So just to make sure that we're all on the same level, we want to define what we believe self care is. And the definitions we're pulling from are from the Mental Health First Aid course. But what you can generally find in and around the internet when you type in the word self care. So self care is care provided for you, by you. So as we mentioned in the intro to this course, it's about identifying what makes you feel well, it's about identifying your needs, and taking time to meet them. Now, it's not as simple as a one fix cure all.

For each person, it looks very differently. And self care can mean I feel really well and my self care is going out and running 10 kilometers every morning because that's what gets me feeling well, but for someone else, that seems like a nightmare. And their self care might mean grabbing an essential oil and having a bath at the end of the day. And that's their self care. There is not one fixed cure for self care. So as we said, it's something that you have to identify what your needs are.

And then you can build your self care plan around that. Self Care is about taking proper care of yourself so that you're able to treat others as kindly as you'd like to be treated. So now that we've got the self care definition under under wraps, we encourage you to really try and start being conscious and being aware and being mindful of what your self care is. And we'll dive into how you can explore building out a plan for that later on in the course.