University of Idaho Extension, Professional Development Network
March 30, 2023, 1pm MT
Acknowledge the good and the bad
- Rose, Thorn and Bud blog, Live Smart Ohio
- What You Need to Know About Toxic Positivity, UW Medicine
- What’s Wrong with Positivity? Live Healthy Live Well blog
Be in the moment
- Mindfulness Activity: Three Senses Mindfulness Activity for Kids, Teens, and Grown-Ups by Blissful Kids
- Happify Video: Why Mindfulness Is a Superpower: An Animation. Narrated by Dan Harris, Animation by Katy Davis, December 2015
- UI Mindfulness – You and I Mindfulness, by Jamie Derrick, PhD including a (remote) weekly drop-in: https://www.uidaho.edu/current-students/vandal-health-education/initiatives/ui-mindfulness
Additional information from Jamie Derrick, PhD (email February 2023): The resources on mindfulness are available to everyone — faculty, staff, students and community. The focus on those drop-in sessions is basic, welcoming, accessible, simple practice. Noon-12:20 on Wednesdays (MT). I also have other resources if anyone is curious:
- Instagram page with uplifting reminders https://www.instagram.com/jamiederrick_mindful_phd/
- Soundcloud page with pre-recorded meditations that can be accessed at anytime https://soundcloud.com/user-768831280
Plan ahead
- My Future Self Blog
- Worksheet, Shared Future Vision
- Set Intention for the day (4 minute min-meditation)
The paradox of now and later
- Now and Later: The Paradox of Living in the Moment and Planning for the Future Blog
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Neupert, S. (2020). Knowledge is power: learning more about COVID-19 can reduce your pandemic stress. North Carolina State University.
Neupert, S. (2020) Quiz: Pandemic stressbusters. Accolades Magazine. North Carolina State University.
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