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TA B L E O F C ON T E N T S

Activity 1- About me ............................................................................................................ 4

Activity 2- Setting goals ....................................................................................................... 5

Activity 3- My Great Minds Passport .................................................................................... 6

Activity 4- The tree ................................................................................................................ 8

Activity 5- Emotional First aid .............................................................................................. 9

Activity 6- A friend in need is a friend indeed! ................................................................ 10

Activity 7- 10 Questions ...................................................................................................... 12

Activity 8- A trouble shared is a trouble halved .............................................................. 15

Activity 9- Say this instead ................................................................................................. 16

Activity 10- Learning zones ................................................................................................ 17

Activity 11- A Game of consequences............................................................................. 18

Activity 12- Mindfulness art ................................................................................................ 19

Activity 13- Problem Cycle ................................................................................................ 20

Activity 14- The mask ......................................................................................................... 21

Activity 15- Belief-o-meter ................................................................................................. 22

Activity 16- Avoidance hierarchy ..................................................................................... 23

Activity 17- Understanding self-confidence..................................................................... 24

Activity 18- Positive affirmation word search ................................................................... 26

Activity 19- The Power of yet.............................................................................................. 27

Activity 20- Rays of sun ..................................................................................................... 28

Activity 21- Gratitude jar .................................................................................................... 29

Activity 22- Grateful to be me ........................................................................................... 30

Activity 23- Automatic thoughts........................................................................................ 31

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Activity 25- F.A.C.E ............................................................................................................. 35

Activity 26- Reflect and color ............................................................................................ 37

Activity 27- Behavioural experiment ................................................................................ 38

Activity 28- Positive self-talk .............................................................................................. 40

Activity 29- Beyond our control ......................................................................................... 42

Activity 30- Helicopter view............................................................................................... 43

Activity 31- My Mental Health CV ..................................................................................... 44

Activity 32- Goal Genie ..................................................................................................... 45

Activity 33- Communication Styles ................................................................................... 47

Activity 34- Finding Alternative thoughts.......................................................................... 48

Activity 35- Silence ............................................................................................................. 50

Activity 36- Noticing sensations ........................................................................................ 51

Activity 37- Life Map ........................................................................................................... 52

Activity 38- Colour circle ................................................................................................... 54

Activity 39- Check box ...................................................................................................... 55

Activity 40- You did it! ......................................................................................................... 56

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AC T I V I T Y 1 - A B O U T M E
Let us know a little bit more about you

My Name is: My dream job:

My nickname is:

What I do to
relax:

My go-to
snack:

My favourite place:
Something you wouldn’t know about
me by looking at me:

If I could have a superpower, it would be:

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AC T I V I T Y 2 - S E T T I N G G O A L S
It is important to set yourself goals throughout life so that you always know which direction you want to go in. It is important
to note though that your goals do not have to be set in stone, there is always room for growth and change!

Where do you want to see yourself in:

1 week?

1 month?

1 year?

5 years?

How are you going to achieve your goals?

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AC T I V I T Y 3 - M Y G R E A T M I N D S PA S S P
ORT
Fill this passport out as best you can, it can then be used by teacher and adults who assist you so that they know the
best way to help you.

Name:

Year Group:

Photograph Form Tutor:

Primary Need:

What People Like and Admire About What’s Important To Me

Me

My Hobbies and Clubs Include:

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How best to support me:

My Outcomes: How You Can Identify Me:

Any Other Comments:

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AC T I V I T Y 4 - T H E T R E E
Just like a tree needs strong roots and support for it to stand tall, so do humans. Fill out the tree below with people you can
count on. Put friends and other young people in the branches and adults in the roots.
Include people who you haven’t seen for a while as well as those who are in your everyday life.

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AC T I V I T Y 5 - E M O T I O N A L F I R S T A I D
Write in the first aid kit something that you do to help yourself when you feel stressed, upset, or angry. These could be
things that you haven’t done in a while or things that you have learnt that you would like to use in the future.

