Resilience Daily
Providing daily messages that promote well-being and restoration
Mindfulness Monday - Mindfulness is the ability to be fully present in the moment. It can provide numerous benefits, from decreased stress and sadness to increased levels of focus and happiness, according to research. Mindfulness meditation practice is one way to truly experience the current moment and integrate that awareness into your everyday life.
Grounding Activity
Practicing mindfulness helps to ground us and put us in a place of well-being. Use these two breathing practices this week!
Grati-Tuesday - Gratitude is one of the many positive emotions. It’s about focusing on what’s good in our lives and being thankful for the things we have. Gratitude is pausing to notice and appreciate the things we often take for granted, like having a place to live, food, clean water, friends, family, and even computer access.
Grounding Activity
Practicing mindfulness helps to ground us and put us in a place of well-being. Use these two breathing practices!
Community Building & Wellbeing Activities
- Have you connected with a colleague today?
- Reach out to two colleagues and let them know why you appreciate them. Be creative. This can be email, text, phone, etc.
Wellness Wednesday - There are eight Dimensions of Wellness: emotional, physical, social, occupational, spiritual, environmental, financial, and intellectual. Each dimension of wellness is interrelated and equally vital in the pursuit of optimum health. Understanding how to maintain and optimize each of the dimension can support an optimal level of overall wellness.
Grounding Activity
Practicing mindfulness helps to ground us and put us in a place of well-being. Use these two breathing practices this week!
Community Building & Wellbeing Activities
- How will you practice emotional wellness?
- Pick a colleague whom you’ve built a rapport with to share your thoughts about when you are not at your best and talk about what you can do to bring you back to a state of well-being. Return the favor.
Thoughtful Thursday - Doing something for others is powerful for your wellbeing. In fact, when we give to others, our brain’s pleasure and reward centers light up as if we were the receiver and not the giver! We also get a boost of feel-good endorphins and a hormone called oxytocin is released, which lowers our stress!
Grounding Activity
Practicing mindfulness helps to ground us and put us in a place of well-being. Use these two breathing practices this week!
Community Building & Wellbeing Activities
- When you think of being thankful, what pops in your head?
- Who are you thankful for professionally and personally? Let them know.
Fun Friday is the opportunity to learn more about our students while building community and developing and strengthening relationships. Be creative and have fun!
Grounding Activity
Practicing mindfulness helps to ground us and put us in a place of well-being. Use these two breathing practices this week!
Community Building & Wellbeing Activities
- You completed the first week of school!
- Now, have some fun. Go for a drive, sleep in, garden, exercise. What will you do for fun?