If you think you can, you will… or if you think you can’t… you won’t..
This strategy will work for any situation where you feel nervous or anxious. The thing to remember is that the physical emotion, what you actually feel, is the same if you are nervous or excited. It’s how we deal with it that changes what happens next…… Your mind has the ability to make you succeed…
Word, place, breathe…
This technique will take practise but it works! Once you know what you are doing you can use it for the rest of your life whenever you feel stressed, anxious or just needing a bit of calmness. Test yourself with your relaxation word and place whenever you feel like your brain is stuck. To begin…
Writing your thoughts down…
It takes mental energy to suppress our thoughts, sometimes you might be aware that you are trying to do it. A thought might enter your mind ‘I can’t do this’, ‘last time I did something like this I was rubbish’ and so you try and push these thoughts from your mind to concentrate on the…
Be kind to yourself…
This strategy aims to teach you to be kind and non-judgemental to yourself. Our thoughts drive our behaviour, if we believe our thoughts then they become true. Whenever a negative thought like ‘I can’t do this?’ ‘I am rubbish at this’ comes into your mind when trying to complete an activity or before you even…
Welcome to Resilient Learners
Please take some time and read a strategy, or read all 4 and then choose 1 to practice. You will need to read the strategy several times and remind yourself what to do. None of the strategies will work if you only read them once and never again. When you find yourself in a situation…
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