Movement
This is one of the physical benefits to movement/exercise
Cardiovasular health, better functional movement, increased muscle mass, better resting heart rate, lower risk of heart disease
The process of lifelong learning, understanding that abilities are not fixed and goals can be achieved through hard work and perseverance.
Growth Mindset
This 4 quadrant emotional intelligence tool can help us accurately label our emotions and can help us better understand how to help ourselves and others.
The Mood Meter
This response is activated when we encounter something that causes us to freeze, fight, or take flight (or faint)
Stress Response
This period of time which started under Richard Nixon caused many, especially black and latino people, to be incarcerated, some for mandatory life sentences, because of simple possession of a drug.
The War on Drugs
This is one of the mental benefits to movement/exercise
Increased focus, attention, better mood, increased energy, better social health, decrease stress
The belief that my abilities are fixed at birth and I am incapable of learning a new skill because "I am who I am" and "I better stick to what I know"
Fixed Mindset
The definition for this vocabulary word, as defined by Brene Brown is "Uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure"
Vulnerability
We carry this tool with us everywhere and it can be used to help activate the parasympathetic nervous system, in an effort to calm the body down.
Our breath
This is one factor that must be considered when looking at reasons for addiction and drug abuse issues.
Overall Wellness, job situation, co occuring mental illness, socioeconomic factors
This is a great exercise for building strength
Weight Lifting
Adding this word to the end of a sentence such as "I can't do this" can help me realize that I can still achieve something but it might take a little work.
YET
Identify what one of the letters stands for in RULER and explain how it relates to emotional intelligence.
Recognize, Understand, Label, Express, Regulate
This practice helps us recognize when anxious thoughts are starting to take control and helps bring us back to the present moment.
Meditation
This study brought a new perspective to drug research by changing the environment that the rats lived in when conducting studies about drug addiction.
The Rat Park Experiments
This form of exercise incorporates high engagement for short periods of time, with little rest in between sets. It is great for building endurance and functional fitness.
HIIT
This is the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties or tough situations. It is your ability to bounce back from difficult situations or failures.
Resiliency
This word means an unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress. It can be defined as facing a difficult situation.
Adversity
When the stress response is activated it can negatively impact this otherwise automatic system in the body.
Digestion, immune system, learning/memory
This measure in Oregon has decriminalized all drugs in an attempt to help combat the stigma against drug users and to help fund drug addiction treatment and recovery programs.
Measure 110
This way to exercise was developed by a Japanese scientist and incorporates 20 seconds of intense exercise and 10 seconds of rest for 4 minute sets.
Tabata
a thought process or method used to generate creative ideas by exploring many possible solutions.
Divergent Thinking or Open Mindedness
This is one of the 3 most common ways of shielding ourselves from vulnerability and what it means.
Foreboding Joy - We forebode joy in an attempt to beat vulnerability to the punch. We don’t want to be blindsided by hurt or caught off guard so we practice being devastated all the time.
Perfectionism - a self destructive and addictive belief system that fuels this primary thought, “If I look perfect and do everything perfectly, I can avoid or minimize the painful feeling of shame, judgement, and blame.”
Numbing - Also includes ignoring or avoiding. “Crazy busy” we are a culture that if we stay busy enough, the truth of our lives won’t catch up with us
Name 2 ways that lack of sleep can have an impact in our lives.
Negative moods, increased anxiety/stress/depression, lack of motivation, greater risk of injury, poor nutritional habits
This is 1 of the 4 factors to drug use and what it means.
Dose - Amount of drug consumed
Route of Administration - How the drug reaches the brain
Set - The individual characteristics of the person consuming the drug
Setting - The area in which the drug use occurs