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Free Download: The 5-Minute Self-Care Checklist (2 pages)
Take a mindful pause and reconnect with yourself — even on your busiest day.
This simple, printable checklist helps you slow down, breathe, and check in with what you truly need using the 5Ms Framework developed by Dr. Alisa Seeda.
✔ Meals – Savor your food mindfully
✔ Media use – Step away from the scroll
✔ Mental health – Reach out, say no, or take a break
✔ Movement – Stretch, walk, or reset your body
✔ More – Notice what you are really craving (rest, laughter, nature…)
Why You’ll Love It
Takes less than 5 minutes a day
Perfect for busy professionals, caregivers, and expats
Created by Dr. Alisa Seeda, OTD
Based on real mindfulness and self-care principles — without guilt or pressure
Helps you build consistency through small, meaningful habits
How It Works
Download your free digital checklist in PDF.
Print or save it on your phone/tablet.
Check in daily using the 5Ms.
Reflect and reset anytime you need a mental breather.
Copyright Notice
©2025 Calm Corner by Dr. Alisa Seeda. All rights reserved.
This checklist is for personal use only and may not be resold, redistributed, or used for commercial purposes.
Want to Go Deeper?
This checklist is your first step toward the full Practical Self-Care Workbook, a 16-page guide that helps you build a personalized, sustainable self-care routine using the same 5Ms framework.
practical self-care workbook is here!
Feeling stretched thin or burnt out? You’re not alone.
The Practical Self-Care Workbook by Dr. Alisa Seeda, OTD of Calm Corner is your gentle guide back to balance.
Inside, you’ll find reflective prompts, easy-to-follow tools, and compassionate guidance to help you care for yourself in practical, meaningful ways — without guilt, overwhelm, or expensive routines.
What’s Inside:
3 common self-care myths — and how to release them
The 5Ms Self-Care Tool to check in with your needs:
🌿 Meals📱 Media
💭 Mental Health
💃 Movement
✨ More (your choice!)
Guided reflection questions and journaling space
SMART goal setting template to make your plan actionable
5Ms Tracker to make self-care habits stick
A warm closing message and invitation for a free clarity call with Dr. Alisa
Perfect For:
Those seeking more balance and calm in daily life
Military spouses and expats managing transitions
Therapists, coaches, and wellness professionals looking for a practical tool
Anyone wanting to feel grounded and renewed
Why You’ll Love It:
✔ Simple, down-to-earth approach to self-care
✔ Designed with mindfulness and compassion
✔ Printable or fillable digital format (US Letter size)
✔ Instant download — start your self-care today
File Details
PDF | 16 pages | US Letter size (8.5" x 11")
Instant digital download — no physical item will be shipped
Copyright Notice
© 2025 Calm Corner by Dr. Alisa Seeda. All rights reserved.
This workbook is for personal use only and may not be resold, redistributed, or used for commercial purposes.
Connect with Calm Corner
For more mindfulness tools and life balance resources, visit:
www.calmcorner.com or follow @calmcorner
Mental health resources
988 Lifeline Support - suicide and crisis lifeline
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration (SAMHSA)
Asian Mental Health Project - free community care groups
California Association of Local Behavioral Health Boards and Commissions (CALBHBC)
Therapy/Counseling:
Affordable options:
Mental Health Liberation Fund - for BIPOC therapy in the US
Loveland Therapy Foundation - for Black women and girls in the US
The Alejandre Foundation - for Latinx
California-based
Asian Pacific Counseling and Treatment Centers, Los Angeles
Center for the Pacific Asian Family, Los Angeles
Socal Couples Therapy with Courtney Shen DeShetler, PsyD, Orange County
Cognitive-Based Therapy with Tanyanika Ajayi, LMFT, High Desert
Psychotherapy for LGBTQ+ by Prospect Therapy, Long Beach
Therapy for Highly Sensitive People by Helen Kwon Kalanithi, PhD, LMFT, online
Okinawa-based
MCCS Community Counseling options including Military and Family Lifestyle Counselor (no documentation)
Spiritual counseling by Chaplains (check with your unit’s chaplain)
Other resources
Buddhism/mindfulness/meditation
Single Breath Academy, created by Aroon Seeda, Buddhist chaplain, Single Breath Return to Resting Point Technique for mindfulness, stress reduction and prevention; Ajahn Aroon’s meditations
Access to Insight - readings in Theravada Buddhism
Meditation course - free through Willpower Institute
Metta Forest Monastery, San Diego area
Wat Padhammachart, La Puente, California
Abhayagiri Monastery, Redwood Valley, Northern California
Spirit Rock Insight Meditation Center, Woodacre, Marin County, California
Wat Buddhanusorn, Fremont, California
Wat Pah Nanachat, Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Coaching
Martha Beck’s Wayfinder Life Coach Training
International Coaching Federation (ICF)
Tools for personal growth
Lavendaire (check out my interview with Aileen!)
Slow living/astrocartography: Helena Woods
Power wish by Keiko
Healthcare
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
Dementia Capable Care, Crisis Prevention Institute
DNA Serenity Home Care Services, Orlando, Florida Area
Financial
Advisers Give Back - free expert help from a certified financial planner
Unclaimed property - check the website for your state’s process for claiming your cash back (not a scam)
Rakuten* - I check this website for cash back before I do online purchase
Coinbase - consider investing in crypto
Credit cards* I use :
Discover It - no annual fee
Chase Freedom - no annual fee
American Express Delta Skymiles Reserve/ American Express Platinum - annual fee waived if active duty connected
Southwest Credit Card - annual fee waived if active duty connected
*Through my referral links, we both could earn rewards if you’re approved, at no additional cost to you. Please note I am not a financial advisor, but simply sharing what I use.
Tours:
Thailand: AA Travel Service
Kyoto: Inward Japan led by Nathan Kishin Michon (including hiking, healing, comtemplative tours)
Okinawa: Yaese-town walking tours; Longevity Tours by Haitai Life with Christal Burnette, longevity expert