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AC T I V I T Y 6 - A F R I E N D I N N E E D I S A F R I E N
D INDEED!
read through the friend boxes below and then highlight them in 3 colours:

GREEN- Top things I want from my friend

AMBER- Sometimes I want this from a friend and sometimes I do not RED-

Definitely do not want this from a friend

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AC T I V I T Y 7 - 1 0 Q U E S T I O N S
Reflect over the last week

1- What happened this week which made you stop and think?

2- What happened this week that made you keep on going?

3- What can you learn from this?

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4- What mistake did you make which taught you something?

5- What did you try hard at this week?

6- What strategy are you going to try now?

7- What will you do to challenge yourself this week?

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8- What will you do to improve your work?

9- What will you do to improve your talent?

10- What will you do to solve this problem?

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AC T I V I T Y 8 - A T R O U B L E S H A R E D I S A T R O
U B L E H A LV E D
It’s really important to reach out for support when you feel low, anxious, or stressed. Research has proven that sharing
your feelings can really reduce these negative feelings!

- Write one person in each finger that you could reach out and talk to if you ever
need it. This could include adults, friends, people you do not speak with often
and people you speak to all the time.

- On the Fingernails write any online networks you belong to e.g. Facebook, WhatsApp.

- On the wrists write any other sources of support that you could use and somewhere you
could turn to in an
emergency.

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AC T I V I T Y 9 - S A Y T H I S I N S T E A D
Read these comments aloud and then come up with a growth mindset alternative that you can say to yourself instead.

Example: I’m not good at this……… I can’t do this yet

I give up

It’s good enough

I made a mistake

This is too hard

I’m really good at maths

I will never be as clever as them

I can’t do this

I can’t make this any better

They can’t do it

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AC T I V I T Y 1 0 - L E A R N I N G Z O N E S
Write a list of all the subjects that you study or would like to study and then sort them in to their own zone.
What positive changes can you make to move all your subjects to your ‘comfort zone’?

Danger Zone

Stretch Zone

Comfort Zone

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AC T I V I T Y 11 - A GA M E O F C O
NSEQUENCES
Every time you make an action it has a consequence. Read each scenario below and fill out ‘what happens next?’ each time
until you come to the end of the story. Which story worked out better for Ava.

Ava took a mock exam in Music which is her Ava took a mock exam in music which is her
favourite subject. She doesn’t do as well as favourite subject. She doesn’t do as well as
she had hoped. she had hoped.

She thinks to herself: She thinks to herself:

‘I must be really bad at music. Everyone must ‘I’m usually really good at music but I was
thinks I’m terrible. What’s the point? I am tired and distracted that week. I also didn’t
going to stop trying.’ much when I should have done. I think I can
do better next time if I approach it
She feels: Worthless and upset.
differently.’
She feels: Positive and determined.

What happens next? What happens next?

What happens next? What happens next?

What happens next?

What happens next?

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AC T I V I T Y 1 2 - M I N D F U L N E S S A R T
Take a moment to relax and breathe, if you would like colour in the sheet below. Around the edge write down some of
the awesome traits that you have as a person.

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AC T I V I T Y 1 3 - P R O B L E M C Y C L E
When you have a problem, use this chart to work out how to get out of the ‘problem’ cycle.

What is keeping ‘Your Problem’ going?

What made me at risk in the
first place?

What is ‘Your Problem”?

What happened in the lead up to ‘Your Problem’? Did anything

trigger it?

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AC T I V I T Y 1 4 - T H E M A S K
In life we sometimes wear masks to hide our faces, for example when we dress up for Halloween. However, we
sometimes wear ‘Imaginary Masks’- we use them to hide our feelings from other people. You’re wearing an imaginary
mask when you pretend that you’re feeling one way to people, when on the inside you do not really feel this way.

An example of wearing an imaginary mask is saying that you don’t care about something when you actually do or acting
angry when really what you feel is hurt.

