Coping Skills
This activity is named after something commonly made from cardboard, combined with an activity that keeps you alive. This will create a calming effect that helps when you are upset.
Boxed breathing
This emotion often happens when someone speaks publicly, or when someone does something in front of others they didn't plan on doing.
Embarrassment
G I V E
Gentile Interested Validating and Easy Going Manner
If I am using only logic, I am in my _______ mind.
Rational or logical mind
What animal has fingerprints similar to humans?
Koala
Something you can do with your sense of hearing to calm down.
Listen to music, a podcast, audio book, or other type of calming sound.
When you do something that your parents hoped you would not do, or you fail to do something they hoped you would do. You may feel this with yourself at times when you know you could do better.
Disappointed
We are told to ride this when experiencing big emotions knowing they will eventually dissipate just like the rest of this saying.
Ride the WAVE
If my emotions have taken over, I am in my _______ mind.
Emotional Mind
What fruit floats in water because it is 25% air?
Apple
Something you can do to express yourself that helps to calm down when you are upset.
Art or journaling
I am having a really good day! I am feeling...
Happy, content, joyful, relaxed, or excited.
What can you see, feel, hear, smell and taste?
5-4-3-2-1 method of grounding
If I am using both my emotions and my logic, I am in my ____________ mind.
Hint: Smart beyond your years on earth.
Wise Mind
What animal farts most of the day?
Cow
If you do this temporarily, you are using a coping skill. If you do not go back and address it later, it is avoidance which is not a coping skill.
Distraction
I may be feeling _______ after the loss of someone I love.
Sad, depressed, disappointed, despair, malcontent, and down.
What does the cold water do to your body when using TIPP?
Temperature change (Dive response) that slows your heart and breathing to calm.
We make good and bad of these every day. Some are helpful and some are not.
Judgments.
What food never goes bad?
Honey
What does TIPP include?
Temperature change, Intense Exercise, Paced breathing, and progressive muscle relaxation.
After meditation, deep breathing, and an overall sense of calm, I may find that I feel the following emotion that begins with t and ends with l. t _ _ _ _ _ _ l
tranquil
Fair Apologies (don't offer when not owed) Stick to your values and be Truthful... always for yourself and others.
What do we say we live in if we are making judgments non-stop?
Judgment City
What body part do you burn the most calories while exercising?
Your brain.