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Soothing activities to get back to “green mode” including soothing self touch, gentle self talk, bilateral stimulation and cross crawl (crossing the midline). Then went on to discuss the attachment system.

Soothing nervous system into green mode- notice amber or red, encourage downshifting (discharging excess energy or bringing it back online, and ground self. Soothe back into green, most effective way is applying vagal break, which can be achieved through breathing exercise. Finger breathing, belly breathing, cyclic sigh.

Glimmers- look for things that cue peace and calm and safety within your environment, using the senses. Choice- too much choice is dysregulating and not enough is dysregulating. When struck with too much, evaluate where you may be able to remove some. When struck with too little, evaluate where you may gain some.

Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) is the workplace burnout assessment. Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) available free online. Parental Burnout Assessment (PBA) and Informal Caregiver Burnout Inventory.

I read the introduction which doesn’t have page numbers, but in the beginning she makes a good analogy that I want to remember- a car mechanic and another non-trained person buy the same model car - when the car starts making clanging sounds, the mechanic pulls over and makes quick fixes, while the other guy thinks “hope that goes away soon!” … when we can ID and fix the problem early we can avoid worse probs