#3 STRESS, OVERWHELM & PRESSURE taming tools
3-Part Audio PEP TALKS filled with evidence-based tools and teen-tested wellbeing and mindset boosting tips, to support young people aged 12 -18 (but not limited to) feel better equipped to tackle life’s ups and downs more confidently.
TOTAL – 62 minutes
*#3 is complemented by Pep Talks #1, 4, 5 & 9
Part 1 – STRESS WARNING SIGNS & SHRINKERS includes –
23 minutes
- Making it normal to talk about stress and why conversations matter
- Helping teens stress less, rather than trying to make stress vanish completely
- Get to know how stress is connected to the nervous system and why this matters so much to teens
- How adrenaline and cortisol play a big role when teens are feeling stressed
- Teens need to know about two main types of stress – helpful and unhelpful
- Know the physical warning signs that indicate stress is hanging around
- Three simple affirmations to help teens reset when stress strikes
- Teen-talk about moving and exercise and how it’s connected to stress chemicals
- Four great ways teens can reduce stressful feelings when they feel intense
- Hello Hoola Hoop thinking – a wonderful way to dial down stress
Part 2 – STRESS TRIGGERS & BETTER THINKING includes –
16 minutes
- Have you heard of stress triggers? Teens need to know they’re different for everyone
- Ways teens can understand external triggers
- Teen tools to handle triggers – these are really popular
- THINK AGAIN – 4 steps to help teens shift their thinking
- YOU HAVE THE POWER – teaching teens to think on purpose
- Why a teen’s next thoughts are so powerful
Part 3 – OUTSMARTING OVERWHELM & PRESSURE includes –
23 minutes
- A stressed teen brain doesn’t think or behave in helpful ways
- When the teen brain is stressed, and how it impacts big or permanent decisions
- Giving up and quitting. There are other options available to teens when they’re feeling stressed
- Helping teens get to know the 4 stress responses – flight, fight, flee and fawn
- Teens can practice getting comfortable with stress, and why that’s a game-changer for them
- How wind-down and wake-up breaks help teens manage their own stress
- Learn how activity and rest impacts a teen’s brain and body when it’s stressed out
- Six guiding questions to help teens be more balanced and less stressed
- Three simple stress soothers that are FREE and available 24/7