Can you think of any examples of times when you have had to wear an ‘imaginary mask’? In the space below draw the
mask(s) that you have worn in the past and note down why you felt you had to wear it.

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AC T I V I T Y 1 5 - B E L I E F - O - M E T E R
Having a thought does not mean that it is true, or that we must believe it at all. Use the dial below to rate how much you
believe (or don’t) each piece of thought. Then write down some of the thoughts you have had recently in the blank
pieces and rate them on the belief-o-meter.

Burgers are
tasty
There’s never
It’s good to try
anything good on
new things
TV!

I’m going to keep

trying until I get
better at this

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AC T I V I T Y 1 6 - A V O I D A N C E H I E
RARC HY
Construct a ladder of places or situations that you avoid. At the top of the ladder write down the things which make you
feel most anxious. At the bottom of the ladder write places or situations that you avoid, but they don’t bother you as
much. In the middle of the ladder put the ‘in between’. Give each one a rating from 0% anxiety to 100% anxiety of how
you would feel approaching these situations. Once you’ve done this, come up with a plan of how you can approach each
situation and knock the anxiety off the ladder.

Situation Anxiety
(0-100%)

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AC T I V I T Y 17 - U N D E R S T A N D I N G S E L F C O N F I
DENCE
Use this worksheet to come up with an ‘action plan’ of how you can boost your self-confidence!

Part A Part B
recall a time when you felt confident recall a time when you felt that your confidence
was low

1- How would you describe the situation? 1- How would you describe the situation?
What was happening? What was happening?

2- What were you saying to yourself 2- What were you saying to yourself
about the situation? What kind of about the situation? What kind of
language did you use? language did you use?

3- What physical sensations and feelings 3- What physical sensations and feelings
were you aware of? were you aware of?

4- What did you do as a result of this? 4- What did you do as a result of this?

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Part C
use your notes from part A and B combined to come up with your ‘self-confidence
action plan’ for time where you feel that your self-confidence is low.

1- What positive statement could I say to myself to be reminded of my power?

2- What could I do that would help me feel differently

3- What could I do differently next time I am in this situation? What actions would
empower me?

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AC T I V I T Y 1 8 - P O S I T I V E
AFFI R M ATI ON WOR D SE A RC H
Find and highlight all of the positive affirmations within the gird below.

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AC T I V I T Y 1 9 - T H E P O W E R O F Y E T
Before you knew how do something, you didn’t know how to do it YET.

Draw something you can do really well

Finish the sentences below:

I CAN’T

YET
How did you become good
at it?

I DON’T KNOW

YET
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AC T I V I T Y 2 0 - R A Y S O F S U N
Affirmations remind us of who we are, they can help up feel confident. Create your own affirmations and write them into
the rays below.

I’m as
bright
as the sun

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AC T I V I T Y 2 1 - G R A T I T U D E J A R
Think about everything in your life that you are grateful for- this could be people, events, or physical things.
Write what and why you are grateful for inside your ‘Gratitude Jar’. If you would like you can also decorate your jar.

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AC T I V I T Y 2 2 - G R A T E F U L T O B E M E
Think back over the past few days, what are you grateful for?

What SKILLS do you have that you’re grateful for?

What have you done recently that made you feel

PROUD?

Write 3 things which you are grateful for

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AC T I V I T Y 2 3 - A U T O M A T I C T H O
UGHTS
Our thoughts, all 70,000 to 100,000 of them every day, are constantly helping us to interpret the world around us, describing
what is happening and trying to make sense of it by helping us to interpret events, sights, sounds, smells and feelings.

Thoughts are simply electro-chemical impulses in our brain.

THOUGHTS ARE NOT STATEMENTS OF FACT

DONT BELIVE EVERYTHING YOU THINK!

CBT says that it is not the event which causes our emotional and behavioural reactions, but
the meaning we give that event- what we think ABOUT that event.

