Skills

Now that I am teaching coping skills to kids for work (and at home) I find myself becoming aware of my own skillzzzzes.

The word “Cope” is defined as: “to deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties—usually used with with.” (merriam-webster)

Healthy ways of coping with difficulties could include: exercise, reaching out to family or friends, watching a funny movie, hugging your kids, and —–feel free to share your favorites at the bottom—

Some lesser means of coping: Listening to the same song on repeat over 100 times, staring in the frig for something that looks good, eating tostinos nacho cheese sauce out of the jar with my finger, burning crayons on an open radiator in the back of class (how I got a front row seat for the rest of that year).

Uncertain about level of health: Pretending your life is a book and reading it to yourself. When times are hard, I can almost hear the narrator guiding me through the day.

I think there was more…but Ariel keeps putting stuffed animals in my lap and I think my “serious face” is bothering her 🙂

All I can say for sure is that its good to connect with others. I read this recently,

“Suffering is inevitable, but suffering alone is intolerable.” Susan Johnson