I found this book to be quite useful. Every idea for self-soothing is short and to the point so you are able to flip through and find what works for you.

The perfect reference for when you need to be kind to yourself. Try different ways to break out of the cyclical thinking and drop the anxiety meter to zero. This book and something that will work for you.

It seems like medicine is the go-to these days when someone is dealing with anxiety, but there are a plethora of activities you can engage in that do not include pharmaceuticals. Enter Robin Raven’s The Little Book of Self-Soothing. This handy guide contains 150 resources for managing your emotions, relieving stress, and restoring calm.

The Little Book of Self-Soothing is divided into three sections - body, mind, & spirit - and gives practical suggestions for managing your stress and anxiety in the moment and finding your way back to calm. The activities in this book help quiet the mind and guide the reader in finding a place of peace to rest and restore.

While some of the activities in this Little Book are tried and true - relaxing with aromatherapy, taking a walk in nature, and setting boundaries - others are ones that I never would have thought to try, such as moving like a sloth (it distracts your racing mind), reciting a memorized poem (it forces your brain to concentrate on something else), or imagining a new world (it gets your mind on something else for a while.)

There’s a wide variety of activities in this book, and most people are sure to find an activity (or two, or three!) that suits their personality type. While readers are likely to form favorites among the suggestions, it can also be refreshing to just flip to a random page and try something new to soothe yourself when needed.

The Little Book of Self Soothing provides 150 activities to use to assist in emotion regulation and improve anxiety. There are three different main areas targeted in this book: body, mind, and spirit. These activities are easy to implement and most can be done in any environment. There are so many activities provided that you can find which ones resonate best with you. These are valuable exercises so that you can learn how to regulate your emotions. Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the advance review copy in exchange for my honest review.

This is such a helpful reference! This guide to easing discomfort and managing uncomfortable feelings includes over a hundred practical, do-able suggestions for how to regulate and calm yourself. Most require no special supplies or accommodations and they encompass great variety of mental and physical techniques. Everyone would benefit from giving this a read and trying the suggested exercises--we can all benefit from having a bigger toolkit to deal with our emotions!

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!