Tag - coping skills

18 Mar

COVID-19: YOU CAN’T BREAK ME!

19 Things You Can Do Right Now To Keep You Active, Connected, Healthy, and Sane During This Time Of Crisis

  1. Play card games.
  2. Start a virtual book club.
  3. Practice meditation.
  4. Take an online class.
  5. Foster an animal.
  6. Face time with friends/family.
  7. “Adopt” a nursing home resident and send them letters, emails, call them.
  8. Find your 19 favorite hits and enjoy your own dance party .
  9. Purge your home for the next 19 days of a bag a day of misc things you no longer need.
  10. For the next 19 days write down one thing your grateful for .
  11. Do a virtual scavenger hunt with friends/family (make a list of random things you could find around the house and scramble to be the first one done!)
  12. Take a run/walk outside and be with nature.
  13. Every day for 19 days remind your partner/child, or both if you have them, why you’re grateful for them.
  14. Set up a virtual house party! Dance/make a recipe/do a craft!
  15. Virtual funny story night! Pick a theme!
  16. Virtual poetry night! Pick a theme or be random!
  17. Start a workout program; download a great program and do virtually with a friend or on your own.
  18. For the next 19 days, remind yourself what you are grateful for about your job/coworkers and share with them.
  19. Finally-eat healthy, get enough rest, and take breaks from all the noise-turn off the news/social media etc and just breathe. Feel free to give us a call at Riverwalk (630) 848 0445. We are offering in person, as well as, Zoom (online sessions). We are here for you and we can get through this together!

Written by,
Kandee Willis, LCPC

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19 Dec

The Stress isn’t Going Anywhere

Where is the stress going to go?

Often times, stress or the weight of our responsibilities is heavy on our shoulders. So heavy that we don’t take time to ourselves till that weight is gone. However, you have to ask yourself, where is the weight gonna go? Whether it is financial, personal, or academic stress; it will be right where you left it. So you can take a minute (or more) to yourself every now and then to cope with that stress

So what should you do?

Take a step back.

Whatever stressful situation you may be in, whether it is dealing with school, family, or finances, it is essential to practice self-care. Self-care can look different for each person depending on how they choose to cope with the situation they are in.

One way to practice self-care is by practicing mindfulness. Mindfulness is when an individual takes their time doing certain activities and becomes more aware of their actions and emotions. For instance, meditation would be a form of mindfulness in which the individual is focusing on their breathing and decreasing their ruminating thoughts.

Another way an individual can practice self care is by asking people for help. Don’t feel ashamed or feel weak asking others for help. Everyone goes through stressful times, but it may become easier if you have someone by your side supporting you and giving you advice along the way.

Stay in the here and now.

Just as taking a step back can help with stressful situations, so too can learning to stay in the here and now. This technique involves keeping your thoughts focused on what is happening at a particular moment in time in order to keep you from stressing about what the future might bring. What might happen in a week or a month from now is out of your control, but what is happening right now is in your control. It therefore makes sense to focus on the here and now, as opposed to worrying about what might happen in the future. By doing so, you can take time to truly enjoy what you are doing in that moment without letting the future get in the way of that.

 

Written by:

Daniella Raimondi, Clinical Intern

Dan Novak, Clinical Intern

 

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