Why Bother?
You need to practice this in order to get better at it.
What is mindfulness?
These three skills are what type of skill: Observe, describe, participate
What are the "What" skills?
These three skills are what type of skill: Don’t judge, stay focused, do what works
What are the "How" skills?
The three states of mind.
What are reasonable, emotional, and wise?
Name the 6 Self-Soothe with Six Senses
Vision; Hearing; Smell; Taste; Touch; Movement
Mindfulness can reduce emotional suffering and...
What is increase your pleasure and sense of well-being?
The skill being used when a teen says, “My face feels hot.”
What is the Describe skill?
The skill of focusing on one thing at a time so that past, future, and current distractions don’t get in your way.
What is the Stay Focused skill?
Ruled by your feelings and urges.
What is Emotional Mind?
A TIPP technique that reduces stress and anxiety in your body by having you slowly tense and then relax each muscle
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
Mindfulness helps to increase this while helping you to slow down and noticing emotions, thoughts, and urges.
What is self-awareness?
The term for noticing an experience in the present moment.
What is wordlessly watching or Observe skill?
When you turn “He’s a jerk” to “He walked away while we were talking”
What is the Don’t Judge skill?
Ruled by thinking, facts, and logic.
What is Reasonable Mind?
Describe both "Cs" in Wise Mind ACCEPTS
Contributing - doing something nice for someone; Comparison - comparing yourself to those less fortunate or how you are feeling now to a time when you were feeling worse.
Mindfulness helps you make important decisions by...
What is balancing overly emotional or overly logical decisions?
When you throw yourself into the present moment fully.
What is the Participate skill?
The term for focusing your attention on only one thing in the moment
What is one-mindfully?
An example of this state of mind is choosing to major in business because it will make you the most money, not because you love it.
What is Reasonable Mind?
The term for making a sweeping, negative conclusion that goes far beyond the current situation.
Overgeneralization thinking mistake
Mindfulness is having these two things.
What is full awareness (opened mind) and attentional control (focused mind)?
The term for letting experiences come into your mind and slip right out.
What is Teflon mind?
Acting skillfully to achieve your goals; being effective
What is the Do What Works skill?
Helps us think more clearly in the presence of strong emotions.
What is Wise Mind?
The term for a temporary increase in the behavior you are trying to extinguish
Behavioral burst