Individual Resilience: Taking Care of Ourselves IS Taking Care of Others

In this episode, we explore how from the lens of mainstream society, the idea of self-care can be off-putting.  It is only when we slow down and see things through an alternate perspective, reminding ourselves that taking care of ourselves is where we can better care for others more effectively, that’s where we are reminded to extend grace to each other (and extend it to ourselves!) in a good way. When we can care for ourselves well, we can care for each other even better.   This is the power of relationship and connection exemplified.  

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Acknowledgements: The Remembering Resilience podcast episodes include content that may bring up a strong emotional response. Please do what you need to take care of yourself while you listen, and perhaps think of someone you could call for emotional support if necessary. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (800-273-8255) and Crisis Text Line (text MN to 741741) are free supports available 24/7. 

Miigwech - Pidamayaye - Thank you. We are grateful to our many partners who made this podcast possible. This podcast was developed through a Health POWER project at Minnesota Communities Caring for Children & FamilyWise Services, with support from the Center for Prevention at BlueCross and BlueShield of Minnesota & the University of Minnesota Extension.  We give special thanks to Leah Lemm, our producer for Season 2 of Remembering Resilience, and the cohort of youth artists from First Person Productions at Migizi who developed the Remembering Resilience logo and marketing materials for the podcast.