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I am Feeling Anger
I am Feeling Depressed
Insomnia
Music for Fall Asleep
Podcast about music which help us fall asleep.
You Tube music to fall asleep.
Insomnia and better sleep
Methods for falling asleep
Tips for better sleep
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Books and Videos about Resilience
Books:
The Resilience Factor: 7 Keys to Finding Your Inner Strength and Overcoming Life’s Hurdles
Resilient: How to Grow an Unshakable Core of Calm, Strength, and Happiness
Resilience: Powerful Practices for Bouncing Back from Disappointment, Difficulty, and Even Disaster
Videos:
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Forgiveness
Resources and tools
Workbook with six sections about how to become more forgiving individual- five–step model by Everett L. Worthington, Jr
Strategies to work through anger and resentment
Forgiveness tips and exercises
Forgiveness for yourself and others
Quotes about forgiveness
Resentment is like drinking poison and then hoping it will kill your enemies. Nelson Mandela
The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment. Elbert Hubbard
Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. Jonathan Lockwood Hule
The elimination diet: remove anger, regret, resentment, guilt, blame, and worry. Then watch your health, and life, improve. Charles Glassman
Forgive those who insult you, attack you, belittle you or take you for granted. But more than this forgive yourself for allowing them to hurt you. Unknown
Letting go helps us to to live in a more peaceful state of mind and helps restore our balance. It allows others to be responsible for themselves and for us to take our hands off situations that do not belong to us. This frees us from unnecessary stress. Melody Beattie
Do you think peace of mind can be found in holding a grudge…or harboring resentment…or wallowing in thoughts of what could have been? Me neither. Dr. Steven Maraboli
Holding a grudge is like letting someone live rent free in your head. Unknown
Resentment is a mental resistance to, a non-acceptance of, something which has already happened … an emotional rehashing, or re-fighting of some event in the past. You cannot win, because you are attempting to do the impossible–change the past. – Maxwell Maltz
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free. Catherine Ponder
Resentment or grudges do no harm to the person against whom you hold these feelings but every day and every night of your life, they are eating at you. Norman Vincent Peale
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Hope
Quotes about hope
Everything that is done in this world is done by hope. Martin Luther
Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu
Find the seed at the bottom of your heart and bring forth a flower. Shigenori Kameoka
The darkest hours are just before dawn. English proverb
Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all. Dale Carnegie
However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at. Where there’s life, there’s hope. Stephen Hawking
Where there is no vision, there is no hope. George Washington Carver
In all things it is better to hope than to despair. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller
Articles
Article about four ways to cultivate hope.
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Depression
You can try to:
- go for a walk or do exercises you find on internet
- observe beautiful things, for example fashion, internal decor or art magazines
- read inspirational quotes
- doodle flowers or do zentangle
- colour colouring books for adults
- watch funny movies
- dance at home
Interesting articles about depression and coping with it:
Tips for coping with depression
Article about theories of depression and how to overcome it.
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Anxiety Tools
5-4-3-2-1 technique
This is a grounding exercise to ground yourself with all five senses.
Acknowledge 5 things around you that you can SEE
Acknowledge 4 things around you that you can TOUCH
Acknowledge 3 things around you that you can HEAR
Acknowledge 2 things around you that you can SMELL
Acknowledge 1 positive thing around you that you can TASTE
You can find video and worksheet here.
3-3-3 Rule
Grounding
List of grounding exercises. – mental, physical and soothing grounding techniques
Search YouTube for grounding techniques
Breathing techniques
Search YouTube for breathing exercises for anxiety
Muscle relaxation
Muscle relaxation techniques on YouTube
How to do Progressive Muscle Relaxation