emotional well-being Archives - UPower Presentations - Sara Westbrook https://upowerpresentations.com/tag/emotional-well-being/ Motivational Speaker About Confidence, Respect and Resilience Mon, 26 Jan 2026 03:29:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 Emotions Impact Mental Health https://upowerpresentations.com/mental-health-and-emotions/ https://upowerpresentations.com/mental-health-and-emotions/#respond Wed, 21 Jan 2026 02:44:26 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=7830 Talking about mental health is essential. It is impacted by the emotions we experience. We often don’t realize how much emotions impact mental health. Our experiences might look different, but we’ve all felt anger, sadness, worry, frustration, disappointment, and overwhelm. And still, when someone asks, “How are you doing?” many of us reply, “I’m fine.” […]

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]]> https://upowerpresentations.com/mental-health-and-emotions/feed/ 0 Crash Course on Resilience for Kids (Part One) https://upowerpresentations.com/crash-course-resilience-for-kids/ Thu, 08 Feb 2024 22:07:44 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=5384 I’ve been hearing more and more about the lack of resilience skills in our young people particularly noticeable in the aftermath of the pandemic. In light of this, I’ve created a crash course aimed at strengthening our children’s ‘resilience muscle’ for their overall well-being and future success. Here are the initial four strategies; stay tuned […]

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]]> Parenting with Love Through Life’s Boundaries https://upowerpresentations.com/parenting-to-establish-healthy-boundaries/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 02:23:23 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=5204 In our ongoing endeavour to establish healthy boundaries that nurture the mental and emotional well-being of our children, there are three challenges that often come up to test our efforts: 1. Desire to be liked: You may worry your children won’t like you when enforcing boundaries and consequences. While it isn’t pleasant to hear your […]

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]]> Building Emotional Connection, One ‘Refresh’ at a Time https://upowerpresentations.com/parenting-building-emotional-connection/ Thu, 28 Sep 2023 20:16:41 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=5014 Emotions run high. Meltdowns occur. Tantrums happen. You can’t have conflict resolution without first facing conflict. You can’t have redirection without first creating connection. When you have moments of despair, they need repair. One effective strategy for enhancing conflict resolution, fostering connection, and facilitating repair is to incorporate ‘refresh’ into your resource toolbox, much like […]

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]]> Thriving through Emotional Chaos https://upowerpresentations.com/thriving-through-emotional-chaos/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:03:57 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=3777 At times it can be difficult to remain calm and thrive through the emotional chaos you might be experiencing. Your emotions seem to be all over the place. You promise yourself you won’t let your emotions get the best of you but then they do…you make a reactive choice from your emotions. Later regret floods […]

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