Meaning we give to
Event Emotion
the event

Because of our previous experiences, our upbringing, our culture, religious beliefs, and
family values, we may well make very different meanings of situations than someone else.
These thoughts result in our physical and emotional reactions.

Particular types of thoughts tend to lead to particular emotions.

Thoughts Emotion Behaviour

I’m in danger and I won’t be able Anxiety, Fear - Avoid
to cope with it - Escape

I’m being treated unfairly and I Anger, Frustration - Confront

won’t stand for it - Defend

Everything is hopeless- I’m totally Depression - Withdraw

worthless, no-one likes me and - Isolate
nothing can change

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Automatic thoughts…
- Can be words, an image, a memory, a physical sensation, an imagined sound, or based
on ‘intuition’- a sense of just ‘knowing’.

- Believable- we tend to automatically believe our thoughts, usually not stopping to

question their validity. When another driver cuts me up, I might judge that he’s a selfish
worthless toad, but in fact, he might be taking his wife to hospital who is just about to
give birth. Thoughts are not necessarily true, accurate or helpful.
Often based on emotion (rather than facts), which drives our opinion.

- Are automatic. They just happen, popping into your head and you often won’t even
notice them.

- Our thoughts are ours- they can be quite specific to us, perhaps because of our present or
past experience, knowledge, values, or culture, or just for no good reason at all. Some
thoughts are so out of keeping with all those things, and that can make them all the more
distressing- because we add some meaning about why we had them.

- Habitual and persistent- our thoughts seem to repeat over and over, and the more they
repeat, the more believable they seem. They set off a whole chain of new related thoughts
that lead us to feel worse and worse. They can follow themes, for short periods, or very
often, throughout years and decades.

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AC T I V I T Y 2 4 - O V E R C O M I N G AV O
IDAN CE
We try to avoid the situations, people and places and/or even thoughts which are likely to distress us. This avoidance
helps prevent us becoming distressed in the short-term, but is one of the main factors which keeps the problem going
over a long time. Avoidance also interferes greatly with our everyday lives. To overcome our problem, we need to
overcome the avoidance.

Write down all the things (e.g. situations, people, places, TV/Radio/Newspaper/Internet, Thoughts) that you try to
avoid. Once you have your list, write a number from 0-10 alongside each item, according to how distressing that item
is. (10 is most feared or distressing and 0 is not distressing).

Feared situation, people, places, media, etc. Distress rating 0-10

Now write the list again with the most feared or distressing item at the top of the list and the least feared at the bottom,
of the list

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In starting to overcome the avoidance, take the least feared or distressing item and think about how you can face this
trigger. You might want to break it down into smaller steps. Write down what you need to do, including any steps. You
could also write down reminders of your coping strategies.

Feared situation Steps I need to take to face the feared Coping strategies I can use during the
situation feared situation

Do the same process for each item on the list, repeating each step frequently and stay in the situation despite the anxiety
(use your coping strategies to help you). Gradually and slowly work your way up from the leas feared to the most feared
situation.)

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AC T I V I T Y 2 5 - F . A . C . E
Overcome your anxiety by learning to FACE the situations you normally avoid.

Anxiety

Feel Avoid
Worse

Restricted Life

F ind and identify your target what you would like to be able to face, rather than what
you avoid

A ction- decide on the steps you need to take C oping- identify and

use your coping strategies E valuate- how did it go

Find
Identify what you would like to be able to FACE, rather than avoid. You could write a list of several
targets to face, then choose one that is not too distressing. You can gradually work through the list from
least to most distressing.

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Action
Decide on the steps you need to take. Break it down into manageable chunks, like steps on a ladder
leading up to the top or BIG one. Take one step at a time, starting at the bottom.

Coping
Write down all your coping strategies and use those that are going to be most useful for that situation.

Evaluate
After you’ve actioned the steps, review how things went. What went well? What didn’t go well? What
could you do differently next time?

