We are all likely familiar with the concept of self-care. Exercise, get enough sleep, take care of your body, participate in activities or practices that make you feel refreshed and nourished… these are great habits that we encourage people to prioritize while participating in a sector as intense as humanitarian crisis response. That being said, we want to emphasize that you can not self-care your way out of illness in an unhealthy system. Self-care places the responsibility of wellbeing on the individual, not the system. Self-care does not acknowledge the ways that structural violence can hinder us from staying healthy while participating in the sector. Self-care requires resources like time, energy, and usually financial or physical resources that some people do not have access to. When we place the burden of wellbeing on the individual, this is a victim-blaming mentality that not only prohibits wellness, but can actually make people worse. Rather than a “self-care lens”, we instead choose to frame humanitarian wellness from a holistic lens that starts with educating humanitarians about the ways that the sector can impact our mental and emotional wellbeing, and providing them with resources to consistently reflect and respond to our mental and emotional needs. The following sections dive into some of the ways our wellness can be impacted when we experience injury by participating in the sector and tools and resources to become more resilient to those potential injuries.