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Fill Cups ‘Just right’




                  To feel great and perform at our very best, our cups of need should be ‘just right’ – full, but not overflowing. Think Goldilocks!




















                  I feel                               I feel                            I feel cared                       I feel capable,                         The task is
              comfortable.                         comfortable.                               for.                          certain and in                       interesting. It is
                                                                                        I feel I count.                         control                        the right challenge,
                                                                                                                                                                quantity and pace
               My body feels                       I have the right                                                                                                   for me.
                   good.                          amount of sensory                     I feel people like                 I feel I can do some
                                                  input for my body                           me.                          things really well and                I can make sense of
             I’m not hungry or                        to feel ok.                                                         when it’s hard for me,                    the learning.
               thirsty and my                                                           I feel listened to                I feel I can get better.
                 body feels                        The light, smell                      and noticed in                                                         I am being given the
              comfortable and                      and sound levels                    ways that make me                     I feel a sense of                     right amount of
                 painfree.                          are ok for me.                         feel good.                       control over what is                 information in a way
                                                                                                                             happening to me.                   I can remember well
             I feel healthy and                    The amount of                       I feel cared for and                                                         and keeps me
               full of energy.                     movement is ok                         an important,                     I feel sure of what                      interested.
                                                    and nothing is                      valued part of the                 will be happening and
                                                  bothering my skin.                         group.                         what is expected of                     The speed of
                                                                                                                                   me                            information is ok for
                                                                                                                                                                        me.
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