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AC T I V I T Y 2 6 - R E F L E C T A N D C O L O U R
Relax have a moment to reflect on your week so far whilst colouring this page.

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AC T I V I T Y 2 7 - B E H A V I O U R A L E X P E
RIMENT
Think of one of the negative beliefs you have within school- for example ‘I can’t do math’s because I’m not smart enough’.
Let’s challenge that belief and experiment with how we can change it into something positive!

Step 1- Belief or rule to be tested

Right now, the strength of this belief is:

An alternative might be

Step 2- Planning
This is the experiment we’ve agreed:

What do you predict will happen?

How sure are you that this will happen? (0-100%)

Safety behaviour's I need to drop during this

experiment

The evidence I will use to judge which belief is more likely to be true

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Step 3- Experiment
Now carry out this experiment and note what happened/didn’t happen

Step 4- Debrief
re-rate your beliefs from step 1. Right now, the strength of my belief is:

What happened? Did it fit with your prediction?

Re-rate your original prediction.

What can I conclude from this experiment?

Do I need to do any further experiments in light of this one?

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AC T I V I T Y 2 8 - P O S I T I V E S E L F T A L K
Positive statements encourage us and help is cope through distressing times. We can say these encouraging words to
ourselves, and be our own personal coach. We have all survived some very distressing times and can use those
experiences to encourage us through current difficulties. Examples of coping thoughts might be:

• Stop and breathe, I can do this

• This will pass

• I can be anxious/angry/sad and still deal with this

• I have done this before and can do it again

• This feels bad, it’s a normal bodily reaction- it will pass

• This feels bad, and feelings are very often wrong

• This won’t last forever

• Short term pain is for long term gain

• I can feel bad and still chose to take a new and healthy direction

• I don’t need to rush, I can take things slowly

• I feel this way because of my past experiences but I am safe right now

• Keep calm and carry on I can learn from this and it will be easier next time

• I can use my coping skills to get through this

• This is difficult and it is uncomfortable, but it is only temporary

On the table below, write down a coping thought or positive statement for each difficult or distressing situation- something
that you can tell yourself that will help you get through. Write them down on a piece of card and carry it in your pocket or
handbag to help remind you.

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Difficult or distressing situation Coping thought/ positive statement

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AC T I V I T Y 2 9 - B E Y O N D O U R
CONTROL
A few years ago, the authorities banned flying for a few days due to the volcanic ash cloud lying over
Europe. Many thousands of people all over the world felt anxious, frustrated and
sad about not being able to fly.

In that situation, what is in our control? As frustrating as it is, as anxious as we feel about (the consequences of) not
getting to our destination, as sad as we feel about missing important events,
there is little we can do. The air safety organisations have to put safety first, and order no-flying. A volcanic ash cloud for
Iceland is totally beyond our control.

If it’s out of our control, then what can we do about it? In this situation, there are things we can do- contacting others,
making arrangements for accommodation and booking alternative travel.

We could fight and struggle; we can get angry and upset and perhaps blame others. But, in the struggling
we’re just adding to the already difficult situation. Many times, even though we’d like to change the situation
we’re in, or change other people, all we can do is change ourselves- what
we think, our attitude towards it, what we do.

If some situations are beyond our control- we can struggle and fight, or we can just accept that ‘it is what it is’.
Acceptance is not about judging to be good or agreeing with it, it’s about not giving it permission to go on forever
and not giving up on other options.

We are faced with many similar situations all the time. Situations that we find ourselves in, that we can have little control
over- bereavements losing a job, illness, being bullied, debt relationship break-ups or difficulties. Perhaps some can be
situations that we can have been partly responsible for bringing about, but we have little control over now. These are
situations where we have a little control over, some we have a lot.

• How much control do I have? What is outside my control?

• ‘it is what it is’ I’m not agreeing with or giving up on it, but I can let it go for now.

• If I can’t change the situation, can I change the way I think or do about it?

• What can I do which is within my control?

