- Focus on your breathing- notice each inhale and exhale. Take slow deep breathes
- Use positive affirmations
- Mindfulness
- Stop, breathe and then act. Count to 5 before re-acting
- Write a gratitude list. Keep it somewhere where you can see it everyday
- Muscle relaxation exercises- tensing and relaxing different muscle groups throughout the body
- Walk among nature
- Drink herbal teas such as tulsi tea (Holy Basil)
- Meditate
- Remind yourself that the worst is over
- Make kind statements to yourself such as “you are a good person. You’ll get through this”
- Self soothe- wrap yourself in a blanket to make yourself feel safe
- Question your feelings
- Find time for yourself- do your thing weather its painting, running, cycling, or maybe riding your bike.