What is Self Talk?

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What IS Self Talk?

Get a pen and paper and write down the first thing that comes to mind when you read these words:

Dog
Cat
Breakfast
school
homework
fly

If you did this with a class of 24 students, you would get an average of 10- 25 answers for each of the words! We ALL think differently and can NEVER assume what some else is THINKING or FEELING!!

BUT if you are AWARE of your OWN Self Talk, it can help you change your mood and outlook on many situations. If you THINK you CAN you CAN, if you THINK you CAN’T then you CAN’T! Simple as that!!

Do some work with yourself and your students on ‘catching’ what you are actually saying to yourself, if you find yourself thinking RED Unhelpful Thoughts /Fixed Mindset, try to change them to a more positive thought, a GREEN Helpful Thought /Growth Mindset.

You could be sabotaging your own happiness by keeping on thinking RED Unhelpful Thoughts, when you could be happier by just thinking about the situation in a different way!

This is a poster I use in classrooms to remind students to catch their RED thoughts or Fixed Mindset and change them to GREEN thoughts or Growth Mindset.

Self Talk Traffic Lights

ePoster Self Talk Changes your MIND and ACTIONS

ePoster Set

Do YOU have FIXED or GROWTH MINDSET??

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We are talking about feelings and emotions. Everything we have covered is just as true for adults as it is for children.

We have been playing a game called Face to Face, where children make a face and the other copies. Sometimes this causes laughter and happiness, in others embarrassment and awkwardness, but in the end we need to acknowledge ALL of our feelings. NO feeling is bad, it is only WHAT we DO with the feelings that can cause harm if we let it.

We talked about different ways to manage the strong emotions on both ends of the spectrum, by having ways to STOP and calm ourselves down. Some of the examples the students gave were:

Think happy thoughts

Relax in the sun

Tell someone about it

Meditiate

Yell on a hill and let your anger out where noboby can hear you

Hit your pillow

Play X-box, play PS3

Enjoy good things

Get a Fruit Salad Massage

Do something you like

Tell them to stop

Go to your ‘happy place’

Write down your feelings or a letter

Play sport

Take deep breaths

Forgive and forget

Read a book

Watch a movie

Count to 10

Spend time with your family

Lie down

Listen to music

Hang out with friends

Have a bath

Jog

Play PC games

Eat

Forget it!

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