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Focus: Reducing Stress
We looked at how we can help our brain to be at its best.
It is all about changing our balance.
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Step 1: Increase our DOSE (remember this from Session 2 - see slide 14)
Dopamine Oxytocin Serotonin Endorphins
I’M CAPABLE I’M CONNECTED I COUNT I’M ON CLOUD 9!
The motivator. The trust drug. The happy hormone. The high.
Flows when we succeed Flows when we feel Flows when we feel Flows when we exercise
and keeps us coming back supported and connected important and of value – hard or laugh
for more. It’s the feeling to others. when we feel we matter, uncontrollably.
‘Yes! I did it!’ or ‘I got it!’ It’s the calming drug. are needed and we count. The pain reliever.
HOW TO GET IT: HOW TO GET IT: HOW TO GET IT: HOW TO GET IT:
▪ Get back in touch with
▪ Read a joke book
▪ Start a new hobby
▪ Go for a walk outside
Step 2: Reduce our levels of stress – see next page.
someone you have not
▪ Work with an adult to spoken to for a while. ▪ Do some gardening ▪ Watch some comedy
set some mini goals of ▪ Join a club to meet new
things you want to get people – think about ▪ Help cook a meal ▪ Do a Joe Wick’s workout
good at. things you are interested
in – an art club? ▪ Do something to help ▪ Do 50 star jumps
▪ Use Circles of Control Gardening club? someone in the house
Model which we looked ▪ Do the 2-minute
at before to focus on Connection Game – ▪ Look at possible
what you can control. listen to someone with volunteering work –
your FULL attention for 1 even for an hour a
minute then swap. week. Visiting the
▪ Send someone a letter elderly? Helping out at
or card or make them a an animal sanctuary?
piece of art. Helping with some
gardening?
▪ Do something to help
someone
