Emotional First Aid Kit: 45 cards for self-care

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This box may not contain band aids or antiseptic wipes but it is ready to deliver some urgent care to your brain. An Emotional First Aid Kit isn’t just for pandemics; it’s for any time in our lives when we feel overwhelmed or distressed, or when we’ve had a rough week and we crave for something to give us comfort and peace of mind, a sense of stimulation to keep on going, and something to rely on, to remind us of our strengths. 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. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. Just like we prepare for physical disasters, this is a moment when we can emotionally prepare for the inevitable challenges ahead.

A box of wise emergency advice for 20 key psychological situations, including: Friendship, Love, Sex, Work and Self. If you are looking for some community, emotional emergency kit skills, and even, dare I say, play and joy this month, come join us in one of our programs for girls, families, or professionals. Just like the first aid kit in your glove box or bathroom cabinet, the Emotional First Aid Kit is full of practical tools for looking after yourself and the people you love. Unforeseen times lead to uncertain mood and emotions, and an unpredictable response to the changes in us and our surroundings.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. It's important for people of all ages to think about what they need to stay well and feel mentally healthy every day. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. t face them very often (if at all), but knowing how we might respond can lend us an important degree of confidence and resilience.

Think about what you might like to put in yours and where you might need to keep it – you may need one for school and one for home! It will help you know how to respond in the moment to distress, and equip you to journey with them through their emotional health. Something cozy like a hot chocolate sachet, a book or magazine, a soft toy or essential oils to pop in a warm bath. 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. This FREE 90-minute live webinar will help church staff and volunteers spot and respond to the signs of emotional distress in children, teenagers and adults.A woman who understands both practicality and style, Kamm resides in a minimalist wooden house by the sea and makes a trouser so perfect it has become cult. Tityaravy launched her jewellery collection in 2017, drawing on her Cambodian heritage for inspiration. Emotional Map: Having an overall goal for moving through this time with as much ease as possible can be beneficial. Start to think about what tools you think would be helpful to get you through a difficult emotional time.

I often suggest that they practice a variety of good habits, including getting enough sleep, exercising, eating nutritious food, spending time with your family and friends, practicing relaxation techniques and more. What matters is that we are prepared for such a situation and have some measures in place, so we can help ourselves. This is a counterpart to that medical first aid kit, an emotional kit that provides a set of useful salves to some of life? 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. Talking about self-care to adopters is all very well and good but we know that they often find it impossible to share the depths of their emotional worries or mental health spirals, due to being scared of social workers condemning them as bad parents, so I think this card deck is a super useful way of naming some of the complexities of mental and emotional health and reassuring that these are OK, we can work through it together, and that professionals want to help.

What a brilliant tool to use with new parents whose children have joined them via adoption, to really delve deep into the enormous emotional impact this has on the new parents.

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. It’s important to have these tools and techniques close to hand when you might be experiencing an emotional emergency.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.