Stretching Your Strengths in CEHS - Self-Care with Dr. Paul Springer and Special Guest Carrie Hanson-Bradley
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Stretching Your Strengths in CEHS - Self-Care with Dr. Paul Springer and Special Guest Carrie Hanson-Bradley, Director of the Marriage and Family Therapy Program and Assistant Professor of Practice
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- [00:00:00.000]cehs.unl.edu
- [00:00:06.000]So welcome to another episode of
- [00:00:07.407]Stretching Your Strengths in CEHS.
- [00:00:09.407]I'm Dr. Paul Springer, the
- [00:00:11.074]Associate Dean for Student Success.
- [00:00:13.200]And today we're going to be exploring
- [00:00:14.709]the importance of self-care for your
- [00:00:16.350]academic, social, spiritual,
- [00:00:18.460]and emotional health.
- [00:00:20.160]And today I'm fortunate to be meeting
- [00:00:21.902]with Dr. Carrie Hanson-Bradley,
- [00:00:23.670]who is a program director of our
- [00:00:25.738]Marriage and Family Therapy Program
- [00:00:27.281]here at UNL.
- [00:00:28.635]And Dr. Hanson-Bradley has particular
- [00:00:31.027]expertise in working with stress,
- [00:00:33.090]crisis, and trauma.
- [00:00:34.864]So thanks for joining us today.
- [00:00:36.960]Thanks for having me.
- [00:00:38.490]So why don't we just get started,
- [00:00:40.384]Why is self-care so important?
- [00:00:42.940]Yeah.
- [00:00:43.440]Self-care is important because if you're
- [00:00:45.103]not attending to various aspects of
- [00:00:47.700]your life,
- [00:00:48.540]you're not going to be able to excel
- [00:00:50.168]in all the things you're trying to do.
- [00:00:52.500]And when I say various aspects, I
- [00:00:54.144]mean physically, psychologically
- [00:00:56.640]or emotionally, socially,
- [00:00:58.534]spiritually, as well as academically.
- [00:01:01.410]I like how you're talking about these
- [00:01:03.095]different areas. So if I'm a student,
- [00:01:05.100]what are strategies to self-care then?
- [00:01:07.611]Yeah.
- [00:01:08.111]So lots of times we think about big
- [00:01:10.773]things like going for a 10-mile run
- [00:01:12.930]or getting a massage.
- [00:01:14.255]But the reality is we
- [00:01:16.066]self-care in small ways.
- [00:01:17.850]Like, did you brush your teeth today?
- [00:01:19.799]Are you getting enough sleep?
- [00:01:21.030]Did you eat something?
- [00:01:22.590]Those are ways to take care of
- [00:01:23.662]yourself physically.
- [00:01:24.693]When it comes to like
- [00:01:25.860]emotionally,
- [00:01:27.229]I think boundaries
- [00:01:28.440]are really important.
- [00:01:29.730]And sometimes we have to
- [00:01:30.784]set boundaries with others,
- [00:01:32.400]but quite often I see
- [00:01:34.115]with the people, I work with
- [00:01:35.624]that we all need to learn to
- [00:01:36.450]set boundaries with ourselves.
- [00:01:37.890]If we are really kind of perfectionistic,
- [00:01:41.550]we have to set a boundary around that,
- [00:01:43.224]or it's going to just make us miserable.
- [00:01:45.690]Or sometimes we need to
- [00:01:46.756]tell ourselves no.
- [00:01:48.406]No, I can't go to the party.
- [00:01:50.000]Or, you know what, no,
- [00:01:50.940]you're not going to get an A on that
- [00:01:52.389]because you're going to spend
- [00:01:53.692]time with your family.
- [00:01:55.028]Socially,
- [00:01:56.267]who are you connecting with?
- [00:01:57.690]And are you connecting with them
- [00:01:58.985]in person or through technology?
- [00:02:01.350]If you feel isolated, like where
- [00:02:03.847]can you find social support?
- [00:02:06.120]Because you're on a campus and there's
- [00:02:07.443]so many opportunities
- [00:02:08.484]to connect with others.
- [00:02:10.000]Spiritually, can look a lot of
- [00:02:11.719]different ways for some people
- [00:02:13.233]that's a religion.
- [00:02:14.350]And for others,
- [00:02:15.000]it's just like being out in
- [00:02:16.454]nature or meditating.
- [00:02:18.378]Academically,
- [00:02:19.710]do know what your resources are?
- [00:02:21.120]Are you reading your syllabus?
- [00:02:22.470]Do you know what the expectations are?
- [00:02:23.940]Do you talk to your teachers?
- [00:02:25.527]And then really accessing
- [00:02:26.822]those resources.
- [00:02:28.470]I think that that is so helpful
- [00:02:30.069]to think about it in those areas.
- [00:02:31.380]So if you're finding
- [00:02:32.616]yourself feeling depleted,
- [00:02:34.350]how do you kind of set
- [00:02:35.280]boundaries to fill that area?
- [00:02:37.260]Yeah, I think first you need to
- [00:02:38.715]identify where you're feeling depleted.
- [00:02:40.500]Is it physically, psychologically,
- [00:02:42.843]socially, spiritually, or in the academic?
- [00:02:45.390]And once you identify where
- [00:02:47.422]you are feeling depleted,
- [00:02:49.080]then what can I do to,
- [00:02:50.740]to fill myself up there.
- [00:02:52.580]In order to attend to
- [00:02:54.064]one you may have to
- [00:02:55.470]not attend so much to another.
- [00:02:57.510]So if you are really needing social time,
- [00:03:01.510]because you've just been in the books,
- [00:03:03.277]then take some time to go be social.
- [00:03:05.890]You might not do so well on
- [00:03:06.803]that quiz, but take some time.
- [00:03:08.320]So in closing,
- [00:03:09.160]can you talk about maybe,
- [00:03:10.400]some of the resources
- [00:03:11.452]that exist in the
- [00:03:12.455]Couple and Family Clinic.
- [00:03:13.639]Yeah,
- [00:03:14.139]at the Couple and Family Clinic,
- [00:03:15.430]we work with individuals as
- [00:03:17.053]well as couples and families.
- [00:03:18.700]And we work with people
- [00:03:19.957]who are struggling with
- [00:03:20.967]stress or anxiety or depression,
- [00:03:22.990]or who may have experienced a trauma
- [00:03:25.000]and that trauma is impeding their ability
- [00:03:26.890]to function in any area of their life.
- [00:03:29.500]So we work with people who
- [00:03:31.850]present with a wide range of issues.
- [00:03:33.850]Including students.
- [00:03:35.077]So, you're based on East Campus.
- [00:03:38.000]And can you,
- [00:03:39.215]we'll put the number here on here
- [00:03:40.979]that you can call if you're interested in
- [00:03:42.730]accessing the resources.
- [00:03:44.680]So it's a great additional resource
- [00:03:46.368]other than CAPS, as well.
- [00:03:47.632]That our students can access.
- [00:03:49.625]So thank you so much.
- [00:03:51.026]Thank you.
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