In the cloud below write down a time where you had an ‘Ash Cloud’ and how you overcame it

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AC T I V I T Y 3 0 - H E L I C O P T E R V I E W
In any stressful situation it’s easy to get caught up in the emotion, which skews our view of things. Completing this
worksheet will help you see a different perspective:

Self Others

What am I reacting to? What would it look like to get

What does this situation others involved?
mean to, or say about me? What might their thoughts ad
feeling be?

STOP
Stop take a breath
what’s the bigger picture?

Outsider Wise Mind

How would this seem to Practice what works! What

someone outside the would be the best thing to
situation who’s not do- for me, for others, for
emotionally involved? this situation?

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AC T I V I T Y 3 1 - M Y M E N T A L H E A L T H C V
Fill out this CV with as much detail as possible

My current problems: My Life- Significant events

My strengths:

What helps: What doesn’t help:

My Future Direction:

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AC T I V I T Y 3 2 - G O A L G E N I E
Think of your career/ school goals. What do you need to do to get there. Be the genie in your own life, just like they grant
3 wishes, set yourself 3 goals to help you achieve this and note how you are going to do it.

What steps can I make towards aching this

goal?

On a scale of 1-10 with 0 being totally not achieved and 10 being completely achieved, how far along the scale am I now,
with regard to this goal?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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What steps can I make towards aching this

goal?

On a scale of 1-10 with 0 being totally not achieved and 10 being completely achieved, how far along the
scale am I now, with regard to this goal?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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On a scale of 1-10 with 0 being totally not achieved and 10 being completely achieved, how far along the
scale am I now, with regard to this goal?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

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AC T I V I T Y 3 3 - C O M M U N I C A T I O N S T Y L
ES
Let’s discuss communication, reflect on yourself and how you communicate with people

Passive Assertive Aggressive

General Compliant, submissive, talks Actions and expressions fir Sarcastic, harsh, always
little, vague, non-committal with words spoken, firm but right, superior, know it all,
communication, puts self- polite and clear messages, interrupts, talks over
down, praises others respectful of self and others others, critical, put-downs,
patronising, disrespectful of
“I don’t mind… that’s fine… “That’s a good idea, and others
yes alright” how about if we did this
too…” or “I can see that, “This is what we’re doing, if
but I’d really like…” you don’t like it, tough”

Beliefs You’re okay, I’m not I’m okay, you’re okay I’m okay, you’re not

Has no option other that Believes or acts as if all the Believe they are entitled to
the other person/ individuals involved are have things done their way,
people are always more equal, each deserving of the way they want it to be
important, so it doesn’t respect, and no more done, because they are right
matter what they think entitled than the other to and others (and their needs)
anyway have things done their way are less important

Eyes Avoids eye contact, looks Warm, welcoming, friendly, Narrow, emotionless staring,
down, teary, pleading comfortable eye contact expressionless

Posture Makes body smaller stooped, Relaxed, open, welcoming Makes body bigger- upright,
leaning, hunched shoulders head high, shoulders out,
hands on hips

Hands Together, fidgety, clammy Open, friendly and Pointing fingers, making
appropriate gestures fists, clenched, hands on
hips

Consequences Give in to others, don’t get Good relationships with Make enemies, upset others
what we want or need, self- others, happy with outcome and self, feel angry and
critical thoughts, miserable and to compromise resentful
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RN ATIV E TH OU G H TS
Read through the table of thoughts. Add your own to each category.

Unhelpful Alternative more balanced thought

thinking habit

Mental filter Am I only noticing the bad stuff? Am I filtering out the positives? What would be more realistic?

Mind reading Am I assuming that I know what others are thinking? What’s the evidence? Those are my own
thoughts, not theirs. Is there another, more balanced way of looking at it?

Prediction Am I thinking that I can predict the future? How likely is it that it might really happen?

Compare and Am I comparing myself to others too much? What would be a more balanced way of looking at
it?
despair

Critical self There I go, that internal bully is at it again. Would most people who know me really say that
about me? Is it something that I am totally responsible for?

