What is Wholeself Care?
Wholeself care is just what it sounds like; caring for your entire self including your physical, social, internal / emotional, and spiritual selves. The ideals of wholeself care include caring for all parts of yourself in the present while giving consistent consideration for your future self at the same time. Wholeself care also includes having a commitment to building your ability to take care of yourself, while cultivating your awareness of where and when you have the agency to take care of yourself.
In practice, wholeself care includes making choices that balance taking care of your physical, mental, social, and spiritual parts of yourself in the present while also considering the future impact of your decisions. This practice can feel like you are arbitrating between two different people, even though you are only making decisions for yourself. It can be a balancing act!
What teachers are saying about the book for themselves:
“In my public school preschool program, we focus heavily on social/emotional development and cover many of the topics discussed in Wonderful Me. This would be a great book to add to a social/emotional curriculum, cozy corner library, school library, etc. to reference when focusing on social emotional concepts.”
“Wonderful Me not only teaches why it is so important to care for yourself but it goes into detail of how you can do it! It starts with things that may seem simple like physically caring for yourself but also goes into setting up healthy boundaries. and how we can love ourselves well in different aspects of our lives. Great for the classroom!”
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“What an expansive, welcome approach to health that provides readers with the tools necessary to experience wellness while navigating feelings and new and tricky experiences.”
“Elementary teachers: you’ll need a copy! This book aligns so well with the curriculum.”
“This is a book I believe every classroom should have. I love the way it explores every aspect of self care in an accessible and child friendly fashion. “
“This is an excellent tool to have. This book doesn’t even need to always be read in one sitting. Taking a page or two at a time is a great way to bond and start strengthening those communication skills!”
“I am a student teacher and a daycare teacher and I love how the language is easy to understand and there are not too many big words.”
“What a fantastic find. It's a fun, educational read to help children learn more about themselves, how to properly take care of them, physically and mentally, how to interact with their surroundings, how to communicate their needs, etc.. They'll learn how to be well-rounded social individuals. Well-written text and cute illustrations. It should definitely be used in schools and other educational places.”
“The book encourages self-reflection and resilience through interactive activities, making it a valuable resource for parents, educators, and caregivers. Overall, it's a must-read for anyone looking to support children in their journey towards self-discovery and personal growth.”
“As someone that works with kids on their social and emotional learning this book describes concepts in a great way for kids to understand.”
“In addition to offering information and helpful suggestions, it also asks questions, giving kids a chance to think about how the subject just discussed might apply to them. This book covers important topics like boundaries, respect, feelings, communication, health, and other self-care matters in healthy, accessible ways. Because they're broken down into sections, it's easy to handle one topic at a time, if you want to read a small piece and then talk about it together.”
“There’s a lovely thread of normalisation and validation throughout the book, gently balanced with encouraging children to take steps to increase their autonomy and independence through self care.”
“This book tackles a wide number factors involved in self care, and explains them thoroughly and in language children can understand. These are skills many adults still need to work on, and learning to look inward at a younger age will help set children up for success.”