1. To care for and about others we must be aware of their needs, and have the resources to act in their best interest.
2. Self-care is essential for individuals to sustainably practice caring for others.
3. Modern life, our society, workplaces, and institutions, generally do not support an individual’s well-being. This makes us less able, as communities made up of individuals, to care for each other.
4. We can create change in this world, by  learning skills to care for ourselves, with the goal of collectively caring for others.

The 8 Steps

Caring for and healing a child with Lyme disease

1. Make a Self-Care Plan
2. Build a Support Network
3. Define Healing
4. Create a Supportive Environment
5. Collaborate
6. Change Your Expectations
7. Open Your Mind
8. Adjust Your Lifestyle

"The phrase “Work of Care” specifies the physical and mental efforts of specific tasks in which [caregivers] engage, while avoiding …. the negative and potentially biased emotive connotations of “burden of care” (p.5). —Hexem Et Al., (2011) Noted