Resiliency Toolbox
Mount Sinai Emergency Medicine
Lara Vanyo, MD; Chair
Randy Sorge, MD Angela Chen, MD
Mini-Meditations:
These can be done when one has a moment of patient-free time, particularly prior to an anticipated stressful event, for example, while:
Mindful eating: Eat slow, Concentrate on taste, texture, Think about where this food came from originally
Body Scan: Full meditation with concentration on body from head to toe
Online Videos for mini-meditations:
From Embrace Changes
For Difficult Times: A 2-Minute Meditation
“The Battery”
Negative automatic thoughts
Humor
Appreciation journal
Letter to yourself
Word play
Storytelling