Grounding Strategies: Tools for Coping with Stress

6/17/20 Wednesday: Grounding Strategies: Tools for Coping with Stress

Presented by: Jaimie Hutchison, MSU WorkLife Office 

Grounding strategies help you cope with stressful situations and help you strengthen your resilience. The strategies that will be covered in this session include: Gratitude, progressive muscle relaxation, optimism, visualization, guided imagery, mindfulness, focused breathing, meditation, and affirmations, mantras, and mottos. Grounding strategies are things you can do to bring yourself into contact with the present moment. They can be quick strategies or longer more formal exercises. Different strategies work for different people. By learning about them, you can find one that works for you!