Everywhere we turn these days, we are encouraged to practice self-care. But is this something we only do in isolation, with a day at the spa or a night curled up with a good book, or is there a role for community care? Self-care is about the individual caring for their own basic physical needs, whereas community care is focused on the collective: taking care of people together, for everything from basic physical needs to psychological and even spiritual ones. Community care is a recognition of the undeniable cooperative and social nature of human beings and involves a commitment to reduce harm simply through being together. In these challenging times, we need community care more than ever -- in this episode, learn techniques for how to engage in this important personal and spiritual practice.
Practicing Community Care episode resources:
https://www.flare.com/identity/self-care-new-zealand-muslim-attack/
https://www.healthline.com/health/when-self-care-becomes-community-care#Were-responsible-for-each-other
https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/