STATES OF MIND
This is the State of Mind in which people are most likely to act impulsively (it can also tell us what we really want in a situation).
What is Emotion Mind
In this "What" Skill we are putting words to our experience.
What is Describe
Which "How" Skill focuses on trying not to use words like "good", "bad", "ugly", "should", "stupid".
What is Don't Judge (Nonjudgmentally)
True or False?
Our biology, environment and experiences all play a factor in how we respond to and regulate our emotions.
True! We can be born more biologically sensitive to emotions and our experiences with others shape the way we deal with particular emotional states and situations.
The combination of Emotion Mind (our feelings, urges and emotions) and Reason Mind (facts and logic).
What is Wise Mind
With this "What" Skill, we are noticing our thoughts go by without reacting to them.
What is Observe
This "How" Skill is the opposite of multitasking.
What is Stay Focused (One-Mindfully)
Define Dialectics
Two things or perspectives can be true at the same time.
This is the State of Mind in which we are only focusing on the facts of the situation, feelings are not considered in this state.
What is Reason Mind
DAILY DOUBLE: True or False?
When practicing our "What" Skills, we are using all of them at the same time.
False! We practice each "What" Skill one at a time... When we Observe, we're just observing. When we Describe, we're just describing...
True or False?
It's impossible not to judge another person or the situation.
True! We are always judging scenarios, people and situations. The Nonjudgmentally "How" Skill teaches us to judge for information instead of judging for "good" or "bad".
Why the heck do we need emotions anyway?
Various Answers
DAILY DOUBLE: Give some pitfalls or problems with always being in either Emotion or Reason Mind.
Various Answers
This is the "What" Skill where we try our best to jump in and throw ourselves into the moment to experience the present moment.
What is Participate
In this "How" Skill we are choosing to act in a way that gets us into Wise Mind or meet our goals, even if we don't necessarily like what we have to do.
What is Do What Works (Effectively)
Define Mindfulness
The practice of being in the present moment without judgement.
SCENARIO: You are feeling depressed and anxious today and have an exam that you have been studying weeks for. You say to yourself "I know feel sad and little nervous today about the exam, I know I've studied the best I can... Maybe I can do some deep breathing and listen to music before the test to help me relax..."
What State of Mind are you in?
What is Wise Mind
SCENARIO: Rita is the new kid on the block and notices some peers who look to be about her age playing soccer in the park, "I really love soccer and want to make new friends," she thinks, "and I'm feeling nervous about going up to them..." Rita thinks about what to do for a moment and she decides to jump right in and try it anyway.
Which "What" Skill is she using?
What is Participate
We talked about two different kinds of judgments... one where we judge situations and emotions as "good" or "bad" and another where we try to reframe our judging and judge for information, these are called...
Evaluating and Discriminating Judgements
DAILY DOUBLE: In Biosocial Theory, emotional _________ interact back and forth between us and the environment, and over time cause us to be reactive to certain situations, feelings, and things being said to us.
What are transactions