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.
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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
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
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
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
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