ideas for things to soothe instead of food:
* music
* dancing in the livingroom
* scents
* drawing
* journaling
* reading (easy gentle things like short stories or short fiction)
* netflix, disney, etc
* walk in the park
* run
* cat
* grooming (shave, hair color, facial mask/massage), lotions, balms
* cleaning (kitchen, closet)
* organizing (sparkles)
* stretching
* meditation
* pushups
* leg raises
* wall crawls
* candlesticks
* candles, incense
* flowers
* wings
* website work
* online content work
* youtube work
* photo ideas
* costumes
* face painting
* baking (but not eating the results)
* food prep ('')
* clean out garage
* clean out car
* read grandma's book
* look at photos (organize if up to the task)
* drink water, fizzy water, tea, take vitamins
* music
* dancing in the livingroom
* scents
* drawing
* journaling
* reading (easy gentle things like short stories or short fiction)
* netflix, disney, etc
* walk in the park
* run
* cat
* grooming (shave, hair color, facial mask/massage), lotions, balms
* cleaning (kitchen, closet)
* organizing (sparkles)
* stretching
* meditation
* pushups
* leg raises
* wall crawls
* candlesticks
* candles, incense
* flowers
* wings
* website work
* online content work
* youtube work
* photo ideas
* costumes
* face painting
* baking (but not eating the results)
* food prep ('')
* clean out garage
* clean out car
* read grandma's book
* look at photos (organize if up to the task)
* drink water, fizzy water, tea, take vitamins