About this session
The World Health Organization defines self-care as the ability of individuals to promote health, prevent disease, maintain health, and cope with illness — with or without the support of a healthcare provider. It is not bubble baths and days off.
It is the daily maintenance of the physical, emotional, and cognitive systems that enable people to function well over time.
Leiter and Maslach's areas-of-worklife research identifies what happens when self-care collapses under pressure: workload imbalance, value conflict, and reduced sense of control accumulate into the burnout profile.
Dr Kristin Neff's self-compassion framework — comprising self-kindness, common humanity, and mindfulness — provides the internal foundation without which external self-care practices rarely stick.
This session uses both models to help employees understand why self-care matters, why their version of it is currently failing, and what a realistic practice looks like for a working adult with competing demands.
What your people take away
- Understand the WHO definition of self-care and the six domains it covers — and identify which domains are currently depleted in your own working life
- Recognize the psychological barriers that cause self-care to be deprioritized specifically under pressure — the conditions when it is most needed
- Apply Kristin Neff's self-compassion framework as the internal foundation that makes external self-care practices sustainable rather than guilt-laden
- Design a personal self-care plan built around micro-habits: small, stackable practices that fit into a working week without requiring a major life restructure
- Identify the specific early depletion signals that indicate self-care maintenance is needed before crisis — rather than waiting for burnout to prompt action
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30 minutes
30 Minutes — Key Points: Why Self-care Collapses Exactly When It Matters MostA focused 30-minute session on the essentials of Why Self-care Collapses Exactly When It Matters Most: the psychology of deprioritization under pressure.
- The psychology of deprioritization under pressure
Covers Why Self-care Collapses Exactly When It Matters Most, in brief.
60 minutes
Covers 1 of 3 parts: Why Self-care Collapses Exactly When It Matters Most.
90 minutes
Covers 2 of 3 parts: Why Self-care Collapses Exactly When It Matters Most and Self-compassion — the Internal Foundation That Makes Self-care Stick.
3 hours
Covers all 3 parts.
Full day
Covers all 3 parts, in more depth, with more time to practice.
What’s covered
Why Self-care Collapses Exactly When It Matters Most
Every length- The psychology of deprioritization under pressureThe core paradox of self-care is introduced: the research consistently shows that people reduce self-care behaviors.
Self-compassion — the Internal Foundation That Makes Self-care Stick
90 minutes and longer- Kristin Neff's three-component frameworkDr Kristin Neff's self-compassion framework is introduced as the psychological prerequisite for sustainable self-care.
Designing a Realistic Self-care Practice for a Working Life
3 hours and longer- The six domains, the micro-habit approach, and the sustainable planThe six self-care domains are introduced using the WHO framework.
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- Book online. Create a free Workbliss profile, then pay with session credits, by card or by invoice.
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- We deliver it. Your expert is briefed on your people and goals, then runs the session live online or at your site.
Questions about The Importance of Self-care & Making it a Priority
How long is The Importance of Self-care & Making it a Priority?
The Importance of Self-care & Making it a Priority runs as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 90 minutes, 3 hours or full day. You choose the length when you book. A 30-minute session covers the essentials of Why Self-care Collapses Exactly When It Matters Most: the psychology of deprioritization under pressure. A 60-minute session covers Why Self-care Collapses Exactly When It Matters Most in full, with a live Q&A. A 90-minute session adds Self-compassion — the Internal Foundation That Makes Self-care Stick. A 3-hour session adds Designing a Realistic Self-care Practice for a Working Life. A full-day session covers everything, in more depth, with more time to practice.
Can The Importance of Self-care & Making it a Priority be delivered online or in person?
Yes, both. It runs live online, so every office can join at the same time, or in person at your site, in any country.
How do we book The Importance of Self-care & Making it a Priority?
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A vetted Workbliss expert, briefed on your people, culture and goals before the session. After you book, we send you profiles of the experts available for your date within 3 working days, so you can choose who leads it.
Can it be tailored to our company?
Yes. Every session is shaped around your goals, your people and the benefits you already offer, and delivered by experts in your people’s languages.