Coping Mechanisms

Apps

  • Quitzilla: Track a bad habit that you’re trying to quit.
  • Focusing/Task Completion:
    • Joon: App for chore tracking for kids (adults sometimes use this for themselves too)
    • Habitica
    • Routinery
    • FocusPlus (timers)
    • Gift List: Helps track gifts/gift ideas purchased for holidays for people in your life.

Books

I have read most of these, but a few are on my to-read list.

General Feel Good Books:

  • Girl of the Limberlost, Gene Stratton Porter
  • James Herriot’s series: All Creatures Great and Small

Autobiography/Biographies about Living with a Mental Health Diagnosis:

  • Stick Figure, Lori Gottlieb (Anorexia)
  • The Year I Didn’t Eat, Samuel Pollen

ADHD

  • ADHD 2.0, Edward M Hallowell MD and John Ratey MD

Autism

  • Understanding Pathological Demand Avoidance Syndrome in Children: A Guide for Parents, Teachers and Other Professionals, Phil Christie, Margaret Duncan

Grief and Loss:

  • Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
  • Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life Paperback, Ira Byock MD 

Relationships and Intimacy:

  • Fair Play, Eve Rodsky: There is a book and audiobook, but also a game and DVD.
  • Come as You Are: Emily Nagoski PhD

Parenting:

  • 1,2,3 Magic (Book, audiobook, DVD- usually the library has it)
  • Beyond Behaviors: Using Brain Science and Compassion to Understand and Solve Children’s Behavioral Challenges,Mona Delahooke (Paperback)
  • Low-Demand Parenting: Dropping Demands, Restoring Calm, and Finding Connection with Your Uniquely Wired Child, Amanda Diekman

Other

  • The Art of Money Workbook: A Three-Step Plan to Transform Your Relationship with Money, Bari Tessler
  • Refuse to Choose! Use All of Your Interest, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams, Barbara Sher
  • Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed, Lori Gottlieb

Kids Books

  • Do You Have a Secret?: A Children’s Mental Health Book to Keep Kids Safe (Classroom Books, Emotions) (Let’s Talk About It!), Jennifer Moore-Mallinos (Author)
  • We Don’t Eat Our Classmates: A Penelope Rex Book,  Ryan T. Higgins
  • My Mouth Is A Volcano: A Picture Book About Interrupting, by Julia Cook
  • Enemy Pie : (Reading Rainbow Book, Children’s Book about Kindness, Kids Books about Learning), Derek Munson
  • Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun: Having the Courage To Be Who You Are, Maria Dismondy
  • THE INVISIBLE STRING, Karst, Patrice, Stevenson, Geoff, DeVorss & Company
  • What to Do When Your Brain Gets Stuck: A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD (What-to-Do Guides for Kids Series) A Kid’s Guide to Overcoming OCD What-to-Do Guides for Kids Series, Huebner, Dawn, Matthews, Bonnie
  • All Birds Have Anxiety, Hoopmann, Kathy
  • All Dogs Have ADHD, Hoopmann, Kathy
  • All Cats Are on the Autism Spectrum, Hoopmann, Kathy
  • Ninja Life Hacks Mover and Shaker 8 Book Box Set (Books 25-32: Patient, Organized, Smart, Confident, Stressed, Hopeful, Communication, Funny), Mary Nhin
  • A Little SPOT of Emotion 8 Book Box Set (Books 1-8: Anger, Anxiety, Peaceful, Happiness, Sadness, Confidence, Love, & Scribble Emotion), Diane Alber
  • A Little SPOT of Emotion 8 Plush Toys with Feelings Book Box Set, Diane Alber

Coping Mechanisms to Try

YouTube Videos with Savasana for Relaxation: Savasana is a 5-10 minute practice that generally ends a yoga session where you lay down and try to clear your mind. This can be helpful for relaxing and releasing tension, particularly right before bed.

Physical Items that May Be Good Tools

  • Sunrise alarm clocks/lights: Help improve the process of waking up by offering a slow progression vs. going straight to the beeping.
  • Paint By Sticker Books: Excellent for children and adults if you need a mindless busy task that is satisfying.
  • Reverse Coloring Book: The colors are on the page, you draw the lines!