"50 techniques for managing stress:
- View the Stress Management modules on Sharpen in the Cope area of the app
- Try the Mindfulness courses on the Sharpen app
- Talk to Someone
- Journal for 5 minutes a day
- Stretch
- Use the arts as a stress management tool
- Read
- Write
- Draw
- Sing
- Play an Instrument
- Create a Film
- Take a Walk
- Sit on a Bench
- Call a Friend
- Create a Poem
- Experience Something Beautiful: A Sunset, A Quiet Moment, An Animal in Nature, etc.
- Organize a shelf, drawer, your car, desk, etc.
- Cry
- Breathe
- Paint
- Write Your Novel
- Take a Yoga Class
- Teach Someone a Mindfulness Exercise
- Create Something Beautiful -- a craft, project, awesome dinner, anything.
- Volunteer for a Cause
- Watch a Film
- Knit
- Lay in a Hammock
- Do One Kind Thing For A Complete Stranger
- Place Inspiring Quotes on Your Mirror / Desk / Wall
- Research Someone You Admire and Learn All you Can About Them
- Pray
- Create a List of Things You Have Always Wanted To Do
- Try One Thing On Your ""To Do"" List
- Reach out of your comfort zone: embark on a new career, tell someone what you really need from them, take a class on something you have always wanted to learn, take care of the phone call that has been hanging over your head.
- Write down 3 things you are grateful for each day
- Hang out with friends
- Turn negative thoughts into positive actions and practice affirmations
- Take yourself on a date and see if you can learn something new about yourself
- Keep a ""going well"" diary: write down three things that went well for you today and WHY they went well. Keep this up for 7 days.
- Read books on mindfulness, meditation, positive psychology and grit
- Cook a delicious, nourishing, colorful and creative meal.
- Eat ... follow your hunger cues and eat something that helps you manage stress
- Go for a run or to the gym and work out the stress there
- Find a new hobby or 'positive' habit
- Learn some ""Thrive"" techniques on the Sharpen App
- Attend the ""Cope"" trainings on the app
- Do nothing -- sit and acknowledge your pain or frustration
- Call a mentor, priest, therapist, friend and talk"
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