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Worksheet
On this page of the Worksheets, children get the opportunity to put Good Thinking into the mind of the Prince. “When told by the doctor, that his diet was not healthy, what better things could he have told himself?” Examples of Good Thinking may be; “This person has no reason to lie to me and maybe I should listen.” “I can try to do it his way, what could it hurt.”
Children should recognize that these beliefs would give rise to OK emotions and Thumbs Up behavior, “He would have tried eating different things.”
Next you want them to give an example of when you might change your thinking about not getting something you really want. You may need to help them give examples of situations in which they used rational thinking to over ride their “natural” Should and Ought beliefs.
Although the worksheet does not directly address the concept of the “Wizard” it is important that children understand that we all have our own “Wizard.” In our story the Wizard seems to be a real person but in real life he is representing the things we tell ourselves which are not true but support our core irrational (Stinky Thinking) beliefs.
It is like our mind has a Wizard and we have to make sure that the things we are telling ourselves are true and make sense. If they don’t make sense or are not true we can call them Wizard Statements so we know to ignore or change them.
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