Parent Wellbeing Strategies

Strategies to help parents cope, especially if you have a child with additional needs

Difficulties sleeping?

If you only have 5 minutes spare time … try this video link:

Tips for Sleeping Better – Useful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future.

If you have a spare 15 minutes, have a look at these 3 videos:

Tips for Sleeping BetterUseful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future. 

What you can do for sleep problems – Useful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future.

FOFBOC Settling the Mind – An audio link to listen to if you are awake and up in the middle of the night and cant get back to sleep. Useful if you are coping just, now, but might not cope if things carry on like this, or get worse.

Stressed?

If you only have 5 minutes spare time …Try this video link:

What you can do for stress  – Useful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future. 

If you have a spare 10 minutes, have a look at these 2 videos:

What you can do for stress – Useful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future. 

Top tips to deal with stress and burnout  – Useful if you are coping just, now, but might not cope if things carry on like this, or get worse.

Feeling down?

If you only have 5 minutes spare time… try these 2 video links:

Video: What you can do for low moodUseful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future.

Scroll up or down to find link for ‘Reframing unhelpful thoughts’ videoUseful if you are coping just, now, but might not cope if things carry on like this, or get worse.

If you have 45 minutes spare… look at the 2 videos above and read these tips for wellbeing:

Wellbeing Tips

Worrying?

If you have 5 minutes spare time… try this video link on how to tackle your worries: 

Video: Tackle your worries – Useful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future.

Feeling angry or frustrated?

If you have 5 minutes, try this video link:

Scroll up or down to find link for ‘Reframing unhelpful thoughts’ video – Useful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future.

Forgotten what it’s like to be you?

If you have half an hour, read this link about how to look after yourself: 

Self-care for parents and carers – Useful if you want to improve your sleep now, to cope with challenges that I may face in the future.

Here are some more activities to try out, if you just don’t feel okay, but are not sure why:

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