Navigating Nerves
A tool that helps us recognize when our muscles are tense and teaches us how to relax muscle groups to relieve stress and tension.
What is Progressive Muscle Relaxation?
A breathing technique that involves you tracing your hand.
What is five finger breathing?
Mindfulness activity using a raspberry.
What is engaging the five senses?
Factors that stop us from getting to where we want to be.
What is obstacles?
Giving compliments and showing interest is one way to do this.
What is making friends?
The inner conversation, thoughts and words we often say to ourselves on a daily basis.
What is Self-Talk?
Negative, constant thoughts.
What are thinking traps?
Increasing the amount, one moves in a day is one way to decrease anxiety.
Identifying desired outcomes and developing a plan to achieve them.
What is goal setting?
This is one thing not to do when trying to make friends.
What is avoid being rude?
A 'thinking error' that stops us from seeing the reality of situations.
What is cognitive distortions?
When our feelings lead us to believe something, regardless of factual evidence.
What is emotional reasoning?
Consuming items can help minimize anxiety and boost individuals' energy.
What is healthy eating?
Pushing ourselves out of our comfort zone is an example of this.
What is overcoming barriers/obstacles?
The limits and rules we set for ourselves within relationships.
What is setting personal boundaries?
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
What is anxiety?
Labeling the type of distortion allows individuals to _____.
What is escape the thinking trap?
Type of digital technology that has been linked to increase stress.
What is social media?
Its important to avoid this statement because it can hold us back from reaching our goals.
What is avoiding the 'yeah-but' statement?
This is another way to say no to a friend while still being respectful.
What is 'I'm not interested at this time'?
The three types of cognitive distortion include black and white thinking, future-telling and _______.
What is mind-reading?
Guessing the facts about a situation without having enough information.
What is jumping to conclusions?
These are three obstacles that slow us down from reaching our goals.
What is fear, lack of knowledge, and mental health?
These are four things you can do to establish boundaries with friends.
What is confident body language, being respectful, planning ahead, and compromising?