In life, different situations can mean that you have to react to things in different ways. For example, if you get angry at school; you will probably react differently to if you get angry at home.

A strategy wheel is a useful tool to help you think about how to navigate feelings and strong emotions.  You can make a strategy wheel to support you to identify different ways to cope with feelings for example being  angry, sad, scared or disappointed. It can help you to use peaceful problem-solving to sort out difficulties and help you choose how you respond to different situations.

  Step 1: Recognise
Firstly, we have to recognise the emotions that we are feeling. Make a list of the different emotions you might feel.

  Step 2: Focus
In the centre of your strategy wheel, write or draw one emotion that you want to focus on.

  Step 3: Identify
Make a list of things that you do to help you manage this specific feeling.

  Step 4: Prepare
Inside each section of your wheel, draw or write some of your strategies that help you navigate your chosen emotion/ feeling.

  Step 5: Practice
When you feel that emotion, choose from your wheel what you could do and then start to practice this when anything like this happens again, it may take a few times, but if it doesn’t work for you try something else from the wheel.

A Pixel Mood Diary will show you what mood you focus on during your days. As we all know, you can choose to see all the bad things that happen or focus on the things that made you happy.

If you’re finding it hard to talk to a social worker or professional, Mind of My Own app makes it easy for you to say what you want, when you want to.