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After sharing this video with your child, ask them about how the main character's mindset changed? What strategies did she use to solve her problem?
Here’s how to get your dopamine flowing:
- Record small accomplishments. A to-do list reinforces how you’re chipping away at your goals. As you feel yourself making more progress, you’ll feel the greater effects of dopamine.
- Share results with others. Communicating about your results (whether they’re positive or negative) means that others will recognize your work, resulting in more positive feedback. Praising and recognizing the work of your child can also increase your dopamine.
- Stay on task with micro-deadlines. Staying entirely focused on one task at a time will force you to sit down and get work done. The more you do that, the more you’ll see positive feedback which will increase your dopamine.
- Focus on how great you’ll feel when your project is complete. A study by University of Michigan professors found that results-driven focus motivated people to complete their work.
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Gratitude Activity
How do I do it? In this daily reflection, you list three things that went well for you, and why they went well. How does it work? This brief exercise helps you reflect on the many things that happen every day. Over time, you begin to look for things in your day to add to your list! Inspired by: Seligman, M. E. P., Steen, T. A., Park, N., & Peterson, C. (2005).
Gratitude Journal: Three Good Things
Practicing gratitude regularly has been shown to increase positive emotions and improve well-being.
The Gratitude Journal: Three Good Things worksheet provides three gratitude prompts per day, for seven days. Each prompt is a simple sentence prefix, such as "One good thing that happened to me today..." or "Today I had fun when...".
Gratitude Jar Activity
Gratitude jars are a fun, artistic, and hands-on way for children to practice gratitude. In this activity, children will create a special jar for saving gratitude statements at the end of each day. https://www.therapistaid.com/worksheets/gratitude-jar
Strengths Discussion Questions
Strengths are revealed by a person's passions, their skills, and the activities that fill them with energy. When a person gets into the mindset of noticing strengths, they can be found just about anywhere. https://www.therapistaid.com/therapy-worksheet/strengths-discussion-questions/positive-psychology/none