PART TWO: THE EXTRAS

Creating Calm The 3A Toolkit Approach to Shrinking Stress and Anxiety

ADULT EDITION

PART TWO: THE EXTRAS

Congratulations, you have completed Part One of the Workbook and now have your very own 3A Toolkit to help you to manage your anxiety. You have a good understanding of how to collect information (Awareness) about your anxiety, how to organize this information (Assign a Label), and how to respond to this information (Action). You also know how to rewind past anxiety with a Debrief and plan for future success using your 3A Toolkit.

For some of you, this may be enough, you may already feel like you are well on your way to managing your anxiety. Others may still be interested in some additional information. Part Two will introduce you to how relationships, emotion, and memory may play a role in your experience of anxiety. This may be of interest for those of you who are facing more complex mental health challenges, have a dealt with traumatic events in the past, and have not had the supportive relationships you need. If this is you, your anxiety may be more challenging to manage and may really benefit from the additional information in this section. Even if this is not you, the section will still be useful and may give you some additional ways of managing your anxiety.