{"id":184,"date":"2023-08-18T16:27:36","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T15:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/?page_id=184"},"modified":"2023-08-22T10:17:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:17:13","slug":"optimism-and-positivity","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/team-work-and-self-care\/calmness-resilience-guide-for-care-providers-and-their-staff\/optimism-and-positivity\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimism and positivity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Optimism and positivity<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-not-stacked-on-mobile has-background-color has-primary-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-radius:10px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-50-font-size\">Good things<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/08\/btn-icon-15.svg\" alt=\"btn icon 15\" class=\"wp-image-334\" style=\"width:320px\" width=\"320\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Notice<\/strong> all the good things that you and others are doing. Notice how communities are working together, that there is a sense of shared purpose and connectedness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Think of three positive things<\/strong> that have happened in your day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Limit<\/strong> your exposure to negative social media and news footage and do something else instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Make the most of time at home<\/strong> &#8211; reconnect with pleasurable activities and hobbies, such as reading, a jigsaw puzzle, sketching, a board game, listening to music, gardening, watching a comedy show, playing a musical instrument, baking, cooking, phoning a friend, a crossword puzzle, learning something new, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Remember<\/strong> &#8211; it is normal during times of stress and uncertainty to feel anxious and worried. If you are feeling worried or anxious speak to someone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Optimism and positivity Good things Notice all the good things that you and others are doing. Notice how communities are working together, that there is a sense of shared purpose and connectedness. Think of three positive things that have happened in your day. Limit your exposure to negative social media and news footage and do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":62,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-184","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/184\/revisions\/392"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/62"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iowsab.org.uk\/app\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}