Practical Mindset is founded by Jill Trevena, specialist occupational therapist. Practical Mindset aims to provide practical strategies and resources for positive and proactive mental wellbeing.
Practical Mindset supports children, young people and adults to develop healthy self belief and coping strategies; to identify and celebrate their unique traits, treating themselves and others with love, respect and kindness.
A tough time for us all, children and teenagers included.
Less structure and little routine, away from friends and the familiarity of school, more access to technology, coupled with fear and so much unknown.
Practical Mindset have developed a programme of mental health and wellbeing sessions and a workbook that school staff can use to help pupils, parents and carers at this tough time.
Whatever you are feeling needs to be felt. Allow it.
By noticing and accepting my fear and anxiety, I allow myself to work through it and it gets lighter. If I hide from it, deny or try to block it, the emotion comes out regardless, in some other, more damaging way.
Accepting my anxiety made it less powerful. I learned to nurture and be gentle with it instead of being angry at it.
Too often we try to block, deny or run from our feelings.
It’s okay to feel angry, sad, frightened, anxious, excited, proud, loved. It’s okay to say you feel this way too.
Maybe now is the time that we’ll all start just talking about how we feel. Without fear or stigma. Emotions are human and ok.
Wow, a restless night full of the strangest and most vivid dreams...
Just now I’m not sleeping very well, and my dreams show the volume of my worry.
I understand why - when we sleep our subconscious mind is processing, working out different thoughts, stories and options. It’s healthy and normal, and needs to happen.
Yesterday I felt fearful about the pace of what’s happening. I read too much news and let myself get caught up in it. I think that’s why I’ve woken this morning from the very strange apocalyptic scene in my mind!!
Today will be all about self soothing and nurture. I will not read the news. I’ll do an activity I enjoy, maybe painting. I will do some exercise. Play with my kids. Clean! Cleaning always helps. Perhaps have a bubble bath. Do some meditation.
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