A practical guide to selfcare and community care written for helpersthe caregivers activists community leaders mental health and medical professionals who are the first to help others but the last to seek help themselves.As an activist community organizer and social worker Farzana Doctor has preached selfcare to hundreds of people struggling with burnout and exhaustion. But for years she couldnt manage to take her own advice.Many other helpers she knew were the same they knew the signs of burnout and they understood the science of selfcare. Maybe theyamp8217d taken workshops on vicarious trauma maybe theyamp8217d even taught them. But still they struggled to escape the cycle of overwork overwhelm and recovery. 52 Weeks to a Sweeter Life is a workbook that speaks directly to these peopleamp8212and anyone who struggles to pause set boundaries and centre their own needs.The workbook contains fiftytwo lessons one for each week of the year. Each week readers will find a simple new idea and an experiment for trying it out with deeper dives into the material provided but every level of participation celebrated. Throughout Doctor embraces both community care and selfcare at the same time showing readers the overlap between the two.Beautifully written direct and insightful this workbook is a gentle and practical guide to a more balanced life written for those who need it most.