Our headquarters are in Olney, MD but we provide services nationwide online. If you are in MD or DC, we will come to your home respecting safety precautions. In addition to individual self paid assistance, we are able to create customized training programs for educational institutions and more in need of self care support for their staff. Article Health Magazine
The New Normal
Beth Albaneze, CTRS CPRP CLP
We can all agree that 2020 wasn’t our best year. Now that we are officially in 2021, we might be able to gain a little perspective on our situation. The old normal typically means having a purpose to get out of bed and then following through the daily life events on the calendar. To find fulfillment in those daily activities, it is important to know what yardstick you use to measure your self-worth. As a recreation therapist, I know many people who derive self-esteem and even their very identity from their jobs. They view recreation as a reward for their work, rather than as its own valuable activity. The new normal does not allow for that kind of thinking, because for most people, work looks different than it did before Coronavirus. When your office is in your living room and your breakroom is the kitchen, does it still count? How do you reward yourself? And what if you have lost your job — how will you measure your self-worth then? Recreation isn’t something we have to earn — it is a key element of having a healthy self-perception. A healthy leisure identity leads to a healthy sense of worth, which leads to better, more rewarding choices throughout the day. Healthy recreation contributes to our insight, intuition, responses, listening and overall wellbeing. READ MORE