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Noticing Me Toolkit: Strengths in Calming

Each of us has ways of calming that work best – these are our

personal strengths in “uploading calm.”
o The following are some examples of how our brains and bodies are
wired to increase calming through these five ways. (Notably, the
sixth way is pharmaceutical / biochemical regulation). Notice that we
might naturally “upload calm” without even being aware of it.

o Find several strategies you use to help yourself feel better, to “upload calm.”

Ways to upload calm Examples

Chatting over coffee
Being Laughing together
with someone
Doing a craft
Imagining good things
Thinking Remembering positive experiences

Clearing my mind

Saying positive things inside my head
Running, walking, jumping, skiing
Moving Changing my breathing

Participating in Karate, Tai Chi, Yoga

Sights: clear, colourful, clean, etc.
Shifting Sounds: silence, music, voices, nature
senses
Touch: soft, hard, smooth, bumpy

Scents: candles, perfumes
Tastes: spicy, sweet, tangy, sour

Daydreaming
Stepping back Spacing out

Zoning out

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