Emotional Self-Care
This emotion can be reduced by taking deep breaths or counting to 10.
What is anger?
This activity helps your heart, boosts energy, and can be done by walking or dancing.
What is exercise?
Reading, puzzles, and learning new things help take care of this.
What is your brain or mind?
This two-letter word is a complete sentence and one of the most powerful tools for establishing healthy boundaries.
This activity involves listening with headphones or earbuds to intraments.
What is listening to music?
This activity helps you process your emotions by expressing your thoughts and feelings in writing.
What is Journaling?
This is the recommended number of hours of sleep
What is 8-9 hours?
This is a physical or emotional factor that causes bodily or mental tension, and is a normal part of life.
What is stress?
This type of group—which can consist of friends, family, or professionals—that provides you with practical or emotional reassurance.
What is a support system?
What is one thing you can do each morning to set a positive tone for the day?
What is writing or saying an affirmation?
The state or feeling of being grateful and expressing appreciation for what you have.
What is Gratitude?
Your body needs at least 8 cups of this each day to stay hydrated.
What is water?
The tools, strategies, and behaviors people use to manage stress, painful emotions, and difficult situations.
What are coping skills?
Joining a group with shared interests helps build this.
What is community, connection, or belonging?
This relaxation exercise involves focusing your attention on the present moment or your breath to anchor your mind and calm racing thoughts.
What is mindfulness (or meditation)
This is a word or phrase that you can use to build self confidence?
What is a Positive Affirmation?
This form of rest helps muscles repair and is important after exercise.
What is sleep or deep rest?
What is the act of letting go of anger, resentment, shame, and other emotions associated with an injustice, even though they are reasonable feelings.
This communication skill helps you speak your needs clearly and kindly.
What is assertiveness?
Doing this actively shifts your mood, confidence, raises self esteem, and brain function
What is wearing clothes that you like?
Practicing this self-care habit involves accepting your feelings without judgment.
What is self-compassion, mindfulness, or self-kindness?
This activity helps you lower your heart rate and clear your mind. It's also the exercise that we do at the beginning of each group therapy session.
What is Deep breathing (Diaphragmatic Breathing)?
This calming technique uses imagination to reduce stress (e.g., visualizing a beach).
What is guided imagery or visualization?
This phrase means being fully present and listening without distractions.
What is active listening?
Name three self care techniques you use when you are feeling stressed or sad?
Provide examples