Diane Britt is a staff psychologist at Oberlin College and has a private practice in Oberlin, Ohio. The document provides resources for facilitating change, including websites with information on yoga, meditation, and goal setting. It also lists books on meditation, yoga, creativity and problem solving. Sections are devoted to areas of life like relationships, intellectual pursuits, physical health, emotions, recreation, spirituality, and lists 10 small changes that can be made to improve well-being.

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.