my life?
TECHNOLOGY
How Are You Using Technology for
Spiritual Wellness?
PHYSICAL
WELLNESS
Treat Your Body With Respect,
EVEN LOVE…
Get It Moving Every Day
Practice the Rhythm of Life
Rest
Reflection
Rest
Engagement
Rest
Just Do It
Rest Daily
Exercise Daily
Hire a personal trainer
Get physical therapy
Eat Healthy food
Take your meds
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Do What Your Physician Tells You
• Schedule check-ups
• Write down the information you get about
your health.
• KEEP GOOD RECORDS EVERYWHERE!!
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Passions, Hobbies, Interests
TECHNOLOGY
How Are You Using Technology for
Physical Wellness?
Vocational
Emotional
Physical
WELLNESS
Spiritual
Social Cultural
Environmental
Intellectual
Compassion v. Selfishness
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