Wednesday, 18 September 2024 - Kindness and Its Impact on Well-Being
Explore the power of kindness in boosting well-being, happiness, and positivity. Understand how acts of kindness benefit both recipients and givers, fostering a ripple effect of positivity and improved mental health. Discover the science behind kindness, including the release of oxytocin and serotonin, and how simple acts of kindness can have profound effects on individuals and communities.
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Wednesday, 18 September 2024 ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC Weekly Reflection Kindness
Wednesday, 18 September Kindness 2024 How are you feeling this week? My thoughts and feelings ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC What have you done to be kind to others? What have you done to be kind to yourself?
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Kindness Did you know there are scientifically proven benefits of being kind? ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Kindness ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC One of the things you will hear staff say in school on different occasions is it doesn t take much to be kind , this is especially true given the time we all find ourselves in. We are all in the same storm but in a different boat. What do you think that means? Our experiences of Covid-19 and national lockdowns may be different to our friends and even our family or a person we pass on the street. We don t know how other people are feeling or what they have experienced that day. But YOU could make a difference to someone s day, YOU could change the way someone is feeling, YOU could be the positive thing they experience that day how wonderful is that! The positive effects of kindness are experienced in the brain of everyone who witnessed the act, improving their mood and making them significantly more likely to pay it forward. This means one good deed in a crowded area can create a domino effect and improve the day of dozens of people! Jamil Zaki, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Stanford University for Scientific American, July 26, 2016
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Kindness The love hormone Our body releases oxytocin (love hormone) even when we witness acts of kindness, this helps us to feel more confident especially when we are shy or anxious ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC Happiness Showing kindness to others or witnessing kindness can help to give you an overall feeling of happiness Kindness Increases Pleasure When you are kind to another person, your brain lights up, as if you were the recipient of the good deed not the giver. This is called the helper s high. Energy We can sometimes experience feelings of feeling stronger or more energetic after helping others; it can also leave us feeling calmer and less depressed, increasing feelings of self worth Serotonin Is a feel good chemical it calms you down and makes you feel happy Information from https://www.randomactsofkindness.org/the- science-of-kindness
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Kindness Stress People who are kind all the time have 23% less cortisol (the stress hormone) and age slower than the average population! Wow that s a good reason to be kind! Pain Engaging in acts of kindness produces endorphins the brain s natural painkiller! ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC Depression Kindness can work wonders for depression. Being on the receiving end of kindness can improve mood and self esteem but also being that person who puts others before your own needs can have the same impact. Kindness Decreases Anxiety If you take part in 6 acts of kindness in a week it has the potential to significantly increase positive moods, relationship satisfaction and decrease social avoidance if you usually avoid certain social situations
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Kindness Challenge This week is International Great Kindness Challenge Week. And here s your challenge. How many can you complete? Let us know, record it in a vlog, pictures, story anyway you want and share it with Mrs Sweeney on TEAMS. There s a few suggestions below or you can make up your own. ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC Smile at 25 people Place a nice note on a family member's pillow Sincerely compliment 5 people Pick up 10 pieces of rubbish in your neighbourhood Be kind to yourself & eat a healthy snack Learn something new about your teacher Be kind to yourself & create an I Am poster Draw a picture & give it to someone Leave a flower on someone s doorstep Be kind to yourself & take a Break Cut out & decorate a Happy Heart & place in a window Entertain someone with a happy dance Make & display a thank you sign for essential workers Show appreciation to a teacher or mentor Make a wish for a child in another country Send a thank you to your teacher Make & deliver a happy card to a senior friend Learn something new about a different culture Write a thank you note to your postperson Invent a kind handshake with a family member Donate toys, clothes or books to a charity or someone in need Be kind to yourself & do 10 one-minute exercises List 10 things you are grateful for
Wednesday, 18 September 2024 Dates to remember Holocaust Memorial Day Wednesday 27th January 2021 ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC ACHIEVING SELF-MOTIVATED POSITIVE IMANGINATIVE RESPECTFUL EMPATHETIC Be the light in the darkness is the theme for Holocaust Memorial Day 2021. It encourages everyone to reflect on the depths humanity can sink to, but also the ways individuals and communities resisted that darkness to be the light before, during and after genocide. Be the light in the darkness is an affirmation and a call to action for everyone marking Holocaust memorial Day. Can you think of different kinds of darkness ? persecution based on race, misinformation, denial of justice; Can you think of different ways of being the light ? resistance, acts of solidarity, rescue highlighting mistruths
