#SelfCare #RefactoringYou @nitya
#SelfCare #RefactoringYou @nitya
Self-Care
Refactor your life.
Revitalize your community.
Nitya Narasimhan, PhD | @nitya | #RefactorYou #SelfCare
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Developer Relations
Microsoft
Community Health
& Advocacy
PhD, Polymath
Parent
Personal Health
& Technology
Nitya Narasimhan | @nitya
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Have you experienced
stress or anxiety
recently?
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Credit: Stress In America, Nov 2017
Credit: Stress In America, Gen Z, Oct 2018
Credit: New York Times, April 2019
You are not alone!
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Stress
transient
Anxiety
persistent
Depression
pervasive
Unchecked stress will lead to
bigger mental and physical
health issues ..
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Self Care
can help you manage
your stress better
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Community Care
is about sharing
the burdens together
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Know Your Enemy
Let’s talk about stress
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Acute Stress
Episodic Stress
Chronic Stress
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Stress
Our body’s response to
perceived threats to mental
or physical well-being
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Adaptive
Stress Response
our built-in surival instincts
adrenaline (fight or flight)
cortisol (alert, persistence)
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Learn
TRIGGERS
Manage
RESPONSES
Share
BURDENS
How can we effect change?
Refactor our
behaviors
Revitalize our
communities
Psychological
Environmental
Physiological
Social
Anger
Fear
Insecurity
Anxiety
Ask for Help
Offer Help
Share Stories
Give Feedback
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Stress vs. Self-Esteem
A destructive cycle
Manage
STRESS
CONTROL
STRATEGIES
Mitigate
STRESS
COPING
STRATEGIES
Boost
SELF-ESTEEM
COMFORT
STRATEGIES
#SelfCare #RefactoringYou @nitya
MITIGATE STRESS
Coping Strategies
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support systems
#Ally-Up
Run Interference
Collective Bargaining
Moral Support
Ask others to help!
#SelfCare #RefactoringYou @nitya
Self-Care
Put on your
oxygen
mask first
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Self Care to
Self-less
Care
Self-care
cannot solve
systemic
issues!
Credit: Flare.com / April 2019
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We need to destigmatize
burdening others,
normalize asking for help, and
challenge ableism
“Beyond Self-Care Bubble Baths: A Vision for Community Care”
~ Abeni Jones (Jul 2017)
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Self-Care to Selfless-Care
Stress
Anxiety
Depression
Break the
Stress, Self
Esteem Cycle
CONTROL
30-Days
Declutter
Help yourself
Ask for help
Help others
COPE
Refocus
Ally-Up
COMFORT
Celebration
Self-Acceptance
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#SelfCare #RefactoringYou @nitya
Thank You..
A Work In Progress:
https://selfcare.dev
Nitya Narasimhan, PhD | @nitya | #WSC2019 #SelfCare