Building Emotional Strength in the Lord
What is the term for "The ability to adapt to emotional challenges with courage and faith centered in Jesus Christ."
Emotional Resilience
Reevaluate this thinking pattern
"I always say the wrong thing."
Mislabeling - Taking something that happened and making a broad or incorrect statement.
"I don't always say the wrong thing"
What do we believe our bodies are?
My body is a _____
“As sons and daughters of our Heavenly Father, we have been blessed with the gift of moral ______, the capacity for independent action and choice.
Agency
"Endowed with agency, you and I are agents, and we primarily are to act and not just be acted upon. To believe that someone or something can make us feel offended, angry, hurt, or bitter diminishes our moral agency and transforms us into objects to be acted upon. As agents, however, you and I have the power to act and to choose how we will respond”
Look unto Me in every _____, ____ not, ____ not.
D&C 6:36
thought, doubt, fear
Self Care
When you face challenges, you need to do all you can to take care of yourself. Doing all you can means using the resources you have in your life to support you in whatever challenges you are facing.
While on your mission how do you take care of yourself?
Find things to enjoy. While respecting the dignity of your calling, rediscover humor, savor the beauty in the world, notice the kindness of others, and delight in the Spirit’s presence.
"If they _____ themselves before me, and have ____ in me, then will I make ____ things become ____ unto them”
After reading Ether 12:27
humble, faith, weak, strong
Inaccurate thinking patterns
Which thinking pattern does with phrase represent?
"I went out and knock on so many doors but after that last guy yelled at us to get off the porch I didn't feel like doing it anymore."
Discounting the Positive
Healthy eating
What are some of the promised blessings of keeping the Word of Wisdom?
*D&C 89
18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones;
19 And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures;
20 And shall run and not be weary, and shall walk and not faint.
21 And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the destroying angel shall pass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.
Challenges are a part of God's plan for us.
Why?
“No pain that we suffer, no trial that we experience is wasted. It ministers to our education, to the development of such qualities as patience, faith, fortitude and humility. All that we suffer and all that we endure, especially when we endure patiently, builds up our characters, purifies our hearts, expands our souls, and makes us more tender and charitable … and it is through sorrow and suffering, toil and tribulation, that we gain the education that we come here to acquire” (Elder Orson F. Whitney, as quoted in Spencer W. Kimball, Faith Precedes the Miracle [1972], 98).
What is a trigger?
What is the difference between reacting and responding?
Trigger - A trigger is something that causes an automatic reaction in our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Reacting is automatic and emotionally driven while responding is a conscious, thoughtful decision.
Exercise
How many minutes of moderate intensity exercise a week is recommended.
150
This practice, when done daily, is known to reduce stress, improve mental health, improve heart health, strengthen your immune system, and help you hear the spirit better.
*Hint - There's a holiday about it
Expressing Gratitude Daily
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/media/video/2014-04-0200-president-dieter-f-uchtdorf?lang=eng
Creating more accurate thinking patterns
How might you change this inaccurate thinking pattern to an accurate one?
"I can barely cook dinner. I don't even know why I try anyway because my companion does it so much better."
Magnification - Exaggerating your weaknesses or comparing them to others’ strengths.
Ex. Maybe I'm not the best or fastest cook, but at least we're getting something on the table instead of going out to eat all the time.
Sleep and Rest
“Fatigue is the common enemy of us all—so slow down, rest up, replenish, and refill. Physicians promise us that if we do not take time to be well, we most assuredly will take time later on to be ill”
This is from the talk "Like a Broken Vessel," who gave that talk?
Jeffery R. Holland