Have a Teflon mind. Control your attention, cling to nothing.
Be alert. Step inside and observe. Watch thoughts come and go.
What is Observe?
100
Use your “Moment to Pause” skill to identify your impulses or urges.
Choose another skill to manage or tolerate it while doing nothing.
What is Feeling not Acting?
100
Find something in your day or life to smile about.
When you are able to smile about something it helps you feel more relaxed.
What is Half Smile?
100
Casablanca
What is the film where Humphrey Bogart said, "We'll always have Paris?"
100
The Turnip.
What vegetable was traditionally carved before the pumpkin?
200
Do not act on just your emotions, and just you reasoning, use both equally. This skill helps you to make wise decisions, and allows for intuition.
What is Wise Mind?
200
Accept the parts of yourself you dislike or find unattractive.
Recognize that there are things about yourself that you cannot change, but also be aware of these things so you can reduce the damage and distress they cause.
What is Love Dandelions?
200
Focus on what you have control of: Thoughts feelings impulses and behaviors.
Let go of what you cannot control:Others and the world around you.
What is Radical Acceptance?
200
Apples
What is a May Queen, Wisley Crab, Foxwhelps and Lane's Prince Albert?
200
All Saints Day.
What is the day after Halloween called?
300
Do what needs to be done. Play by the rules - consider the context. Act skillfully within the given situation. Keep an eye on objectives (and do what is necessary).
What is Effectiveness?
300
The tide comes and goes, but is always with us, just like our emotions.
It may feel like an emotional state will last forever, but eventually it will shift and change.
Ride the wave; be in the moment.
What is Ride the Wave?
300
Use all five of your senses to soothe yourself:
Sight
Smell
Sound
Touch
Taste
What is Self Soothe?
300
Fee Fi Fo Fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman
What is did the giant chant in Jack and the Beanstalk?
300
Sing a song to the person giving you the candy
What was the trick originally in ‘trick or treat’?
400
Be aware but don’t evaluate. Sort opinions from facts. Accept each moment. Acknowledge the helpful and the harmful (but don’t judge it). Don’t judge your judging.
What is Non Judgmental Stance?
400
Instead of using your strengths to cause you harm or problems focus them differently and use them to your advantage.
Like an identity thief who becomes a security expert or a drug addict who becomes a recovery counselor.
What is Lemonade out of Lemons?
400
You are in the driver’s seat with your mind; you are not just a passenger.
This includes:
Thoughts
Behaviors
Feelings
Impulses
What is Turning the Mind?
400
Walt Disney.
Who voiced Mickey Mouse’s squeaks in the 1928 animated cartoon, Steamboat Willie?
400
Death.
What does the color black signify in Halloween?
500
The practice of attending to the here and now.
Knowing how I feel or what I think right now, within myself, and around me.
Keeping a meditative and reflective mindset.
What is Mindfulness?
500
Short term: do pleasant things now!
Long term: make changes so positive events occur more, build a “life worth living.”
1. Work towards goals
2. Attend to relationships
3. Avoid avoiding.
What is Building Positive Emotions?
500
Skills that help us handle our frustrations better.
Skills to keep us focused and let go of our distress.