My Personal Care Plan

Self-care isn’t just what you do when you’re overwhelmed, burned out, or already running on empty.

A Personal Care Plan helps you think intentionally about what you need to survive difficult seasons, maintain your well-being, and actually thrive when you have more capacity.

Instead of relying on a generic list of self-care ideas, this guide helps you identify what care looks like for you—because your needs change depending on your stress level, energy, responsibilities, and season of life.

Why download the Personal Care Plan?

It’s easy to know that you should take care of yourself. It’s much harder to figure out what that actually means when you’re exhausted, stressed, or overwhelmed.

This guide gives you a place to decide ahead of time.

You'll explore the practices, resources, boundaries, routines, and support that help you at three different levels:

• Survival Care: What do I need when I’m struggling just to get through the day?

• Maintenance Care: What helps me stay grounded, supported, and emotionally well in everyday life?

• Thriving Care: What helps me feel connected, fulfilled, energized, and more like myself?

By creating your plan before you desperately need it, you give yourself something concrete to return to when your capacity changes.

You don't need to do everything on your plan. The goal is to know what options are available to you—and recognize what kind of care you need right now.

This resource is intended for educational and self-reflection purposes only. It is not therapy, medical advice, or a substitute for individualized mental health treatment. Purchasing or downloading this resource does not establish a therapist-client relationship with Jessica Colarco, LCSW.