Choices
Your friend complains repeatedly that they are just not motivated to do the things they should be doing, and they ask for your suggestions...
What do you say?
Does Amazon deliver motivation?
Anxiety makes us want to avoid - can you recall a time you "felt the fear, but did it anyway.?"
How did you do that?
What goes around the world but stays in a corner?
A stamp!
What color makes you the happiest?
Yellow: joy, happiness, communication
Sad colors—gray, brown, beige and dark blue.
Blue/Green - calm
In Canada Movement Guidelines how much sedentary (wake time with minimal movement) time is too much (In hours) ?
Limit sedentary time to 8 hours or less per day including no more than 3 hours of recreational screen time and breaking up long periods of sitting where possible.
How have you put more movement into your days?
This Friday you have to give a public speech and you are nervous about messing up. What helpful things might you do?
eg. what are my values and do they help connect with the "why do I want to do this?"
Unhook the fear of the speech from the choices one makes - feel and think fear - but we don't have to act upon them. Fear-based actions often move us away from what we really want to be doing.
Exercise
Talk with friend.
Prepare speech.
Envision the speech going well.
Who or what lights you up?
sparkle sparkle sparkle sparkle sparkle sparkle
What kind of room has no doors or windows?
A mushroom - tee hee hee
If animals could talk, which one would be the rudest?
Which would be the politest?
Hummmmm
Is a taco a sandwich?
Is cereal a soup?
Is cheesecake a pie?
You look up from endless scrolling and notice a large chunk of time has passed - the tub has over flowed, you have not eaten in a long time and missed a job offer....
What might help with putting boundaries on scrolling?
Our digital devices add value to our lives but they also steal from our lives if we let them. ...
No more than three hours of recreational screen time daily. But only 58% of adults meet this target, averaging 3.2 hours a day.
Ideas 1. set a daily screen time goal- put some conscious structure on it
2. combine screen time with active time
What is something in your home which brings you happiness, peace or you just really like it without explanation.
Hummmm, not sure what to put here.
What is a word made up of 4 letters, yet is also made up of 3. Sometimes is written with 9 letters, and then with 4. Rarely consists of 6, and never is written with 5.
Correct
You don't have to wait for #RandomActsOfKindnessWeek! What is a little Random Act of Kindness you have experienced this week or that you have done for someone?
It does not have to be big or cost $$$
Should adults be required to take nap time?
There is really only one correct answer here.
You need a new family dr and have been avoiding it for months. But now...
How could you break this into smaller action steps.
Again, fear-based actions often move us away from what we really want to be doing.
Actions change perceptions. The more time you give yourself to think about something, the more likely you are to waffle. The best antidote to anxiety is action, so commit to acting.
Reflecting on the past month - What was something you were grateful for?
Thank you
How can making mistakes be used to improve self-esteem?
Mistakes can be used as an opportunity for learning and growth.
Can you think of an example from your life?
What are 2 healthy choices you consciously engaged in over the past week?
So many to choose from....
Went for a walk.
Smiled at a stranger
Learned a new recipe
or would it have been easier to answer "2 unhealthy choices..."
What were some of your favorite childhood books?
"Books may well be the only true magic."
– Alice Hoffman, Magic Lessons
You are unhappy at work and have been managing by substance use, taking breaks in your car to avoid coworkers. It worked for a while, but now you are concerned about the toll of the substance and your coworkers seem to be cold to you....
What are some choices....
When was the last time you did something for the first time?
Shine-on
Do you need a pinch more novelty?
Name a positive quality about yourself.
...
If you had an animal or plant renamed in your honor, what would you want to carry your name?
So many choices!
What is something you'd do if you knew you would be successful/okay?
Insert random comment here.