Skip to main content
. 2022 Mar 29;13:879846. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.879846

Table 1.

Well-being Pills from the resilience and wellness program: “stay at home” (Sánchez-Hernández and Canales, 2020b).

Well-being Pills Main theoretical approaches References Main applied content
1. Resilience Psychoeducation Motivational Interview Positive Psychology Forés and Grané, 2008; Sánchez-Hernández et al., 2009 Accept and understand that it is normal to have doubts. Find out from reliable sources (professionals and health centers...) and follow their recommendations. Doing so is a sign of social altruism. Choose some time of the day to update the information avoiding unnecessary excess information. Identify and reflect on the helpful factors that promote personal and family resilience.
2. Family Strengths Behavioral Activation and Positive Psychology Peterson and Seligman, 2004; Sánchez-Hernández et al., 2019 Keep doing pleasant activities and move your body (sports, dance, listen to music...) establishing a schedule to do them. Keep socializing, following the health recommendations. Identify and use personal and family psychological strengths. Take care of your diet, healthy sleep habits and sunbathe from your terrace, balcony or window.
3. Emotional management Emotional Education Sánchez-Hernández et al., 2019 Accept and understand all your emotions (and those of others), both negative and positive. Regulate your emotions with deep breathing, positive imagery, powerful postures, calming self-talk, mindfulness, and sharing them with trusted people.
4. Love and Secure Attachment Positive Psychology, attachment, and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Seligman et al., 2005; Hoffman et al., 2019; Make time to play and connect with your loved ones. Kindly welcome and embrace the emotions of your loved ones. Encourage constructive communication with your family and friends.
5. Hope Positive Psychology and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Snyder, 2000; Ciarrochi et al., 2016 Reflect on strengths, supports, skills and abilities that you have used in challenging situations in the past, which will help generate hope. Be grateful and appreciate what you have and what happens in your day to day.
6. Optimism Positive Psychology and Cognitive Therapy Seligman et al., 2005; Sánchez-Hernández et al., 2016 The naive optimist denies reality and tends to recklessness. The exaggerated pessimist becomes blocked and makes others uncomfortable. The intelligent optimist sees reality and has a plan of action to deal with it. You can schedule limited time for excessive worrying and debating catastrophic thoughts.
7. Life Sense Positive Psychology Steger, 2009 How can we improve as a society from this experience? In the future, when all this happens… How would you like to relate to your grandchildren the attitude with which you faced all this? What values would be important to you at this time?