Cards Against Anxiety: A Guidebook and Cards to Help You Stress Less

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This is my favourite because people can sometimes get into a panic when feeling anxious and everything can seem to speed up and ‘close in’. This strategy helps an anxious person to slow things down. And by saying things really slowly, it gives you more of a chance to breathe deeply and/or calmly as you do so. These calming cards could either be given to a child to carry with them, or used as part of a display in the classroom or at home. Having a visual point of reference can be helpful for a child who is struggling to keep calm.

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illustrating the innate resources / skills / capabilities that we all share – so that you can remind your clients of their own innate abilities. Anxiety Freedom Cards is a well-being resource designed to assist those helping to improve the lives of individuals, strengthen relationships and improve productivity within teams. Each one of the anxiety cards represents an innate human needs or resources. The beautiful and thought-provoking images invite you to embark on an inward search for meaning and relevance relating to each of the key ideas. This process provides an insightful way to evaluate life situations, choices and environments in terms of how well your innate resources are being used and how well your innate needs are met. Viewing things from this perspective helps to clarify what might be prioritised to reduce stress and improve well-being. Give your students the tools they need to calm themselves down with these 'I Can Calm Myself Down' prompt cards. And before you go, let me share the reason why I’ve always loved the graphics (pictograms) I’ve use for these cards.If you and your students find these 'I Can Calm Myself Down' prompt cards useful, you may be interested in taking a look at the other resources we have available for helping young students to stay calm. This is what Joe Griffin (Psychologist and co-founder of the human givens approach) says about in8's cards: Anxiety Solutions for Kids – 50 Ways to Ride the Wave is a set of delightfully illustrated cards with simple, practical, and fun activities for children experiencing worry and anxiety.

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This is a series of videos that gives plenty of suggestions for getting started with the cards so that you can start using them straight away.

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The strategy we choose will obviously be influenced by the type of problem we face and our own coping skills.