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Doing what matters in times of stress : an illustrated guide : adapted version for the Caribbean.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pan American Health Organization.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Stress management.
- Mental health--Caribbean Area.
- Mental health.
- Self-care, Health.
- Psychological resilience.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (53 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomfield : Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), 2021.
- Summary:
- This guide, adapted for the Caribbean by the Pan American Health Organization, provides practical skills to help individuals manage stress. Originally based on a World Health Organization publication, it addresses stress from various sources such as personal, work-related, and community threats. The book is divided into five sections, each offering techniques that can be practiced daily to reduce stress and promote mental well-being. It aims to support a wide audience, including caregivers and health professionals, by offering grounding exercises, methods for unhooking from negative thoughts, acting on personal values, and fostering self-kindness. Designed for easy accessibility, the guide can be read at one's own pace and applies evidence-based practices to assist in coping with adversity. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Part 1: grounding
- This book is to help you manage STRESS
- The effects of stress
- Being hooked?
- What are values?
- The risks of being hooked
- Learn how to be engaged and focused
- Exercises: Let’s get engaged and focused!
- Overcoming an emotional storm
- Learning how to ground yourself
- Developing grounding skills
- Take a moment
- Part 2: Unhooking
- Unhooking ourselves
- Identifying hooking thoughts and feelings
- Noticing and naming
- How does noticing and naming help us?
- Refocusing
- Part 3: Acting on your values
- Acting on your values
- Why does acting on your values matter?
- Choosing your values
- Putting your values into action
- How to deal with difficult situations
- Part 4: Being kind
- Building a caring environment
- Being kind to ourselves
- Part 5: Making room
- As large as the sky…
- Making room Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on print record.
- ISBN:
- 9789275123935
- 9275123934
- OCLC:
- 1381096914
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