PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. -- Dr. Carleah East, a Clinical Psychotherapist and CEO of SMILE Psychology & Associates, has tips to help everyone cope with emotions people are feeling toward the George Floyd case.

1. Know Your Worth and Value: "If we are not aware of our strengths, of the things that we have accomplished, of our resiliency as a culture, as a people, a race," said East. "How are we going to be able to find the energy to fight the fight when we don’t even know who we are and what we’re fighting for?"

2. Know How You Feel and Why

3. Know Your Triggers

4. Show Kindness: "If we are not kind, what are we? Are we an example of what we are fighting against?” East said.

5. Question Your Fears: "We have to know what intimidates us as a community, what intimidates us as a race, as a people,” said East.

East also has some tips for talking with children:

1. Ask your child how they are feeling, where their mindset is at, "because we have to allow our children to process things a little bit and then give them an opportunity to use their own vocabulary to express what they’re feeling and then validate that feeling, correct it, and then give some positivity on the end."

2. Try "sandwiching" information when talking with children. "What I mean by "sandwiching" is, you give a positive, you give them the hard truth, you know appropriate language, and then you give them hope on the back end," East explained.

3. Also, try having the tough conversations regularly, not just when there is a death or a crisis. She said having dialogue fueled my mindfulness rather than anger and aggression is more productive.

4. Use social media platforms for positivity. East recommends posting positive stories and inspirational quotes, saying positivity brings more effective change.