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Hard Days Need
A Skills Stack 

What To Do! helps you understand what’s happening, decide what to do next, and practice skills for focusing, coping, feelings, and relationships.

90-second reset
  1. Put both feet on the floor.

  2. Exhale slowly like you are fogging a mirror.

  3. Name one thing you can do in the next 10 minutes.

That is enough to begin. You can make the plan after your body gets a vote.

Build a personal toolkit you know how to use

Save what works.
Organize it by Focus, Coping, Feelings, and Connecting.

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Focus

For planning, starting, and following through when your mind feels scattered.

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Coping

For getting through overwhelm, stress, shutdown, emotional intensity, or reactive moments.

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Feelings

Naming them, checking the story, and understanding what is happening inside.

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Connecting

For communicating clearly, repairing, listening, and staying present with other people.

What kind of hard is today?

When life gets hard, insight is not always easy to reach.

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What To Do! shows you what skill to use, how to use it, and what to do next when you feel overwhelmed, reactive, scattered, stuck, or unsure what to say.

When your mind is racing

You need fewer thoughts, not better thoughts.

Name it to tame it: WORRY Set a 10-minute timer. Braindump your worries. Stop after the timer goes off.

When you feel alone

Connection starts smaller than a conversation.

Send a "thinking of you" message to a loved one. Step near other people. Let one person know today is heavy.

When you messed up

Repair is a skill, not a verdict.

Say what happened plainly. Choose the next right repair. Do not add a life sentence.

When everything is too much

Lower the load before solving the life.

Drink water. Clear one surface. Pick the next 10 minutes only.

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Learn why the skills work

Short, plain-language guidance to help you understand what is happening and choose what to try next.

What To Do! shows you what coping skill to use, how to use it, and what to do next.

Terri Kern, LPCC
I’m Terri Kern, a licensed clinical counselor in Ohio.
This is coaching, not therapy.  This program gives you practical coping skills with exact steps, so you can calm down, think clearly, and choose your next move.

I built What To Do! to help people move from insight to action. This is coaching—not therapy—with practical tools you can use when life gets hard.

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