Coping Skills
This simple, free practice involves taking slow, intentional breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.
What is deep breathing
This single-word term describes the heavy feeling when you are deeply upset and frustrated.
What is Anger
This Founding Father and third president was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
In this 1994 Best Picture winner, Tom Hanks famously delivers the philosophical food analogy, "Life is like a box of chocolates."
What is Forrest Gump
This tennis star shares her last name with one of the most populous cities in Asia.
Who is Naomi Osaka
This bird species can reach up to 240 mph and is the fastest animal on earth.
Hint: This bird species was featured as a captain in the popular game Super Smash Bros.
What is a Falcon
This coping skill involves building a playlist of your favorite tracks to block out negative background thoughts.
What is listening to music
Group therapy often used in addiction treatment that encourages abstinence through peer support.
What is a 12-step program
This Alabama seamstress sparked a major bus boycott in 1955 when she refused to give up her seat.
What is Rosa Parks
This distinctive license plate "ECTO-1" appears in movies featuring this supernatural title team.
What is Ghostbusters
Gritty, the wild, orange mascot of this NHL team, can throw a sheet cake into the faces of willing fans at least 25 feet.
Who are the Philadelphia Flyers
A female of this species is known as a "queen", while male members of the hive are called "drones".
What is a Honey Bee
This 4-step grounding technique uses your five senses to bring your focus back to the present moment.
What is the 5-4-3-2-1 technique
Developed for borderline personality disorder, this modality focuses on mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Hint: We have groups named after this.
What Is Dialectal Behavior Therapy (DBT)
He famously warned colonial militia that "the British are coming" before the battles.
Who is Paul Revere
This record-breaking 2024 animated sequel became the highest-grossing animated film of all time, following Riley's teenage emotions.
What is Inside Out 2
The daughter of a famous NBA star, this athlete scored the first goal for the US Women's Olympic soccer team on its way to 2024 Olympic gold.
Who is Trinity Rodman
Because they absorb oxygen through their wet skin, these amphibians do not need lungs and breathe entirely without them.
What are Frogs and/or Salamanders
This practice involves tensing and then releasing different muscle groups to recognize and reduce physical stress.
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation
This emotion regulation skill involves mentally rehearsing a-c-ting cope-fully and effectively before a feared or difficult event happens.
What is Cope Ahead
Gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in this state, triggering a massive migration in 1849.
Hint: This state is not on the East Coast or in the South.
California
This pop star dominated 2024 with her hit album Short n' Sweet, featuring the chart-topping singles "Espresso" and "Please Please Please".
Who is Sabrina Carpenter
Following a legendary career at Iowa, in 2024 this phenomenon was the #1 pick of the Indiana Fever, driving a massive surge in WNBA viewership.
Who is Caitlin Clark
This aquatic ocean mammal is feared for its reputation and has the thickest fur of any mammal on earth, with up to 1 million hairs per square inch.
What is a Sea Otter
This coping strategy involves changing the way you look at a negative situation to find a more positive or realistic perspective.
What is Cognitive Reframing and/or Restructuring
Psychotherapeutic modality developed by Dr. Francine Shapiro that uses bilateral stimulation—such as side-to-side eye movements—to reprocess traumatic memories.
What is Eye Movement and Desensitization Therapy
This 49th state was purchased from Russia in 1867 for about $7.2 million
Hint: Politician Sarah Palin said that her home is in this state and that she can see Russia from her backyard.
What is Alaska
This animated 2018 movie was the first non-Disney or Pixar film to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature in seven years.
What is Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
In 1947, he broke the MLB color barrier when he took the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Who is Jackie Robinson
A group of these highly intelligent birds is called a "parliament"
What is an Owl