Mind + Emotions

1

The 3 Cs: Choices, Coping, Communication
- Review of Craving
- Coping Skills: How do you deal?
- Coping Skills: When you’ve got to deal differently.
- Activity: Watch Your Words Calendar
- Choices: Do they matter for the long-term?
- Communication: Building Blocks for Bonding
- Activity: Prevention is Better Than a Cure
- The 3 C's Quiz
2

The Plugged-In Lifestyle: What are the consequences?
- Addiction: It’s not just for drugs and alcohol.
- Activity: Irregular Reward Center
- Combat the Instant Gratification Culture
- Tech Obsession Leads to Isolation
- Activity: Interview- What do you crave?
- Balance is the Bottom Line
- The Plugged-In Quiz
3

Managing Stress + Speaking Up About Depression
- The right keys unlock the door to health.
- Benefits and Risks: Right Keys vs. Wrong Keys
- Activity: Create a Groove
- Destructive Cycle: Expectations > Stress > Depression
- Depression: Vulnerable but not Required
- Activity: Emotional Eating Research
- PDF- Eating Disorder Venn Diagram
- What came first, the addiction or depression?
- Managing Stress + Depression Quiz
4

Mind Management: Addressing the Toxic Thoughts
- Awareness of Toxic Thoughts
- How to Shift the Brain
- Activity: Harmful vs. Helpful Dice Game
- Healing the Brain: Broken Pair-Bonds
- Exhaustion = Emotional
- Activity: Feeling Faces
- Mind Management + Toxic Thoughts Quiz
5

Words: The Impact of Our Voice
- Change your brain by changing your words.
- New Wallpaper: Tools to tear down and put up.
- Activity: Become a Gold Digger
- PDF - Activity: Negative vs. Positive Word Match up
- Suicidal Thoughts: A Negativity Avalanche
- Final Project
- Sources for Further Research
- Words Quiz

Mind + Emotions

Fruits and veggies can only go so far if we have a regular diet of toxic thoughts, or if we are constantly plugged into devices. Kids will dive into the science of the brain to gain a better understanding of how our minds impact our overall health.

Course curriculum

The 3 Cs: Choices, Coping, Communication

The Plugged-In Lifestyle: What are the consequences?

Managing Stress + Speaking Up About Depression

Mind Management: Addressing the Toxic Thoughts

Words: The Impact of Our Voice