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My Happiness Plan POSITIVE EMOTIONS & PERSONAL STRENGTHS Engagement BUILDING AN ACTION PLAN It is important to remember that secondary trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue can be prevented by taking time to practice individual self-care strategies on a regular basis, both personally and professionally. Specifically, these strategies need to focus on the positive aspects of your life and work to savor these experiences. It is important to continuously intentionally practice to help rewire your brains, which will help shift your thinking toward looking for what went 'right' instead of focusing on what went wrong. By doing so, you will be building neural pathways of happiness, positive emotions, and enhancing your personal strengths. Identify two activities that you currently do and/or plan to engage in from this point forward to strengthen your signature strengths and increase your positive emotions. Examples include daily journaling, intentional use of positive emotion words, etc. Identify two activities that you currently do and/or plan to engage in from this point forward to increase engagement. Examples include increasing flow opportunities, addressing your automatic negative thoughts, applying the 3C's, etc.
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My Happiness Plan
POSITIVE EMOTIONS & PERSONAL STRENGTHS
Engagement
BUILDING AN ACTION PLANIt is important to remember that secondary trauma, burnout, and compassion fatigue can be prevented by taking time to practice individual self-care strategies on a regular basis, both personally and professionally. Specifically, these strategies need to focus on the positive aspects of your life and work to savor these experiences. It is important to continuously intentionally practice to help rewire your brains, which will help shift your thinking toward looking for what went 'right' instead of focusing on what went wrong. By doing so, you will be building neural pathways of happiness, positive emotions, and enhancing your personal strengths.
Identify two activities that you currently do and/or plan to engage in from this point forward to strengthen your signature strengths and increase your positive emotions. Examples include daily journaling, intentional use of positive emotion words, etc.
Identify two activities that you currently do and/or plan to engage in from this point forward to increase engagement. Examples include increasing flow opportunities, addressing your automatic negative thoughts, applying the 3C's, etc.
Meaning
Accomplishment
RelationshipsIdentify two activities that you currently do and/or plan to do to improve or expand the relationships in your life. Examples include applying gratitude practices, intentionally spending uninterrupted time with another person (no screens), empathic listening (validating and nonjudgmental listening), etc.
Identify two mindful practices that you currently do and/or plan to engage in from this point forward to help provide focus, clarity, and give you a sense of purpose. Examples include mindful breathing, mindful listening, body scan practice, etc.
Identify and apply two strategies to increase your sense of accomplishment. Make sure to embed your personal strengths into these strategies. Examples include mini-goals, personal mantra, vision board, etc.
Physical Wellbeing: Exercise, Nutrition and Sleep
Identify one activity for exercise, nutrition, and sleep that you currently do and/or plan to engage in from this point forward to improve your overall physical wellbeing. Examples include yoga, walking, mindful eating exercises, eating more fruits and vegetables, stop drinking caffeine in the evening, turning the television off at night, etc.
EXERCISE
NUTRITION
SLEEP
