Self care is fundamental to NVR and something we spend a lot of time exploring, and coming back to. Self care is sometimes about giving ourselves what we need in the moment - a five minute rest with a cup of tea with our favourite biscuit. It's also about a balanced life - staying physically and emotionally healthy, living with purpose and passion, staying connected to who we are, and having fun. We've included some information on secondary trauma and compassion fatigue - to help you know that you're not alone if this is where you're at, and to emphasise why self care is important when we're parenting children with high care needs. And we've included some grounding resources - for those times where things get overwhelming and you need some help to reconnect with yourself fairly quickly (these are best practised when we're calm and connected to ourselves so that they're available when we really need them).