9th-12th Weeks 7-8

Counseling Lessons

Hi Students and Parents!

Welcome to week 4 counseling lessons for 9th -12th grades.

Check back each week for new lessons.

If you need to reach one of us please use the Are You Ok? page to let us know how to best contact you. We will respond as soon as possible.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Mancilla and Mr. Redmond

Here are some things you can do every day to de-stress, focus, and continue developing positive behaviors and mindsets.

Check in every week for new ideas.

MIndfullness- monday

Improve your memory and help reduce your stress!

Mindfullness is a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. Benefits of mindfulness practices can reduced stress, boost working memory, and lower emotional reactivity.

Visualization to release stress: Imagine what stress looks and feels like inside your body... now try to release it.

Take a look at this short video to see how it can be done!

kindness- tuesday

During this time of uncertainty there are many individuals that are sacrificing their time with family to protect yours. Medical professionals, grocery store employees, truck drivers and many more professions that are essential to our daily lives.

A little note of kindness can go a long way in helping these individuals continue the fight and keep pushing on! Find someone you know that is an essential work and write them a note expressing your gratitude.

Worry-Free wednesday

Breaking Down Our Thoughts:

This lesson will help you identify thoughts you may be experiencing that may bring on worry or anxiety.

Our thoughts are closely linked to our emotions and when there is something on our mind that we’re worried about, it can grow and can cause us to feel other things such as anxiety or an uneasiness.
Breaking down these thoughts can help identify if that worry is based on feelings or actual facts.

Today we’re going to take a few moments and write down something that we may be worrying about. This can be completely private and you do not need to share it with anyone, this exercise is for you. We’re then going to break down those thoughts by gathering facts to see the details of that thought.
“Is my thought based on a feeling or an actual fact?”“Is it possible for my thought to come true?”“What’s the worst that can happen if it does come true?”“Will it still matter to me tomorrow or in the future?”“What can I do to handle the situation in a positive way?
By asking these questions above we are going to uncover that we have the power to control how we feel about thoughts that creep into our mind. We can then calm down and come back to a place where we feel in control.

Thankful-

thursday

Are you finding it to be a little difficult to feel thankful with everything that's going on? That’s ok, I think many of us are. But what you may not realize is how we can be grateful for even the tiniest things in our lives. Take some time to reflect on what we may have, that others don't.

Write what you are thankful for on a post-it note and place where you can see it. After one week, you may realize we have a lot to be thankful for!

Friendly -

friday

Praise our family members!

Chances are, most of your family members have been at your house for a few weeks now. Many of us might be irritable with having so much time with one another! Take a few minutes to give a family member a compliment, a thank you, or just say something nice to them! You never know how easy it can be to "make their day".

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