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Using Coping Cards and Coping Statements to Improve Mental Health
Coping cards filled with coping statements can help you trade negative self talk with healthier, more positive replacements. Writing coping cards is an easy, no-cost intervention that might just help you. Read on to learn how to get started.
Relapse Prevention: How to Relax with Imagery
Learn to relax with imagery in 7 easy steps; it’s a great skill that protects you from relapse.
Don’t Let a Slip Turn Into a Relapse
Some basic facts about relapse, why a slip never needs to mean the end of a recovery or that treatment has failed, what to do if you slip (right away) and how to reduce your odds of relapse in the first place.
Discover the Value in Adding Spiritual Practices to Recovery
Does spirituality have a place in recovery? Find out how spiritual practices can make a real difference and help us in our sobriety and daily living.
Recognize the Physical Signs of Stress and Learn 2 Quick Ways to Turn it Off
Listen to your body to quickly diagnose a stress reaction... and quickly regain your calm with 2 easy stress-busting techniques.
Maintaining Boundaries: How to Say "No" with Compassion
Setting boundaries and limits and saying "no" are some of the hardest things for many people to do. Learning to say "no" without guilt, shame or anger is a necessary life lesson in for living an emotionally healthy life. Setting boundaries and limits is about taking care of yourself at least as well as you might take care of anyone else.
First Responders: A 3 Step Guide to Coping with Stress and Avoiding Burnout
For first responders at risk of PTSD and burnout, learn more about: daily habits that protect you, red-flags that warn of an impending problem and adaptive response techniques that safeguard your professional standing.
Taking Care of Yourself When a Loved One Has Bipolar
Living with a person with bipolar is overwhelming. We often neglect ourselves and this can lead to burnout. Here are some tips for caring for yourself when the goal is to help a love one who has bipolar disorder.
Noise and Stress – How Environmental Noise Levels Can Spike Your Stress Load
Need to cut your stress load but not sure where to start? Well, if you live or work in noisy surroundings your environment may affect your physiological stress response in ways you’re not even aware of. Reduce some of the noise pollution from your life and see if you don’t feel a little more of the serenity you’re after!
Self-Medicating Harm Reduction: Tips for Safer Self-Medication
Are you self-medicating to cope with stress, anxiety or depression? If abstinence is impossible right now, consider a harm reduction approach to limit the consequences of your self-medication choices.
Stressed or Anxious? Why (and How) to Control Your Breathing
Find out why anxious breathing makes you feel bad and learn a simple, 30-second Deep Breathing Exercise that restores your inner calm.
5 Ways to Reduce Holiday Stress and Anxiety
There’s no denying it – the holidays can be overwhelming, especially if you're in recovery from addiction. Here are 5 ways to cope with stress during the holidays.
Handling and Preventing Stress: A 3-Step Approach
Feeling stressed out? Want to reduce the negative impact of stress on your health and happiness? Here is an easy 3-part recipe to more serenity.