How do you cope when you feel low? Do you dwell in your melancholy feelings and spiral? Maybe you deny your uncomfortable feelings and attempt to push through? Either way, you won’t experience peace and stability again until you take the steps to boost your mood.
If you resonate with this, the team at Happify created ‘The Happiness Action Plan.’ This fantastic guide pinpoints your mood, and then gives you action steps to experience happiness again. Created by Kwabena Blankson, MD, start by identifying which ‘zone’* you are in.
Green: Generally happy
Yellow: Feeling particularly sensitive and off
Red: In crisis and have lost all hope
From here, you have simple actions to improve your mood. These range from eating healthy to seeing a friend. And for those in the ‘red zone,’ calling a Lifeline or visiting the ER are vital.
So take a look at the Happiness Action Plan, and the create one for yourself. Whatever zone you find yourself in today, or next week, you have the tools to understand your brain and body. And that means you can practice self-care and ask for help. Remember, there’s no shame in any of the zones. Humans feel a range of emotions – your Happiness Action Plan is a reminder you are not alone in these moments, and that things can improve.
If you are in the red zone, please ask for help. Visit LifeLine.org.au or call 13 11 14. For international numbers, or to read blogs for likeminded people, visit To Write Love On Her Arms at TWLOHA.com.
Would you like to build your happiness and resilience? Contact Colleen on 0434 337 245, Duncan on 0434 331 243 or Rachel on 0422 177 193for a FREE 10-minute phone consultation on how we can best help you, or press book now and make an appointment.
*Please note, the coloured zones in this guide are a different model to the Zones of Regulation taught in Play Therapy and used to develop Emotional Intelligence in Children.
