Group/Social Rules
We want to treat each other with?
Respect
How do we show someone we are listening?
Eye contact
What does it mean to see someone's else perspective?
To try put yourself in their shoes, to see how they are feeling or seeing a situation (regardless if you feel the same way, or agree/disagree)
What is mindfulness?
Being in control of our current awareness of ourselves, others, our surroundings.
When we want to speak, we...?
Raise our hand
How do we show someone we are listening? (other than eye contact and our words)
Our body language
What is compromising?
Working with someone else to try come to a solution that includes the needs/wants of all people. A bit of give and take, working to get a result that considers both people.
What are 3 examples of being mindful?
Focusing on breathing
Mindful eating
In tune with your sense (sight, taste, smell, feel, sound)
Listening intently to music/person speaking
Body scan
When someone else is speaking, we...?
Wait our turn. Let them speak and do not interupt.
What does it mean to make connected comments?
Responding to someone by carrying on the conversation, related to what they said
What is dialectical thinking/Dialectics?
Two things that seem like opposites can both be true. There is always more than one way to see a situation. We can feel more than one emotion at a time (example, love and pain; happy and sad).
Conflicting perspectives can both have some truth.
What is emotional mind?
Thoughts and behaviour being influenced by your emotional state. Acting and thinking based on how you feel.
'Hot' - driven by feelings
Avoid distracting others by...?
Not playing with items, putting phones away, keep noise level down, not shouting out, respecting the activity/person speaking.
What is validation?
Recognizing someone's experience/feeling. Making it known that we know what they are going through
What are boundaries? Why are they important?
Rules that tell us what we can and can't do. Help us to stay withing the range of what is appropriate and not. Setting limits for our behaviour, that consequences exist, and our boundaries can change as we grow/learn
What is the reasonable mind?
Thinking and behaviour is influenced by facts and logic. Not based on how a person is feeling emotionally.
'Cool' - driven by logic
Even if we don't agree with someone, we...?
Respect their opinion, withhold judgement/rude comments. Try to be open minded and consider someone else's perspective, and use it to make inform our thinking/decisions in future.
How do we know when we are getting upset?
What do we do when we feel this?
Is it good to say everything we think out loud?
Being aware of ourselves: thoughts, emotions, body
Recognize when we need a break, use a strategy
We can think things, but not everything we think about should be expressed verbally out loud.
What are the 4 attitudes we can have during conflict resolution?
Passive
Aggressive
Passive-Aggressive
Assertive
What is wise mind?
Balance of both reasonable and emotional mind. A person is able to recognize and respect their feeling, while responding and making a decision in a rational manner.