General Self-Care

Practise Self-Care

Information from the International Self-Care Foundation on the seven pillars of self-care and what it all means.

A History of Self-Care

Some history to give perspective on where the term 'self-care' came from and how it's evolved over the years.

10 Ways To Step Up Your Self-Care Game In 2017

A collection of suggestions for taking better care of yourself in tough times.

OSMI - Open Sourcing Mental Illness

A non-profit organization website with forums that is focusing on improving mental state of IT-workers.

Radical Self Care 101

A short, inspirational guide to getting started with your self-care practices.

Mental Illness in the Web Industry

A round-table discussion from A List Apart on the state of mental health perceptions in the web industry.

Self-care: coping and healing

A good, general overview of self-care practices.

Aloe

Aloe is a self-care focused community within Femsplain. Fast or slow, we're giving you the tools to grow. Features a newsletter, twitter bot and Medium publication of useful articles.(Aloe is also now an app)

WellCast

While mostly targeted at students, this site features short video guides on handling stress, relationships, and improving overall wellness.

7 Ways to Maximize Misery

A video that shows you how to make yourself sad. a form of reverse psychology that powerfully shows some of those bad habits and ways of living that are so easy to slip into.

100 Days of Healthing

Inspired by 100DaysofCode, 100 Days of Healthing is a challenge to spend an hour a day, for 100 days, working on your health & self care. It’s permission to give yourself an hour a day. And we’re all here with you.

LemonAid

LemonAid offers an active, supportive community where you can unload your struggles and share successes anonymously. they believe in openly speaking about mental health, trauma, human rights and professional challenges. as of now, the community is open for those who are female-identifying, but they are working to expand that. check out the website, or just join the [Slack Group](https://nicole64.typeform.com/to/MKsY8J).