What are the 7 C's of stress?
Moses Moen
2025-08-05 09:15:19
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The 7 Cs of resilience are Competence – knowing how to handle situations effectively.
Confidence – knowing you are competent.
Connection – having close ties to family, friends and community.
Character – having a fundamental sense of right and wrong.
Contribution – contributing to your community, which can bring a sense of purpose.
Coping – learning to cope with stress.
Control – understanding that you can control the outcomes of your decisions.
Reflecting on how developed each of your Cs are can give you an insight into where you might need to do more work.
For example, you might need to develop better coping strategies, or rebuild important personal connections that have slipped over time.
Victoria Konopelski
2025-08-05 06:57:43
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You need to feel in control of your own life.
The 7-C coping method includes Control, Competence, Confidence, Connection, Character, Coping, and Contribution.
Control is about having some space to think for yourself and make your own decisions.
Competence is about building talents and abilities you already have, to develop new skills and strengths, which increases your confidence.
Confidence helps you take risks and identify new coping strategies, and you start to believe that you’ll be okay no matter what.
Connection is about having healthy relationships, which are essential for a sense of community and belonging when you’re stressed.
Character is your moral compass—what you stand for and your values, and being clear about your values can help you overcome stressful situations.
Coping is about developing healthy coping mechanisms, like self-care strategies or relaxation techniques, and Contribution is about helping others, which makes you more likely to ask for help when you need it.
Angelita DuBuque
2025-08-05 04:14:44
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The Seven Cs can help them rally the storm.
Conversation: talk about the return to school.
Connection: hold hands and hug your child and remember that their connection with you is the most important factor in the successful return to school.
Calm: try to be a model of calm for your children.
Coping: feeling worried, nervous and frightened from time to time is entirely normal and you can help your child overcome their fears by relaying a time when you felt the same way and how you overcame it.
Changes: when you consider everything that might change for your child at school, it’s useful to help your child write a list, to help prepare them for what lies ahead.
Check in and monitor progress: without incessantly asking your child ‘how was your day?’
Celebrate success: praising successful coping strategies and behaviours is so important and leads to more of the same.
Meredith Homenick
2025-08-05 03:47:21
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CHECK: Identify which stress zone you and your co-workers may be experiencing.
COORDINATE: Get ongoing assistance, follow-up resources, and support.
COVER: Ensure everyone’s safety in the situation—yours and that of others around you.
CALM: Take actions that help suppress your stress response, such as deep breathing, walking away from a situation, or providing reassurance to yourself or a co-worker.
CONNECT: Find social support as you work through your stressful situation, such as asking for help, attending a group, or going to therapy.
COMPETENCE: Participate in activities you feel comfortable engaging in with a low chance of error.
CONFIDENCE: Take slightly more challenging steps as you regain your sense of confidence in handling stressful situations.
You may notice that you already do some of these actions—and that’s fantastic.
The 7 Cs turn these concepts into actions you can use to support yourself, your co-workers, and your teams.