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Ways to keep feelings and energy steady

1. When you have an unpleasant feeling, remember, it

is just cortisol being released – it is a clever way of your

brain telling you something is not ok and action is

needed.

2. The first skill to get good at it self-soothing – we’ll explore that

next week.

3. If we get good at self-soothing, we can calm our brain

enough to be able to problem-solve.

4. When calm, think: “Which 5C Need went wrong for me?”

5. Practise being a solution-finder: what is the first step

to improve the situation? The more you practice being the

solution-finder, the easier it will get – it is a skill.