Collection of Articles and Resources involving D.I.Y. Coping Skills, your Blueprint for Wellbeing, and finding peace through connection with the Kingdom of Heaven Within.
The Wise Mind A.C.C.E.P.T.S. skills provides valuable strategies in an easy to remember acronym to help tolerate stressful moments and navigate difficult emotions. By engaging in activities, contributing to others, practicing gratitude, and managing thoughts in simple ways, you can enhance well-being.
The Distress Tolerance module emphasizes practical techniques to manage overwhelming emotions. By using cold stimuli, engaging in intense exercise, pacing your breathing, and practicing progressive muscle relaxation, individuals can effectively soothe themselves during distressing moments. Each method promotes a gentle pathway to regain emotional balance and resilience.
DBT Skills Training Module: Emotion Regulation The DBT skill Manage Extreme Emotions is a powerful approach to staying grounded when emotions feel overwhelming. It begins with mindfulness—observing and describing your current emotional experience without judgment. By identifying what you’re feeling and naming it, you create a sense of distance from the emotion, making it easier to respond… Continue reading Manage Extreme Emotions
DBT Skills Training Module: Emotion Regulation The DBT skill Let Go of Emotional Suffering teaches us the transformative power of acceptance. At its core, this skill is about acknowledging the things in life that cannot be changed while focusing on what can be. By practicing acceptance, we free ourselves from the ongoing emotional pain that comes from… Continue reading Let Go of Emotional Suffering
DBT Skills Training Module: Emotion Regulation The DBT skill of Building Mastery is all about intentionally creating opportunities each day to feel competent, capable, and in control. When we feel mastery over aspects of our lives, we are better equipped to manage emotional challenges and navigate stress. This skill invites us to identify at least one activity… Continue reading Build Mastery
The Emotion Regulation module emphasizes acquiring long-term positives through intentional life changes, relationship building, and mindfulness. It encourages individuals to list desired positive events and take actionable steps toward achieving them. Participants are advised to focus on immediate joys, ignore worries about their duration, and embrace their right to enjoy positive experiences.
DIALECTICAL THINKING is about being open-minded. It helps us navigate stressful situations, enhances our mental well-being, and improves our relationships with ourselves and others.
Self-validation is having the ability to quietly reassure yourself that the emotions, thoughts, and experiences you have are indeed real, make sense, and hold value.
Open to a way of authenticity, lovingkindness, and balance by living from the heart. Be present and fully engaged for a deeper & more meaningful life.
This weekend, I treated myself. I went to a concert and saw my favorite artist. I encourage you to find what you love. What is life-giving to you, healthy and feeds your soul, do that! You deserve it. Here is why you deserve it - because you are already responsible for handling the business of… Continue reading Treat Yourself. Increase Positive Experiences.
Inner Renovations Toolbox 