1. DIANE BRITT, PhD: STAFF PSYCHOLOGIST,
OBERLIN COLLEGE.
PRIVATE PRACTICE, OBERLIN, OH.

7. Tools to facilitate change
 Super secret empathy + creative problem solving +
“any amount”
 Expert or semi-expert or completely amateur
consultation/help and support

8. Resources - Websites
 Yogajournal.com (info. on breathing exercises, yoga
practice)
 youtube.com (videos on yoga for beginners and others;
relaxation and meditation videos)
 innerhealthstudio.com (readings and downloads,
videos for relaxation, meditation, sleep)
 stickk.com (a site where you can make a resolution,
with your choice of supports, optional witnesses,
financial consequences, etc.)

9. Resources – Books on Meditation
 Pema Chodron, Start Where You Are; When Things
Fall Apart
 Jon Kabat-Zinn, Full Catastrophe Living

10. Resources – Books on Yoga
 Miller & Blackman, Life is a Stretch (on doing yoga in
work clothes, in your office)
 Donna Farhi, Yoga Mind, Body & Spirit
 Silva, Mira & Shyam Mehta, Yoga the Iyengar Way

11. Resources – Books on creativity
and creative problem-solving:
 Zander & Zander, The Art of Possibility
 Keri Smith, Mess: The Manual of Accidents and
Mistakes
 Cameron, The Artist’s Way

14. Relational
 Connections with partner, children, family
 Connections with friends
 Connection with yourself
 Community
 New people
 Add your own

15. Intellectual
 Learn something new
 Reconnect with an old interest
 Read professional literature
 Read for pleasure
 Take a class
 Get a mini lesson on something
 (see youtube.com)
 Add your own

16. Professional
 Be with colleagues
 Mentor/be mentored
 Improve skills/learn new skills
 Think about short-/long-term goals
 Plan a new project that excites you
 Improve or enhance work space
 Add your own

17. Physical
 Eating
 Exercise
 Sleep
 Medical care/preventative care
 Sexuality
 Rest
 Add your own

18. Emotional
 Self-reflection
 Journaling
 Talk with friends, loved ones about yourself,
feelings
 Therapy
 Creative outlets
 Relaxation exercises
 Meditation
 Comforting activities, places, objects
 Add your own

19. Recreational
 Play (with children, animals, others, alone)
 Games
 Sports, physical games, dancing
 Comedic movies and t.v.
 Fun
 Outdoors
 Try something new
 Add your own

20. Spiritual
 Prayer
 Worship services
 Meditation
 Time in nature
 Inspirational reading
 Add your own

21. 10 changes to make right now,
in any amount:
 Drink more water.
 Eat more fruit and vegetables.
 Move around more. Make some of that aerobic, some
of that stretching.
 Be kinder and more empathic with yourself.
 Take a few minutes every day for quiet reflection,
meditation, relaxation exercise.

22. 10 changes to make right now,
in any amount:
 Connect more with others in a way meaningful to you.
 Do something new.
 Learn something new.
 Be more creative.
 Have more fun.