When you need emotional support, you might enjoy lighting a candle with a calming scent or a dropping some relaxing essential oil in your diffuser while you read your favourite book. Emotional Map: Having an overall goal for moving through this time with as much ease as possible can be beneficial. Emotional Blankets : Spend time doing something that makes you feel good, like playing with pets, reading favorite books, playing games, dancing, sports, and spending time with friends and loved ones. Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people – people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book” – E. Just like we prepare for physical disasters, this is a moment when we can emotionally prepare for the inevitable challenges ahead.

This is one we heard this week from poet Cleo Wade: “ I am showing love for myself by choosing hope no matter what. There couldn’t be a better time than October 2020, the Mental Health Month, to build one for ourselves.One of the easiest ways to be reminded of this is to keep a visual card showing steps to mindful breathing. You can have as many contents in your kit as you like; however, here’s a list of some of my must-haves.

In a world of white noise it is often hard to hear - or even find - the mental health support you need. Either read them at random, using the cards to pay attention to your inner thoughts and feelings, or focus on specific cards that you identify with - no matter your approach these cards will allow you to better understand how your mind works, and help you develop positive coping strategies. She is passionate about bringing psychology and evidence-based mental health information beyond the clinic room to a wider audience and encouraging people to proactively look after their mental health.

This kit is a collection of what some of the wisest, most thoughtful people might say to us if they were next to us in our times of need. Hopefully we won’t face them very often (if at all), but knowing how me might respond can lend us an important degree of confidence and resilience.

A kit naturally can’t solve everything, but what counts is that it is immediately present and at once highly effective. Worn individually, or layered for maximum impact, her jewellery adds a joyful flourish to any outfit. t face them very often (if at all), but knowing how we might respond can lend us an important degree of confidence and resilience. This tool could include creating a family mantra or motto that you can recite, or an affirmation statement. Hopefully we won’t face them very often (if at all), but knowing how we might respond can lend us an important degree of confidence and resilience.If this doesn’t work and you are a young person under the age of 19 in the UK, you can still always talk to the Childline counsellors. I strongly believe that every single one of us will benefit from having an Emotional First Aid Kit ready. To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies.