Crafting Your Emotional Survival Kit: Insights from Sarah Price Hancock
The idea is to gather these wellness tools and kind of have like a running list of things that you can do to help yourself to keep yourself on track, and that's kind of your Daily maintenance plan.
What if you had a toolkit to help you stay emotionally balanced every day? In this episode of 'Emotional Self-Reliance', Sarah Price Hancock, a psychiatric rehabilitation and recovery consultant, teams up with her supportive friend David to share practical advice on building your own wellness toolbox. Whether you're just starting your recovery journey or have been on the path for a while, Sarah’s insights are invaluable.
The episode dives into the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), a strategy designed to help you recognize personal triggers and develop daily routines that foster emotional stability. Sarah and David discuss the importance of having a variety of wellness tools at your disposal. They emphasize the need for brainstorming with friends or family to come up with ideas you might not have considered.
Sarah shares her own experiences with triggers like noise and bright lights, and how she has adapted her work environment to manage these challenges. The conversation is filled with practical tips and heartfelt anecdotes, making it easy to relate to and apply the advice given. Listeners are encouraged to take proactive steps in creating their own wellness toolbox.
By identifying daily tasks that promote emotional balance and planning ahead for potential triggers, you can build a strong foundation for emotional self-reliance. Tune in for an engaging discussion that blends professional expertise with personal experience, offering a roadmap to maintaining emotional well-being.