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TAKE TIME TO REFLECT POSITIVE SELF-TALK HUDSONVILLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS Keeping our thinking in the present requires us to notice when we start getting ahead of ourselves. It's important to catch ourselves in this thinking and practice ways to refocus our energy on what's in our control at the present moment. This isn't easy, and takes a ton of practice, but it can do wonders for easing excessive worry and stress. As always, we hope you can gain some new tips and tricks from this edition of the SOARce. Wishing you and your family all the best. Melissa Bernard Student Services Coordinator Hello! I hope this edition of The SOARce finds you and your family healthy and safe. The last few months have been surreal, and it's hard to believe we are wrapping up the last week of school. With so many unknowns about the upcoming school year, and how to navigate social interactions as restrictions are eased, it can be difficult to keep our thinking in the present. Unprecedented times don't afford us the luxury of proactive planning, which can absolutely cause worry, frustration, and stress. Have you ever filled a pot with so much water that when it starts to boil it splashes out? It makes a mess and you realize it was totally avoidable. Our feelings work the exact same way. If we suppress our feelings -- by pushing them down and avoiding them -- eventually we're going to blow up. We can only suppress so many feelings before they rise to the surface and bubble over. It can be vulnerable and uncomfortable to honestly express our feelings, or have difficult conversations with people, but practicing these skills in real time helps us to avoid a blow up down the line. What feelings do you notice yourself hanging onto? Can you dig deeper into those feelings and uncover why they are so difficult for you to express? What small step can you take, or what conversation might you initiate with someone, to help address some of these suppressed feelings? Addressing our feelings head on helps us to avoid an emotional blow up. The SOARce June 2020 Educating, challenging, and inspiring all learners to become contributing, responsible members of a global society. We all experience feelings of stress and overwhelm. The source of these feelings can vary -- maybe it's a looming work deadline, financial stress, a contentious relationship, or just the normal stress of the daily grind. When you're hit with these feelings how do you talk yourself through them? Do you put yourself down, minimize the feelings, or avoid them altogether? Or, do you give yourself grace, practice self-compassion, and talk to yourself in a positive way? We all need go-to positive coping statements when we're living with feelings of overwhelm and stress. If we practice and model healthy coping strategies in our own lives, we are equipped to teach these skills to our children. Click on the image to the left for a graphic that outlines some positive coping statements you can teach yourself or your children.
Transcript of The SOARce Newsletter -- June - Amazon Web Services · 2020-06-02 · Human Services (MDHHS)...
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H U D S O N V I L L E P U B L I C S C H O O L S
Keeping our thinking in the present requires us tonotice when we start getting ahead of ourselves. It'simportant to catch ourselves in this thinking andpractice ways to refocus our energy on what's in ourcontrol at the present moment. This isn't easy, andtakes a ton of practice, but it can do wonders foreasing excessive worry and stress. As always, we hope you can gain some new tips andtricks from this edition of the SOARce. Wishing you and your family all the best.
Melissa Bernard
Student Services Coordinator
Hello! I hope this edition of The SOARce finds you and yourfamily healthy and safe. The last few months havebeen surreal, and it's hard to believe we arewrapping up the last week of school. With so many unknowns about the upcoming schoolyear, and how to navigate social interactions asrestrictions are eased, it can be difficult to keep ourthinking in the present. Unprecedented times don'tafford us the luxury of proactive planning, which canabsolutely cause worry, frustration, and stress.
Have you ever filled a pot with so much water thatwhen it starts to boil it splashes out? It makes amess and you realize it was totally avoidable. Our feelings work the exact same way. If wesuppress our feelings -- by pushing them downand avoiding them -- eventually we're going toblow up. We can only suppress so many feelingsbefore they rise to the surface and bubble over. It can be vulnerable and uncomfortable tohonestly express our feelings, or have difficultconversations with people, but practicing theseskills in real time helps us to avoid a blow updown the line. What feelings do you notice yourself hangingonto? Can you dig deeper into those feelings anduncover why they are so difficult for you toexpress? What small step can you take, or whatconversation might you initiate with someone, tohelp address some of these suppressed feelings? Addressing our feelings head on helps us to avoidan emotional blow up.
TheSOARce
June 2020
Educating, challenging, and inspiring all learners to becomecontributing, responsible members of a global society.
We all experience feelings of stress andoverwhelm. The source of these feelings can vary-- maybe it's a looming work deadline, financialstress, a contentious relationship, or just thenormal stress of the daily grind. When you're hit with these feelings how do youtalk yourself through them? Do you put yourselfdown, minimize the feelings, or avoid themaltogether? Or, do you give yourself grace,practice self-compassion, and talk to yourself in apositive way?
We all need go-to positive coping statementswhen we're living with feelings of overwhelm andstress. If we practice and model healthy copingstrategies in our own lives, we are equipped toteach these skills to our children. Click on the image to the left for a graphic thatoutlines some positive coping statements you canteach yourself or your children.
H U D S O N V I L L E P U B L I C S C H O O L S
C R E A T E L A S T I N G M E M O R I E S
N A V I G A T E D I F F I C U L T C O N V E R S A T I O N S
There is so much information out thereabout COVID-19 that it's downrightoverwhelming. The Michigan Department of Health andHuman Services (MDHHS) published ahelpful reference document to assistyou in navigating conversations withyour children of all ages regardingCOVID-19. Click on the photo to the left to accessthis helpful resource.
Sometimes, it's tricky to find theright words to use whenexplaining COVID-19 to youngerchildren. Click on the graphic to the right,and you will be taken to a linkwhere you can download aneasy-to-read social story, offeredin many different languages, thatexplains COVID-19.
This electronic time capsule is aunique and creative way to documentwhat your family has been up to thepast few months. A big thank you toCarrie Ysseldyke, one of our HPSsocial workers, for creating this funresource. Click on the image to the left foraccess to the electronic time capsule. In order to personalize it for yourchild(ren), you will need to make acopy first.
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