Coping Skills
Everyone experiences stress and sometimes it can feel overwhelming. Coping Skills help us tolerate and manage our stress. It is important to find good coping skills that help you feel better and do not hurt you or anyone around you.
On this page you can find good coping skill ideas and resources to help manage your stress.
Coping Strategies for Kids
Click the link below to go to the Very Well Family coping skills page.
Video Resources for Relaxation and Mindfulness
Breathing Exercises
Relaxation Exercises
Learning about our Brain
Additional Coping Strategies for All Ages!
Breathing
The way we breathe makes a big difference to how we feel when we are stressed. It is important to take slow, deep breaths to help our heart slow down and feel less panicked.
Take Deep Breaths
Rainbow Breathing
Square Breathing
Blow Bubbles
Art and Music
Music and art are great ways to help us process our emotions and deal with stress.
Color or Paint a Picture
Dance
Listen to Music
Sing
Paint your Nails
Look at Old Pictures
Exercise!
Getting out and MOVING can help us lower our stress levels
Play Outside
Go for a Walk
Stretch
Play a Sport
Go for a Run
Ride your Bike
Do Something Different
We don't want to avoid stress completely because stress is part of life, but sometimes we can do something to help take our mind off of it.
Drink a Cold Glass of Water
Hug a Stuffed Animal
Take a Nap
Close Your Eyes
Pet an Animal
Bake Cookies
Write
Writing can help us get our emotions out and understand them better.
Write a Letter to Someone You Love
Write in a Journal
Write a Poem About How You Feel
Be Kind
Sometimes doing something kind for someone else can help us cope with our own stress.
Do a chore to help your family
Make a card to help someone else feel better