Five everyday moments, each stirring up a feeling. For each one, pick the way you would handle it. There is not always a single right answer, but some moves fit a given moment far better than others.
Reframe it · see the situation differently. Fix the situation · change the thing causing it. Step away · disengage or shift your attention. Hold it in · keep the feeling off your face for now.
Your pattern
No strategy is best everywhere. Matching the strategy to the situation, and switching when it stops working, predicts coping better than any single favourite, the skill of regulatory flexibility (Bonanno and Burton, 2013).