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3 Simple Tips to Alleviate Anxiety with Jane Clapp

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Mental Health Takes Work. /nods emphatically The

Mental Health Takes Work. /nods emphatically

The work of communities to lift up, show up, listen to, and advocate for systemic changes that affect the most vulnerable - BIPOC, neighbours living in tents, LCBTQ2I.

The work of healthcare systems to be accessible to all, where mental health services are accessed with ease and without barriers.

The work of employers and companies to create healthy and safe workplaces where 1) mental health is talked about 2) employees are listened to 3) employees feel valued.

The work of parents and caregivers and community leaders and sport coaches to accept who the child is, to role model non-violent communication and conflict skills, to allow space for feelings to be valid, to teach emotion regulation skills.

The work of education systems to challenge test scores and grades as a primary indicator of success - where ‘winning’ at school means a child loves learning, learned skills to work collaboratively with other people on a collective goal, learned how to be a friend to the child without a friend, learned first aid for physical AND mental health, and learned how to ask for help.

These are the building blocks of a robust and resilient ’mental health.’ This list is not exhaustive. The effort is not and cannot be solely on the individual.

I do really love talking about 1:1 about emotions, thoughts, beliefs, self-care/self-parenting, about habits and rituals, about support systems - but especially this week, let’s share the responsibility across many shoulders.

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If you know me, you know I’m really into ‘feel

If you know me, you know I’m really into ‘feelings’. I myself have a lot of them. This mini series might seem super simple, or you might feel very confused. Either way, feeling your feelings can be incredibly hard work - our brains love to distract us from anything uncomfortable and I do not need to tell you, BUT, sometimes feelings ARE SUPER uncomfortable.

So which camp are you in - is this mini series easy breezy or an enigma wrapped in tofu bacon?
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I’m just going to leave this happy spider plant

I’m just going to leave this happy spider plant right here to remind you to seek out the small beautiful things in your surroundings, right now.
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📷 @turriburri

If you don’t know this one, it is a quick, effec

If you don’t know this one, it is a quick, effective, glorious GEM of a grounding strategy.

Anxious? Distracted? Dysregulated? Try this.

👁 5. Look around and name FIVE things you can see

🤚 4. Find and feel FOUR things you can touch.

👂 3. Listen for THREE things you can hear.

👃 2. TWO things you can smell.

👄 1. ONE thing you can taste. This is a great time to have a glass of water.

Test this one out and let me know what you think!
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Clients LOVE to tell me about how lazy they are.

Clients LOVE to tell me about how lazy they are.

Taking care of ourselves is hard work. At least, I find it hard work. I have an inner slug that tells me ‘no’ all the dang time. It’s sounds like this (in my head):

A walk would be a good idea...
No thanks.

Time to empty the dishwasher.
Mmm, no.

Let’s make the salad tonight.
No.

How about you call the friend?
I’m too tired.

Well. Can anyone relate? I tend to see this as a masked up version of the all-or-nothing perfectionistic trap. I (or we) get to think I’m just ‘lazy’ when REALLY I think it has more to do with “If I’m not going to run 10km, why bother with a 1km walk?” or “If I can’t make the Insta-worthy salad, then why bother eating a vegetable?”.

CAN YOU HEAR THE TRAP? THE PERFECTIONISM?

Anyway, at this point you probably know the advice is to just do the small thing. JUST DO THE SMALL THING. I put it in caps for my sake, to remind myself later to just step outside for some fresh air if I can’t muster a run, or just eat a cucumber like an apple if I can’t get the salad made, or just leave a voice note for a friend if a call is feeling like ‘too much’. Do the small thing as one tiny step toward feeling how you want to feel.

Hint: small steps lead to the big changes.

p.s. The photo - I’m practicing yoga on my due date - I love these photos because I was so happy and carefree and naive. I like to harness that version of myself every so often.
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