Happier, Calmer, Stronger.
Adaptive coping skills are essential for dealing with daily stress and major challenges in life. Highly relevant for coping with COVID-19.


Developed by a Harvard researcher
Build emotional resilience and life well-being. Powerful strategies inspired by her university-level Emotional Intelligence class.
Evidence-based selfcare therapy tool
50+ proven exercises to address difficult emotions such as anger, disappointment, jealousy, shame, and low self-esteem. Help to identify personal triggers and learn how to respond.


The 52 Essential Coping Skills card deck provides educators and families with a fun and engaging tool to promote the development of socio-emotional competencies. The playful format of the card decks creates a non-threatening resource to stimulate productive conversations around socio-emotional development. 52 Essential Coping Skills enhances the larger 52 Essential card sets creating pedagogical resources that will be widely valued.
As a professor, I see 52 Essential Coping Skills as a helpful tool for undergraduates who are separated from home and family, while struggling to adjust to an unfamiliar environment. The cards can be used to help students get to know each other in residence halls, as a stimulus to learning in classes that address emotional intelligence, and in counseling sessions.