Emotional Preparation

Participants who are emotionally and mentally prepared for Trek will be ready for the challenges they face along the trail. We will stay in touch with monthly and weekly invitations for participants to mentally and emotionally prepare for Trek by practicing having a positive outlook and identifying emotions as you feel them, following the principles outlined in the Emotional Resilience module of the Self-Reliance LDS courses. We invite you to prepare in the following ways:

• Purposefully unplug from technology for ten minutes each day.

• Choose a phrase you can repeat to yourself when the going gets tough. Choose something like “I can do hard things!” or “With God nothing is impossible” and put it somewhere you will see it every day.

• Be intentional about the way you deal with stress. Journal about your challenges and positive outcomes in dealing with them.

• Spend time intentionally reflecting about how you can approach stressful situations differently.