Mad Skillz
what is mindfulness
Leaning on these will help guide decisions and take you closer to a life you want
What are values
Managing and regulating this is essential in recovery
what are emotions
Rumination, catastrophizing, all or nothing, fixed, black and white, are all examples of what?
what are cognitive distortions.
Focus on what you__________
what is WANT
This skill will help you take the appropriate action that does not lead to destructive consequences. Taking a moment to calm down and breathe or even remove yourself from the situation for a few minutes goes a long way to help reset your brain so that you can approach the anger or trigger with a calm and rational mind.
what is pause
the opposite of addiction
What is connection
Tell us why
How do we protect our peace?
What are boundaries
Explain red vs yellow light
Rather than refusing to change and staying with one viewpoint, changing this can be the difference when it comes to success and growth instead of repeated setbacks or relapses.
What is re-frame, shifting perspective, pivot
What you resist will
What is persist
This is an acknowledgment of the way things are, embracing reality. NOT just putting up with it. "It is what it is"
What is acceptance
Our biggest fear is NOT that we will fail it is that we are _______beyond measure
what is successful
Sometimes we use this to keep people away, at a distance. It may lead us to isolate or be reactive.
What is anger
This triad helps us make connections to why we do what we do.
What is the CBT triangle
There are no mistakes, only_________
What are lessons
Find the belssin in the lesson
If you are people pleasing you are NOT...
what is being authentic
Emotions are not problems, they are
what are messengers- they are trying to tell us something
We cannot use this to change someone's behavior, often it will only intensify or lead them to actively seek out ways to avoid the unpleasant feelings that come with the emotion.
What is shame
Once you identify these you can begin to explore how they took root and why you came to believe them.
What are distortions
A should is a could wrapped in_________
What is shame
The steps of regulating emotions
What are-
Identify
Validate
Normalize
Choose
This skill is FIRST, in every singe modality or intervention- we must be able to do THIS to initiate change
What is notice.
will accept identify, this is how we increase awareness
to remember past experiences in a positive light, while overlooking negative experiences associated with old habits or ways.
what is euphoric recall
A thought is just a thought, not a fact, and a thought can be__________
what is changed
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
1.WE have one POWER, it is the only thing we can control
2. EVERYTHING IS ABOUT THIS____
What is response
What is SELF