Building A Wellbeing Box (And Giveaway!)

Okay, I reeled you in with the title having ‘Giveaway’ in it, but I know what you’re thinking:

What is a wellbeing/self-care/self-sooth/mindfulness/safety box? It is a box that contains items that can help you feel more relaxed, reduce symptoms of low-mood or anxiety, and help you feel more grounded. It’s essentially a box of physical coping mechanisms. We hear a lot about changing the way we think and ways to cope mentally in your brain, but sometimes you need to physically feel or see something to help you feel better.

A wellbeing-box often contains something that triggers one of the five senses: Sight, Smell, Taste, Touch and Hearing. We’ll also be including items that centre around the 5 ways to wellbeing which are: Take Notice, Keep learning, Be Active, Give and Connect. The five ways to wellbeing is something that mental health charities in the UK as well as the government, are encouraging everyone to utilise and get involved with as the UK has less participation in the categories of the 5 ways than near-by countries such as Germany and France.

Watch the full video here:

Wellbeing Box Ideas!

• Sight

  • Positive Quotes or Pictures

  • Photographs of Friends, Family, Holidays and Other Memories

  • Souvenirs from trips or holidays

  • Little Reminders (Such as positive keychains, cards, wristbands.)

• Smell

  • Candles or Incense

  • Beauty Products such as Face-Masks, Bath-Bombs, Lip-Balm and other pampering products

• Taste

  • Chocolate or whatever you take a craving for!

  • Hot Drinks such as Hot Chocolate, Tea or Coffee

  • Childhood favourites - Sweets or foods that remind you of memories or childhood.

• Touch

  • Hand Cream

  • Anxiety Pets

  • Fidget Spinners/Fidget Cubes

  • Slime or Putty

  • Something tactile that you like the feel of, like a fleecy blanket.

  • Stress ball.

• Hearing

  • Earphones for listening to music or podcasts.

  • Earbuds to block out external noise.

• Connect

  • A notebook full of the contacts for your friends/family/care team.

  • Any contact cards for other services such as Samaritans or other organisations.

• Give

  • Keep something in the box that you know a family member or friend would like, so you can give them it to make them feel better (and make yourself feel better at the same time.)

  • Gift-aid bags - for when you have things to donate and give to a better cause.

• Keep Learning

  • Puzzles such as Crosswords, Wordsearches, Sudoku etc

  • Cookbook or Recipe for your favourite dish

  • Something crafting - A cross-stitch kit, crochet or knitting equipment, scrapbooking materials

• Take Notice

  • Mindfulness activities or workbook

  • Colouring book and pencils

  • Notebook and pen for writing down thoughts

• Be Active

  • Little exercise guides

  • A map of your favourite walking group

  • Exercise DVDs

• For Self Harm Recovery

  • PVA glue - handy for covering an area in glue and peeling off, quite therapeutic!

  • A red pen

  • Elastic bands

• For Eating Disorder Recovery

  • Nail polish - gives you an intensive to wait before purging/binge-ing.

  • Chewing gum and green tea - low calorie alternatives to restricting.
    

Now as I mentioned previously, the items that were shown in this video as examples, are all going to be included in the Wellbeing Box Giveaway.

This giveaway is now closed. competition winner has received their wellbeing box.

There are a total of 4 ways to enter, you can enter across all platforms (so, that’ll be a maximum of 4 chances to win. You can:

1.     Subscribe to this YouTube Channel and give the video a thumbs up and pop a comment down below, it can be anything. You can leave me a poo emoji, I don’t mind (but cute little messages are appreciated.)

2.     Head across to the Facebook page for the blog and like the post (and the page, not essential but very helpful!), from there you can share the giveaway post if you like, but you must, again, leave a comment (poo emojis also welcome, tag your friends etc etc.)

3.     Head across to the twitter and retweet the giveaway, again, reply to the original tweet with anything (but preferably something family friendly.)

4.     Head across to the Instagram page where you can share the page’s post to your story and also like the original post as well.

The Giveaway will end Friday 14th August, so be sure to head over as soon as possible to you don’t miss out on entering and winning.

Content of the Box Shown Below (I’m not included,don’t worry!):

Until next time, stay happy, stay healthy and stay positive. And remember, someone out there cares about you, so if you need help or feel like chatting, reach out.

Beth

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