Opener Suggestion...
Hi everyone, and welcome to tonight’s WhatsApp live chat which is all about Our own Mental Health Toolkits. We have XX, YY, and ZZ here with you this evening.
We sometimes talk our mental health toolkits in PiM - these are helpful coping strategies and activities that are unique to you, and can change a LOT in the perinatal journey. This means you may continually add things or take things out of your own toolkit, and that's okay! We hope this hour will give you a chance to reflect on the things that help you and your mental health.
You’re very welcome to join in whether you’re new to the group, have been here for a while, or have mostly been reading along and now feel ready to say hello.
Please do support each other too, we’re all together in this and you bring so much by sharing your experiences and supporting each other.
Thank you, your peer supporters
Possible Questions to ask during the chat...
What things, strategies or coping mechanisms help your mental wellbeing (in other words, what tools do you already have in your own mental health toolkit)?
How do you (or could you) start to recognise when you need to dip into your toolkit? Do you feel, think, eat or choose different activities for example that could remind you of the tools you have?
What tools could you add into your own mental health toolkit over the weeks/months ahead? (How might you do this?)
What things have a possible negative impact on your mental wellbeing (in other words, what tools might you want to take out of your toolkit right now)?