Welcome Whole Wellness Mama Summit Attendees!
THE brainstorming Sheet
Here’s a free download to help you figure out your coping skills! The download includes:
Questions to get you thinking
A brainstorming sheet around your own coping skills
Need some ideas for strategies will work for you?
Emergency Strategies
When you are having those moments of panic, overwhelm, stress, anxiety, or anger, what are the things you can do in those moments to help yourself? It’s essential to have quick emergency strategies that you can use to quickly reset yourself and get back to your life.
Some emergency strategies could be:
Breathing activities like hand on heart, hand on belly breathing
Grounding activities focusing on objects around you, or looking for a particular color, or thinking of categories of ideas
Smelling a calming scent
Observing nature for a few minutes
Daily Coping skills
Engaging in daily activities is part of maintaining good mental health hygiene. Every day, we can do small things that can help us recharge, rest, and re-energize.
Listen to a playlist
Do a skin care routine
Listen to an episode of a podcast or an audiobook
Paint
Do a puzzle
Mindfulness through the day: use these prompts to pay attention to what’s happening in the present moment. What do you hear? What do you see? What do you smell? What do you feel?
Weekly Coping Skills
Weekly coping skills are strategies you do once a week, or every other week. These are things you do to help you rest, re-energize, and recharge.
Take a longer hike or walk with friends
Take an exercise class
Take a bubble bath
Reset your living space - putting things away, wiping down surfaces, vacuuming or mopping the floors.
Monthly Coping Skills
Monthly strategies are actions you take once a month to help you rest, reset, or connect with others.
Go on a coffee/lunch/dinner date with friends
Take a trip to the bookstore
Get a massage
Yearly Coping Skills
Strategies are actions you take yearly to help you rest, reset, or connect with others.
Adventure stay-cation
Vacation with friends or family
Solo weekend away
Self-Care Planner from the Store
Get support in the Coping Skills Hub
The Hub helps everyone find and use their coping skills!
In the Hub, you will find…
Monthly Challenges & Opportunities for Connection - Different challenges every month to help you and your children playfully explore coping skills. Answer connection questions, and participate in live events to connect to others in the community.
250+ coping strategies for everyone - Organized by coping style, each strategy has a visual to encourage using strategies in the moment, when skills are needed. Perfect for personalizing a reset space or on the go toolkit!
A simple 5 step process to teach kids coping skills - from connecting with kids to practicing and reviewing strategies so that kids use them when they need them!
40+ audio practice lessons to make it easier for kids, teens, and adults to explore and practice coping skills
Video library of webinars, classes, and mini expert lessons to expand your learning on topics like anxiety, anger, sensory, connection activities, screen time, mindfulness, friendship and more, all available on demand
On-demand courses like Create Coping Skills Champions and Coping Skills for Teens with Anxiety, created to help you explore strategies in an organized way
The best way to learn anything is through play, so there’s a whole section on Games and Activities to playfully explore feelings and practice coping skills
All the resources you need to create a personalized toolkit for your child or teen and set up your home to encourage kids to use coping skills when they need them
Coping Skills for Adults - an area where we as adults can explore and grow our own strategies, so we can role model using strategies, and create our own mental wellness plan.
Resources for Mental Health Professionals - Lesson Plans, Treatment Plan Templates, and pre- and post-tests to make it easier to use these coping skills with individual clients or in groups.
Expert consultation and personalized support - Unlike generic online resources, Hub members get direct access to a Licensed Counselor for one-on-one guidance and personalized strategies that fit your specific needs
available on iOS and Android as well, so you can use the Hub wherever you are