My name is Mrs. Flemister and I am the School Counselor at Werner Elementary. I am starting a monthly Resiliency Resource page for families. Please look for it each month to help your student build resiliency to overcome difficult times and build self-confidence. 

Welcome to the School Counseling monthly resource on RESILIENCY, parents and guardians!

November Resiliency

Subject: Can we use a different word than anxiety?

The word anxiety is often overused. Using a more extensive and varied emotional vocabulary can be beneficial in helping our youth regulate their emotions, respond to difficult situations, and build self-efficacy. We can use words such as uncomfortable, embarrassed, overwhelmed, and worried, to get to the root of the problem and have more meaningful conversations towards problem solving. Please look at the “Emotion & Feeling Wheel" below and use this tool when talking with your child. Please take some time to listen to the first 12 minutes of the podcast (linked below) by Nick Thompson to learn how to name it and tame it because “discomfort is where the growth is most likely to occur.” If you enjoyed this episode, listen to his next episode on improving your child’s executive functioning!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-we-use-a-better-word-than-anxiety-how-the-fbi/id1498632035?i=1000466155674

Emotion & Feeling Wheel link

https://www.davidhodder.com/emotion-and-feeling-wheel/

7 Ways to Help with Stress

1. Physical Activity - do an activity that gets you moving

2. Know your support system - Connect with someone (parent, grandparent, friend, etc.)

3. Breathe - do some deep breathing

4. Laugh - humor is a great way to relieve stress

5. Hug a loved one

6. Cry if you need to and get it out of your system

7. Be creative - bake, paint, build, etc.