15: The Art of Self-Soothing

Self-soothing isn't just for babies—it's for adults too.

"Self-soothing behaviors consist of activities that can help you feel safe in your body, regulate your emotions, and cope with unhelpful thoughts or feelings. In essence, self-soothing is learning how to comfort yourself."
— PsychCentral

This year, I've had to learn how to comfort myself because let's be honest, we can't run to other people every single time we face difficult emotions.

Sure, a support system consisting of our trusted confidants and loved ones is essential to our emotional well-being—but so is cultivating a healthy relationship with ourselves. And that entails being comfortable sitting with our emotions and equipping ourselves with self-soothing techniques to ground us when we find ourselves stressed and overwhelmed.

If you're curious, here are my go-to self-soothing techniques that you can try:

1. Journaling
2. Hugging myself and gently rubbing my arms
3. Box breathing
4. Reframing negative thoughts with neutral or positive ones

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