In a busy life, time and resources are finite and precious. To ensure maximal return on the investment of each, it is important to craft realistic goals that specifically impact your wellbeing. This handout will guide you through the process of creating thoughtful goals that align with your value system and have the best chance of success given your current circumstances and access to resources.
Category: Self-Study Handouts
Tools for Tension
An introduction to two mindfulness exercises: the Mountain Meditation and Square Breathing. Both can be used to help reduce tension and cultivate a sense of calm control. A self-study handout designed to follow the blog post or podcast episode: An Introduction to Mindfulness.
Manage your Habits
To successfully alter a habit or create a new one, one must consider how a habit is formed. This handout will guide you through the steps necessary to alter a current habit, with implications for creating a new one. A self-study handout designed to follow the book review on The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg or the podcast episode: The Science of Habit Formation.
Plan for Uncertainty
Planning for the future is always complicated by the unknown, but COVID-19 has made planning feel virtually impossible or else completely useless. This handout will guide you through a series of questions designed to move you out of limbo and into a mindset where planning is possible. A self-study handout designed to follow the blog post or podcast episode: When will it be Ok?
Decoding Negative Emotions
Decoding Negative Emotions will guide you through an exploration of how you have habitually approached and expressed negative emotions. Then, you will be asked to describe how you personally experience a number of specific negative emotions and how you might express each one more authentically.
Map your Routines
A self-study handout to be completed following the blog post or podcast episode: Revising your Routines.