Danielle RalstonFounder, How Capacity Works · Founder of ND Hive | Building the productivity hub where work actually gets done | Execution spaces, body doubling & community accountability

Creating a Sensory Space at Home Tips and Tricks! #sensoryspaces #mentalhealth #wellbeingjourney

18 Aug 2024 · 1 min

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Danielle Ralston walks through how to build a sensory space at home using calming tools like beanbags and quiet time. She references trauma therapist Katherine McConnell and argues that childlike self-regulation strategies work for adults too, as part of managing mental health and wellbeing.

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It's like, go outside and touch some grass. Like, go walk around, do whatever. So these things that we have set up for kids, we should really use and look at for adults. And when you're building a sensory space in your house, ask yourself what you need. Katherine McConnell is one of our very best friends and she's a trauma therapist. Her and I had this conversation. I was like, do you have a sensory space at your house? And the thought had never occurred to her just because that's not something we do for adults. So she went home, she was super excited to make her sensory space, you know, 'cause we all need a place to go and just be. And, you know, sometimes I wanna go sit in my space and be a little kid 'cause little kids had it going on. Like, didn't have to mask, I didn't have to do that. I could just sit in this beanbag and I could read books for 30 minutes and people let me alone so that I could regulate myself.