Recovery from Mental Health & Addiction Illnesses is a process that’s different for everyone. These tools can guide you in all stages of your recovery & discovery journey.
Catch It, Check It, Change It
This simple system of “Catch It, Check It, Change It” can help us be more aware of how we are talking to ourselves (and others), and can quickly ‘check it & change it’ so you get better outcomes!
Cost-Benefit Analysis
Defining the pros & cons of either doing something or not doing something can help you gain clarity around making decisions.
What is within YOUR CONTROL?
When you can stay focused on what is within your control, you can more easily maintain better mental health.
CORE VALUES
Defining & Refining Core Values can help you get clear on WHAT you want, and get clear on HOW you can get what you want.
E.A.R. for Effective Communication
When you remember to use your E.A.R. when you communicate, you will start feeling more confident about your communication skills and you’ll notice that you’re building better relationships.
Internal Pharmacy
Learning how to use your internal pharmacy is an excellent way to manage your mental health without pharmaceuticals.
Phrases for Effective Communication
Learning how to hone your communication skills takes “practice, patience, and persistence.”
Use this guide to create & personalize your own phrases that will help you to practice the other communication skills like E.A.R. and the P.I.U.S. technique.
P.I.U.S. for Effective Communication
The P.I.U.S. technique is a simple guide to help you formulate your “script” for specific situations you might face.
Once you have your script ready, you just “set it & forget it.” It’s there whenever you need it!
Problem Solver
An effective and easy way to solve ANY problem.
R.A.I.N. to Cool Off!
Using acronyms can help you remember helpful tools – like cooling off in the R.A.I.N.
S.T.O.P. for Effective Communication
The S.T.O.P. tool is effective to “practice the pause” – to give yourself a few extra seconds to respond instead of react to a situation.
T.H.I.N.K. to Avoid Regrets
Before we are tempted to ‘react’ to people or situations we find upsetting, use this memorable acronym which can help you avoid future regrets.
UNCONDITIONAL Acceptance - meme
UNCONDITIONAL Acceptance is the Door to Transcendence!
Unconditional Acceptance - Part 1
Unconditional Acceptance can be a valuable tool for better mental health.
Unconditional Acceptance - Part 2
Use Unconditional Acceptance – Part 1 & Part 2 to help manage your mental health.
Unhelpful Thinking Patterns
Dr. David Burns created this list of the 10 most common thought distortions. I prefer to call them “unhelpful thinking patterns.”
This list can help you indentify the A.N.T.s (Automatic Negative Thoughts) that tend to scurry around inside our head!
Values
Defining & Refining Your Core Values can help you gain clarity on what you want and how to get it.