
Explore the causes of anxiety around Coronavirus and social isolation, and learn evidence-based strategies to cope, release negative thoughts, build resilience, alleviate loneliness, and apply practical exercises.
Explore how the brain's protective system triggers an anxiety alarm, making emotional and physical hurts feel the same, and learn strategies to calm this system during coronavirus uncertainty.
Identify two anxiety triggers: excessive news checks and co-rumination. Stay informed without overwhelm by setting reliable sources, boundary times, and engaging in healthy emotional conversations to feel calmer.
Recognize that anxiety can cause irritability, memory lapses, sleep and appetite changes, and use these symptoms as signals to practice self-care and calm the protective system.
Learn to respond to anxiety in the moment as it arises. Apply a simple three-step process to calm yourself when you feel anxious or panicked.
Regulate your stress response by practicing belly breathing and box breathing to calm your mind during uncertainty, breathing in through the nose and counting four.
Compassionate touch from people we feel safe with lowers cortisol and raises oxytocin, calming stress response and fostering connection; you can tap into this by offering yourself touch while breathing.
Learn to anchor attention in the present moment with mindfulness, using the 5-4-3-2-1 technique to calm anxious thoughts by tuning into the five senses and coping with uncertainty.
Connect with compassion by recognizing our shared humanity during coronavirus anxiety and isolation. It fosters warmth, connectedness, and self-kindness through visualization and stories of kindness.
Build resilience and a positive perspective during hard times. Learn three evidence-based practices from positive psychology to boost wellbeing, happiness, and reduce social isolation.
Regain a sense of control during uncertainty by choosing to embrace challenges with autonomy, then shift to ease and gratitude to build emotional intelligence and healthier lifestyle habits.
Cultivate gratitude to shift attention from negatives to positives, reducing fear and anxiety by signaling safety to the brain. Practice the 'what went well and why' exercise to train optimism.
Grab your journal and consider the following questions. There is a printable version of this activity in the resources folder below.
Learn to alleviate loneliness during social distancing by achieving three micro moments of real-time connection per day, and a 10-minute daily audio practice, through brief calls, smiles, and warm interactions.
Develop resilience by practicing gratitude, seeking three micro moments of connection daily, and making time for enjoyable activities to prevent anxiety and negative thoughts.
Turn lessons into habits by defining triggers and actions, then reward well-being and reinforce resilience with anxiety and negative thinking strategies via the upcoming worksheet.
Complete this course to learn practical strategies for managing difficult thoughts and anxiety related to coronavirus, and building resilience for any challenging situation.
Explore keys to overcoming negative thinking and boosting coping confidence, plus four more keys for a positive perspective; sign up for a free roadmap and join a free Facebook group.
Are you:
Living with an anxious knot in your stomach or weight on your chest?
Struggling with how uncertain everything continues to feel?
Feeling exhausted and burned out by how long the pandemic has been going on?
Feeling worried about how the pandemic will affect your future, work, finances, or health?
Missing spending time with your family, friends, and colleagues?
Finding that almost all the conversations you have are about the current situation?
Feeling frustrated and wishing you had proven ways to maintain your mood and motivation during this time?
This course has been specifically designed to help you to cope better with the ways Coronavirus and social distancing regulations are affecting your life, work, and ability to feel connected to others.
You'll learn evidence-based Positive Psychology techniques to relieve anxiety, feel more accepting of the current situation, and maintain mental health resilience during this time.
My priority is not just to equip you with new emotional intelligence skills, but for you to be able to take what you've learned and put it into practice in your daily life - so I've also included a lecture on how to turn these insights into habits, an example of how I use habit planning to stay consistent with my personal resilience practices, and a worksheet to help you apply this knowledge within your day.
This course also comes with the ability to ask me any questions if you get stuck (I look forward to meeting you!), and Udemy's 30-day money-back guarantee.
If this sounds right for you, I hope you’ll join us in the course so you can start feeling better, right away.