Managing Emotions
The First Step in Managing Emotions
Identify What You Are Feeling
They understand their emotions and how those emotions impact people around them. They also feel comfortable relying on their intuition and have a good sense of their own strengths and weaknesses
Self-awareness
The ability to keep a positive outlook
Optimism
Why is a balanced diet important?
Provides the body the needed materials to be healthy, energetic, and produces an optimal state of being
How much sleep does the average teenager need?
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine-8–10 hours per day
Second Step in Managing Emotions
Acknowledge Your Feeling
They can control their feelings and impulses and act with careful deliberation and integrity
Self-regulation
The ability to recover from traumatic or stressful events
Resilience
What negative effect can energy drinks have on a person's energy level
Often leaves the consumer feeling "more tired" or lethargic
How much sleep does the average teenager get?
6 hrs according to a recent national survey
The Third Step in Managing Emotions
Express Your Feelings
They are willing to work on challenging tasks and are highly productive
Motivation
The Skill of identifying one's own emotions and understanding the emotions of others
Emotional Intelligence
Why should a person limit the amount of "junk food" in their daily diet?
Foods with high sugar content, artificial flavors and ingredients often wreak havoc on a person's metabolism creating a "sick feeling"
Why is sleep important?
Allows your body to re-charge and recovery-feeling refreshed and ready
The Fourth Step in Managing Emotions
Get Relief from Your Feelings
They work well with other people, help build and maintain relationships, and resolve conflicts in constructive ways
Social Skills
The ability to imagine yourself in someone else's place, and to understand someone else's wants, needs, and point of view
Empathy
How much water should a person consumer each day to feel their best?
3-4 liters each day-more when a person is highly active or in a warmer environment
What are some factors that keep teens from getting enough sleep?
Staying up late on social media, Using cellphone at night, rapid body changes, busy social life
Why is it important to manage your emotions
Managing our emotions allow us to connect, collaborate, and communicate with others and ourselves.
Being trustworthy, able to be depended on, reliable
Dependable
The ability to control your impulses, emotions, reactions and behaviors
Self-discipline
How much "fast food" does the average teenager eat?
According to the CDC, the 1/3rd of all teens eat at least one meal consisting of "fastfood" each day
What are some ways to improve a person's sleep?
Have a nightly routine to prepare for sleep, discontinue cell phone/tablet/laptop use 3 hours before bed time, eliminate "energy drinks" or caffeinated drinks