08 AugBe You: growing a mentally healthy generation while looking after your own wellbeing
Be You: growing a mentally healthy generation while looking after your wellbeing
In the early childhood education and care sector, wellbeing extends beyond individual health to encompass a broader, collective responsibility. Everyone involved in the early learning service plays a crucial role in fostering a space where educator wellbeing is actively promoted and integrated into daily practices.
Do you know, there is a fantastic platform dedicated to enhancing mental health and wellbeing in the educational community? Delivered by Beyond Blue in collaboration with Early Childhood Australia and headspace, Be You is a resource-rich platform that equips educators with the necessary knowledge, tools, and strategies to create supportive, inclusive, and adaptable learning environments.
Be You offers a variety of resources designed to support educator wellbeing, including:
- Factsheets: provide concise, accessible information on various aspects of mental health and wellbeing.
- Wellbeing tools and plans: equip educators with practical tools and strategic plans to implement wellbeing practices effectively.
- Online learning modules: offer flexible, self-paced learning opportunities to enhance understanding and application of wellbeing strategies.
- Suicide prevention and response: Focus on critical resources and training for preventing and responding to suicide.
- Programs directory: a comprehensive directory of programs available to support mental health and wellbeing in educational settings.
- Beyond Self-Care: An Educator Wellbeing Guide: this guide challenges conventional notions of self-care by shifting the focus towards a more holistic approach where educator wellbeing is considered a shared responsibility.
ELAA Member Solutions Team’s Favourite Wellbeing Activities
The Member Solutions team at ELAA have shared their favourite self-care and wellbeing activities. You may like to adapt some of these activities to help educators manage stress, build resilience, and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
Erin: Prioritising activities that bring me peace, while balancing work, life commitments
Loredana: likes to ground herself with Mother Earth, draw from her energy to recharge and rebalance
Corinne: walk outside and 10-minute yoga
Georgie: when feeling stressed or overwhelmed, Georgie likes to sometimes rewatch her dance routines (when she can’t physically practice them), as dancing feeds her soul, it is her happy place and reminds her of the sense of joy she feels when dancing.
Leanne: daily meditation and gratitude journal with a cup of herbal tea.
What’s your favourite wellbeing activity?
CLICK HERE to find out more about Be You.
