Tip Sheets to Support You
HeadwayHealth Tip Sheets
NEW!! “Scan-xiety – Strategies to help”
Managing Stress
Looking After Yourself
When Feeling Down or Lacking Energy
Identifying Values in Life
Managing Unhelpful Thoughts
Thought Monitoring Diary
Getting a Good Nights Sleep
Enhancing Intimacy
Dealing with Hair Loss
Helping Children Adjust
Managing our Limits of Coping
Maintaining Health and Wellbeing
Accepting and Managing Offers of Help
Emotional Side Effects – The impact on those having treatment for brain cancer
Communicating Effectively with Your Care Team
My Activity Schedule
A number of tip sheets are reproduced with permission from Ausmed from Psychosocial Care of Patients: A Health Professional’s Guide to What to Say and Do – 2006, Hodgkinson K, Gilchrist J, Ausmed Pubs.
Relaxation Tools
Clinical Psychologist’s Jessica Medd and Sue Bulter have developed a series of audio recording of relaxation exercises and breathing skills to help you to learn and refine your relaxation and calming skills. We appreciate Jess and Sue’s generosity in sharing these recordings free of charge and also acknowledge Concord Repatriation General Hospital and the Sydney Cancer Centre Foundation for their assistance and funding of the production.
Track 1: A Brief Introduction to Learning Relaxation Skills (3 mins)
With thanks to Jessica Medd Senior Clinical Psychologist
Track 2: Learning to Slow Your Breath (5 mins)
With thanks to Sue Butler Clinical Psychologist
Track 3. Breathing to Relax (7 mins)
With thanks to Sue Butler Clinical Psychologist
Track 4. Progressive Muscle Relaxation – Active Tense and Release (16 mins)
With thanks to Jessica Medd Senior Clinical Psychologist
Track 5. Progressive Muscle Relaxation – Passive Release (12 mins)
With thanks to Jessica Medd
Track 6. Relaxing with Guided Imagery (11 mins)
With thanks to Sue Butler Clinical Psychologist
Track 7. Relaxation Using Your Own Personal Imagery (11 mins)
With thanks to Sue Butler Clinical Psychologist
Please consider trying the different strategies offered above to see which are most helpful for you. Please remember that learning to relax and achieve a sense of calm is a skill that takes patience and practice, so take it slowly and celebrate your progress in learning. There are many APPS and online learning tools to help you continue to learn and reinforce and expand your skill set. Enjoy!