Personal Wellness
Untwisting Your Negative Thinking - Follow Up to Thinking Traps
Here is a step by step guide to changing your negative thoughts - your thinking traps. If you need or want help with this, please let me know. Another great coping mechanism is asking for help - changing your thinking is easier if you're not trying to do it alone.- Download here.
Thinking Traps
Here is a list of common cognitive distortions, or Thinking Traps. Thinking traps are negative things we tell ourselves that, if we say it enough - if we fall into that trap - we believe those things and have a hard time hearing anything else. Take a look at this list to see whether you have fallen into any thinking traps. The next step is being open to change your thoughts and get out of that trap. - Download here.
Identifying/Understanding/Changing Negative Thoughts
Check out this list of automatic thoughts many of us have when we're under stress or feeling like we're not doing our best. A good way to support ourselves and our learning is to change those negative messages we give ourselves, especially when we're comparing ourselves to others. - Download here.
Stress, Burnout and Self-Care - Presentation from College of Idaho
This PowerPoint from the College of Idaho - lots of good stuff from them! These slides tell you what stress is, how it impacts your health and what you can do to manage it better. If you need help with any of these issues, I'm available to talk and maybe come up with some strategies that would work best for you.. - Download here.
101 Strengths Based Actions
Here is a list of different activities or actions you can take to focus on your strengths. If you do any of these, particularly activities that have to do with other people, see how focusing on someone else's strength makes you feel and how your relationship with that person grows as a result. - Download here.
Mindfulness Guide
This guide is geared toward parents but I'm sharing it with everyone in case there is information that might be useful to you specifically. Something that I took from it is the goal of being intentional in all of your relationships, as much as you can. Give people your full attention to let them know they're important to you. Speak with kindness and honesty (kindness is particularly important when you're speaking with honesty). I know that I struggle sometimes to be present. This means that you're only doing one thing at a time - no multitasking with intention! That doesn't work, especially when you're dealing with people. Mr. Lippy likes to say that people who think they don't have time for things aren't setting priorities. Schedule time for what's important to you and be present in all that you do - that's the key to mindfulness. - Start here.
Study Skills Supports
Determine My Learning Style
Here is a link to a leaning style assessment. If you don't know how you learn bes, this could be a great starting point. - Start now!
Virtual Learning Tips & Tricks - Presentation from College of Idaho
This PowerPoint from College of Idaho is full of good information on managing your time - and your health - in this time of so much online learning. Lots of good information here on setting yourself up for success. If you need help with any of these strategies, please see me - we can talk about your individual environment and figure out how to make it better. - Download here.
Article - Tips for Completing Homework on Time
This is a short article with 4 strategies for getting your homework done on time. Planning, prioritizing and taking breaks are all important pieces of this puzzle. - Download here.