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Building Personal Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • During stressful times we need to look out for each other.
  • Resilience tools are a great resource for individuals and these tools remind us that the circle of concern and the circle of influence is a helpful way to frame our thinking and manage our reactions.
    • Our circle of concern covers all of the wide range of concerns we have in our daily lives.
    • Our circle of influence covers just those concerns that we can actually control such as our own behaviour, what you eat, how you respond to stress.
  • When we focus on the things we can control, we feel more confident, and those things that we can control can actually increase because we feel empowered.
  • The more you focus on the inner circle, the more empowered you feel and the more you expand your circle of influence.

Resilient Action
What can I control?

Managing your thoughts

Ask yourself:
Other person’s perspective
What might the other person’s perspective be?

Strengths
What are my strengths?
What do I do well?
What can I learn from my successes to apply here?

Be your own friend
What would I say to a friend in this situation to help them to a positive outcome?

Perspective in time
How might I feel about this in a month or a year?

Managing your behaviour

Ask yourself:

  • Are you tackling the problem or just how you feel?
  • What’s the first step? Plan your actions from here.
  • Who might have been here before? Who might be an expert?

Do:

  • Use breathing or grounding techniques
  • Reach out: it’s OK to ask for help, advice or support
  • Keep doing activity – even if you don’t feel like it!
  • Do something distracting or re-energising for a while

Don’t:

  • Don’t allow yourself to become withdrawn or struggle by yourself

Remember Morkare Natural Clinic is open and we are here to support you through these challenging times. If you are feeling overwhelmed and struggling with anxiety or stress make an appointment for a personal consultation, video or telephone conference call.

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