Self-Care & Community Care

Self-Care & Community Care

A practical, grounding micro-lesson that explores the difference between self-care and community care, why both matter, and how individuals and teams can cultivate sustainable, compassionate practices.

Date Released

December 5, 2025

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Designed for staff, volunteers, and community members supporting refugees and other ORR-eligible populations, this micro-lesson explores the difference between self-care and community care and why both are essential in emotionally demanding work. Through practical examples, reflection moments, and research-informed insights, viewers learn how stress and secondary trauma can appear and how supportive relationships strengthen resilience. The lesson highlights that self-care is not self-indulgence and that community care grows through small, everyday actions that help teams share emotional load. It offers grounded, culturally inclusive strategies for making the work more sustainable and connected.

This is not mental health advice; it is a conversation and an encouragement to reflect on personal and collective well-being.

Resource Links

Tools

University at Buffalo
- Self-Care Starter Kit
Switchboard TA
- Self-Care Tools
Boys & Girls Club
- Grounding Exercise
University of Washington
- Mindfulness Cards
United We Dream
- Resilience Community Care Toolkit
ATTC Network
- Workplace Well-Being: Guidebook for Cultivating a Culture of Collective Care

Articles/PDFs

Switchboard TA
- Trauma-Informed Care: A Primer for Refugee Service Providers
Social Science Research Network
- From Self-Care to Collective Care
Novalia Collective
- Building Communities of Collective Care at Work
Nonprofit Learning Lab
- Organizational Wellness: The Case for Building Collective CAREpacity
Still Mind Florida
- Cultural Perspectives and Their Influence on Self-Care
  - Not refugee-specific; provided for conceptual context only.
GBV AoR
- Collective Care Tip Sheet
Mental Health America
- Community Care
BMJ
- Rethinking Self-Care through an Indigenous Lens

These resources are provided to support continued learning. Some were created for different fields or contexts, and you are encouraged to take what is helpful and adapt it to your work. These materials are not sponsored by Solvera Consulting or SupportGuide; they are offered solely as supplemental learning tools.