Emotional First Aid Kit: 45 cards for self-care

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Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. Pick out any empty jar (or quickly finish the jam in your fridge) and fill it with little notes containing your favourite quotes or positive affirmations to lift your spirits.

Emotional Self-check-in Tool: It can be helpful to engage in activities that help you identify your feelings so you can take steps that promote wellness: journal writing, art projects, meditation, or talking to trusted friends. Try adding an extra 30 minutes to sleep time and include a soothing activity before bed, such as listening to relaxing music, writing a gratitude list, or reading an inspirational book. It will help you know how to respond in the moment to distress, and equip you to journey with them through their emotional health. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.Emotional Food/Water : Daily nurturance includes doing at least one activity each day that promotes self-care like wearing comfy clothes, taking a bubble bath, eating your favorite food for a meal, or having a cup of a warm beverage like tea. Make a care bundle consisting of face mask, bath salts, bubble wand, play dough and anything you think will help you achieve solace. A relaxing audio – there are many relaxing audios available from relaxation, to visualisation to music only audios, which you can download onto your smart phone or tablet to create your own playlist. Emma has an amazing talent for making evidence-based psychology easy to understand and simple to put into practice. Something cozy like a hot chocolate sachet, a book or magazine, a soft toy or essential oils to pop in a warm bath.

If this is something you can build the courage for, keep a list of all the occasions when you’ve overcome unbearable and tough moments, so you can revisit the times you’ve been brave before and know that you can do it again. Suggestions for your emotional first aid kit, perhaps you might find it useful to tick off the tools that you think would be most beneficial to you and of course add your own ideas. Either read them at random, using the cards to pay attention to your inner thoughts and feelings, or focus on specific cards that you identify with – no matter your approach these cards will allow you to better understand how your mind works, and help you develop positive coping strategies. This kit is an artful collection of some of what the wisest and kindest, most experienced and most thoughtful people might say to us if they were beside us in a crisis.Her parents considered it a miracle if she came in for a full week and, heartbreakingly, they felt like they couldn't even go on holiday together because of Aimee's anxieties. In similar way, if out for a walk or looking out the window, look and describe the clouds in the sky, shades of colour of the sky, trees, bushes, grass, anything you can see. These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. A box of wise emergency advice for 20 key psychological situations, including: Friendship, Love, Sex, Work and Self. When you need emotional support, you might enjoy lighting a candle with a calming scent or a dropping some relaxing essential oil in your diffuser while you read your favourite book.

Dr Emma Hepburn is a clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist with over 15 years experience of working with and treating mental health difficulties in both the public and private sector. Then gather all these tools together and make sure that you keep it with you at times when you anticipate you will feel, low, anxious or stressed. Keep a bag of your favourite calming tea and a block of delicious chocolate or cookies aside to cheer you up on a tough day. Have an object in your hand and think about the situation that’s causing you to feel low, anxious or stressed and rate it out of 10. There are no rules around this; you can personalise your kit however you like and include whatever pleases you and brings you joy.

The continued focus on national racial inequities is likely causing increased anxiety and the need for extra support for ourselves and our youth. Tityaravy launched her jewellery collection in 2017, drawing on her Cambodian heritage for inspiration. Hopefully we won’t face them very often (if at all), but knowing how me might respond can lend us an important degree of confidence and resilience. Look at a picture and describe every single thing in the picture, what colours, shapes, textures etc.