*Grounding Stones are made to order*
This Anxiety Toolkit contains a range of resources designed to support you as you work through any anxieties as they occur rather than ignore them. Think of your emotions as a Jack-in-the-Box and if they aren’t dealt with, they lay low until all of sudden they pop right back up (and may appear bigger than if you had worked through them at an earlier stage).
The Grounding Stones/5,4,3,2,1 technique is a great exercise when you are anxious and brings you into the present moment by isolating your senses and focussing on them. The stones act as a visual reminder and can be soothing to hold. This is better practiced in quiet moments, so you feel the benefit when it is most needed.
The notepad allows for understanding your emotions and how they make you feel. You can record strategies that help to relieve them with self-reflection on how you feel after an activity. The power of positive thinking is a great way to look at any negative thoughts and change them into something more positive (eg. swop: “it’s not working” to “I need to find a new strategy”). The goal setting section on the notepad acts a motivator that can trigger new and better behaviours; they don’t need to be big goals, just achievable ones (make my bed in the morning, have something to eat before leaving the house) etc. Mental well-being and growth is improved with the satisfaction of achieving ‘something’.
Also in the kit are some calming exercises along with a timer if needed and you can keep turning it while you work on your breathing technique (you set your own time limit), or use to pause, relax and watch the sand gently flow through.
*Some items available to buy separately.
The full tookit contains:
1 x set of grounding stones (a choice of graphics)
1 x grounding postcard
1 x anxiety notepad
1 x affirmation pen (wording chosen at random)
4 x affirmation colouring cards
1 x set of 10 eco friendly pencils
1 x things I can control sheet
1 x positive note
1 x affirmation postcard
1 x relaxation postcard
1 x window breathing postcard
1 x coping strategies postcard
2 x tangle toys
1 x sensory sticker
1 x timer
1 x grounding keyring
1 x covering letter
