emotional wellbeing Archives - UPower Presentations - Sara Westbrook https://upowerpresentations.com/tag/emotional-wellbeing/ Motivational Speaker About Confidence, Respect and Resilience Mon, 05 Sep 2022 03:21:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Ever Tried to Avoid an Emotion? https://upowerpresentations.com/ever-tried-to-avoid-an-emotion/ Thu, 24 Mar 2022 20:39:55 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=1508 Don’t you wish you could pick and chose the emotions you want to experience? I have. Especially during lockdown and online learning. I remember one morning laying in bed, mentally preparing the start to my day. I was telling myself… ‘Today I won’t feel irritated. I felt irritated yesterday and it was exhausting, not today!’ […]

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]]> Do you know what makes you happy? https://upowerpresentations.com/do-you-know-what-makes-you-happy/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 15:02:17 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=1084 Do you put your happiness on hold? Do you wait for a special occasion or a goal to be achieved? This is what I know… Looking for ways to bring happiness into your life is very important to your emotional and mental well-being. Think of everything you could do to create happiness. It might be talking to a friend/family member, going […]

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]]> It’s Okay to Not Be Okay! https://upowerpresentations.com/its-okay-to-not-be-okay/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 10:00:26 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=1000 What’s the one part of the human experience we don’t want to talk about…EMOTIONS…which is a HUGE part of our mental health. We all have emotions! We may not have experienced the same circumstances – but we have all felt angry, sad, anxious, annoyed, frustrated and disappointed. Yet so many people are saying, ‘I’m fine’ when asked […]

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]]> Guess What We All have in Common? https://upowerpresentations.com/guess-what-we-all-have-in-common-emotions/ Mon, 30 Nov 2020 19:08:00 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=847 ‘What emotion are you feeling?’ When you think about truly sharing your emotions, would you prefer to leave the conversation or conveniently find something else to talk about? Maybe it’s because you don’t know how you are feeling or maybe you want to shout ‘none of your business!’ Or is it because you think sharing emotions makes […]

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]]> Boost Well-being with a Dose of Gratitude https://upowerpresentations.com/boost-well-being-with-a-dose-of-gratitude/ Tue, 06 Oct 2020 19:00:00 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=837 As we find ourselves and our children/students adapting to a new version of what school looks like, whether it’s ‘online learning’ or ‘in building learning’, we may all be experiencing challenging circumstances which can trigger some tough emotions like: anger, sadness, frustration, anxious or disappointment. Is there an antidote to help you and your children/students […]

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]]> Take Care of You First https://upowerpresentations.com/take-care-of-you-first/ Thu, 25 Jun 2020 19:52:00 +0000 https://upowerpresentations.com/?p=783 Be selfish to be selfless. Sounds pretty … selfish! What if, in order to help others, you first have to take care of yourself? You would never take dead batteries and put them into a flashlight and expect it to shine. Yet, sometimes you will drain yourself, your battery, and then put yourself into relationships, work […]

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