Checking In: A Strategy to Help You Manage ALS Stress

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Just as no two ALS journeys are alike, there is no one-size-fits-all method for dealing with the emotional stress of living with the disease.

However, I found a way to continue moving forward. It’s a simple strategy that helps me focus on one problem at a time. A strategy that has helped me maintains a positive mindset and strengthen my resilience ever since I was diagnosed with ALS in 2010.

Whether you are the person living with ALS, or the one providing care, I know this strategy can be of help to you too. It all begins with “checking in” and asking these three basic questions: How do I feel? What do I need? Who or what can help me?

I created this short, 11-minute video to help you learn this easy technique and - - begin using it today!

(Direct link to video: https://youtu.be/WXFrtKuX5r8)

Complement this video by reading these related blog posts:

• "How to Build Your Own ALS Stress Toolkit" (posted on ALS News Today)
• "ALS Stress Management Made Easy" (posted on this blog site)

To learn more about the origin of the technique “checking in” - - which I first experienced years ago when "The Solution" (a weight management program) was taught at our wellness center:

• "The Pathway; Follow the Road to Health and Happiness", by Laurel Mellin.
• "The Solution" by Laurel Mellin. (Note: "The Solution" has been revised to: Emotional Brain Training http://www.ebtgroups.com/about) 

Dagmar Munn
ALS and Wellness Blogger

  

                                 

The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.

William James

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