Title: Self-care isn't enough. We need community care to thrive.
Headings: Self-care isn't enough. We need community care to thrive.
Self-care isn't enough. We need community care to thrive.
What's community care, anyway?
Community care can improve people's individual well-being
Self-care alone can't solve systemic issues. For that, you need community care.
Quality community care happens in digital spaces, too
Community care is harder to monetize. That doesn't mean it can't grow.
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All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. By Heather Dockray 2019-05-24 18:45:00 UTC
If you've spent any time on planet Earth in the past five years, chances are that someone has recommended that you "take some time for self-care." Maybe a friend has encouraged you to enjoy a "treat yo' self" kind of day. Maybe they’ve told you to make yourself a bubble bath or get a gel manicure or download a self-care app that can teach you how to breathe better. At the heart of all this advice is the same operational principle: If you want to feel better, you need to do the labor yourself, for yourself. That's why some experts, like Nakita Valerio, a Toronto-based community organizer and researcher who specializes in building cross-cultural bridges, ask that people consider practicing another form of compassion: community care. Valerio recently went viral for a tweet that included a quote of hers emphasizing the difference between self-care and community care.