ALOHA Cards

Our desire is that you can say goodbye to unhelpful thoughts, and hello to a new way of life and truly say... ALOHA to your unhelpful coping behaviors.
Aloha Cards are designed to be a self-guided journey through psychology facts, self-awareness, and skills to cope with distress. The app is a deck of cards made up of ACT, DBT, and CBT practices, and Chain Analysis.

Contents:
- Cards for Chain Analysis
- Psychology Fun Facts Cards
- Skills Cards
- Glossary Cards
- A page to take and save notes
- Progress tracker using achievements

“ALOHA” is an acronym.

Awareness
Living
Overcoming
Hopefulness
Adaptability

A relaxing AND fun way to feel better, the ALOHA cards app builds awareness of the events that cause distress; then you too can begin to chart a life worth living. Achieving a higher distress tolerance, you will be able to overcome uncomfortable situations, without making things worse. This new emotional fortitude can produce hopefulness. New behaviors of adaptability which create new synapses. With hope, there can be a lightness and freedom from being stuck.

The cards are separated into multiple sections, designed to guide you through the Chain Analysis process. You will find cards focusing on Brain function education and Chain Analysis. It will walk you through 10 steps to examine and understand what you think, feel, and how you react to life situations. There are opportunities to use your note taker in the app and log what you notice, learn, and observe.

The Skills cards are grouped into 6 categories with varying applications:
- 4 Mindfulness Cards
- 6 Self-Discovery Cards
- 4 Self-Awareness Cards
- 13 Self-Development Cards
- 4 Self-Regulation Cards
- 4 Grounding Skills Cards

Included is a set of Glossary cards, which contain the citations, disclaimer, and national emergency contact numbers for the United States (If you are not in the United States of America, please take the time to find the resources you can use in your country for mental health and life safety).

Principles:
The “Aloha” cards were developed following the principles of Chain Analysis. In addition, we reference and suggest Dr. M. Linehan’s work on DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) with a combined effort of common CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) practices. NGHL uses these techniques in our own appointments. Our goal is to make the highest quality of self-taught behavioral skills available to as many people as possible. As new findings are discovered and psychological research improves over time, so too will the app and the content within.

About the Developers:
We are a small two-person team developing a mobile app for the first time. Our founder is passionate about teaching psychological education and behavioral health services since 2001. NGHL’s IT Specialist has been involved in providing affordable behavioral health self-help services for 8 years and continues to research.

Please leave a review with any bugs or suggestions for improvements. We already have plans for the future of the app with coming additions and updates. This is just the beginning of NGHL Development Projects. We have more projects slated for the coming year and hope that you find benefit from modern applied Behavioral Health Coaching.
Please visit www.nghl.org for more info about the company and projects in development.
Please visit our partners at www.azcrossroads.net or www.traininghealthyminds.com for personalized behavioral coaching and alternative resources.

Disclaimer:
This mobile app is not intended to replace the assistance of a mental health professional, psychologist, doctor, or other healthcare professional. If you are suffering from behavioral health challenges, please see a professional or call a mental health hotline. This app is intended to be used as a guide on a journey of self-improvement or in conjunction with a professional using similar methods of DBT, CBT, and Chain Analysis.