Should and musts Am I putting more pressure on myself, setting up expectations of myself that are almost
impossible? What would be more realistic?

Judgements I’m making an ovation about the situation or person. It’s how I make sense of the world, but that
does not mean my judgements are always right or helpful. Is there another perspective?

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Emotional Just because it feels bad, doesn’t necessarily mean it is bad. My feelings are just a reaction to
my thoughts- and thoughts are just automatic brain reflexes
reasoning

Mountains and Am I exaggerating the risk of the danger? Or am I exaggerating the negative and minimising the
positives? How would someone else see it? What’s the bigger picture?
molehills

Catastrophising OK thinking that the worst possible thing will definitely happen isn’t really helpful right now.
What’s most likely to happen?

Black and white Things aren’t either completely white or completely black- they are shoes of grey. Where is this
on the spectrum?
thinking

Memories This is just a reminder of the past. That was the, and this is now. Even though this memory
makes me feel upset, it’s not actually happening right now.

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AC T I V I T Y 3 5 - S I L E N C E
Sometimes silence can be daunting, however silence can also help you to calm down, connect with your inner emotions and
concentrate. Sit now for 1 minute in silence. Once the minute is over, reflect and write down in the chart below what silence
feels, sounds, and looks like. How can you use silence to your advantage?

Feels like Looks Like

Sounds Like

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SATIONS
Clear your mind and focus your attention on the following for one minute each. Without judgement, write down how they
feel at this present moment

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AC T I V I T Y 3 7 - L I F E M A P
In the main part of each large box, write a few key words about what is important or meaningful to you in this domain of
life: What sort of person do you want to be? What sort of personal strengths and qualities do you want to cultivate? What
you want to stand for? What do you want to do? How do you ideally want to behave? (If a box seems irrelevant to you,
that’s okay: just leave it blank. If you get stuck on a box, then skip it, and come back to it later. And it’s okay if the same
words appear in several or all boxes: this helps you identify core values that cut through many domains of life.)

Once you’ve done that for all boxes, go through them and in the left small square inside each box, mark on a scale of 0-10
how important these values are to you, at this point in your life: 0= no importance, 10= extremely important. (It’s okay if
several squares all have the same score.) Finally, in the right small square inside each box, mark on a scale of 0-10 how
effectively you are living by these values right now. 0= not at all 10= living by them fully (Again, it’s okay if several squares all
have the same score.)

Finally have a good look at what you’ve written. What does this tell you about: a) What is important in your life?
b) What you are currently neglecting?

Parenting Personal Growth Leisure

Spirituality Health

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Community and Family Social

Environment Relationships Relationships

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AC T I V I T Y 3 8 - C O L O U R C I R C L E
Write in each shape an aspect of your life for example, school, family… as you are colouring each section of the circle below,
take some time to think and reflect about each section. If you feel you need to write down anything whilst doing this, feel
free to do so.

My Family

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AC T I V I T Y 3 9 - C H E C K B O X
You are coming to the end of your Great Minds Together Growth Mindset Programme. Take this time to fill out the check
boxes below, if there is anything else you feel you have learnt add it in too!

Throughout this Programme I have learnt how to:

Present myself in a positive light

Present any issues I may need help with

Set short term, midterm, and long-term goals

Recognise my strengths

Turn a negative into a positive

Recognise all of the support available to me

Utilise the ‘mental tools’ I have gained to cope with stressful situations

Recognise the good and sift out the bad influences in my life
Build strong relationships with people

Replace negative language with positive language

Understand the consequences of my actions

Reflect on negative events and know how to prevent these from happening again

Open up and confide in the right people

Understand that not all thoughts are FACTS

Give myself praise

Overcome difficult situations

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AC T I V I T Y 4 0 - Congratulations! You did it!

Fill in your certificate and give yourself a well-earned pat on the back!

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