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Understanding Your Emotions

A Motivating Resource

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Assignment Check-In

■ Pair up with a partner■ Share your project with your partner

■ What did you learn about stress management?■ What did you learn from engaging in this

assignment?

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Review

■ How is stress management related to growth mindset?

■ How does stress create possibilities for connection?

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Beliefs About Emotions

■ What are the things you’ve heard?

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Primary Emotions

■ Fear■ Hurt■ Anger■ Sadness■ Joy

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Benefits of Emotions

■ Provide energy and motivation to reach goals■ Help us learn■ Help our memory■ Critical for decision making

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Black or Blue Pen?

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Every Emotion Has a Purpose■ Each Emotion Has a Purpose

■ Fear: warns us about danger■ Hurt: helps us stay safe, tells us about our limits■ Anger: tells us when something is against our

values■ Sadness: signals the loss of something

important■ Joy: signals that that things are in a good place

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Emotions in the Body

■ Each emotion has a different response in our body.

■ Where do you feel fear?■ Where do you feel hurt?■ Where do you feel anger?■ Where do you feel sadness?■ Where do you feel joy?

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Homework assignment

■ Track your emotions■ What was the situation■ What were you feeling?