We all have different sized stress buckets We all live under leaky - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Key points of Stress Bucket: ● We all have different sized stress buckets ● We all live under leaky stress taps ● We all have holes in our buckets that let the stress out, these are are coping strategies for managing our stress ● Sometimes these coping strategies can’t keep up with the stress we are living under; or we might sometimes forget our coping strategies

How can you be kind to yourself and stop your stress bucket filling up?

How can you be kind to yourself and stop your stress bucket filling up? Let’s look at the Zones of Control. There are some things you CAN control and some things you CAN NOT control

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/improve-mental-wellbeing/

Examples of kind acts during the lockdown You have probably heard of this act of Captain (Colonel) Tom Moore kindness raised £33millon for NHS Charities.

Examples of kind acts during the lockdown by Horbury Primary Academy and Accord MAT

Need to be ok in ourselves in order to be kind

■ Call a friend that you haven’t spoken to for a while ■ Tell a family member how much you love and appreciate them ■ Make a cup of tea for someone you live with ■ Help with a household chore at home ■ Tell someone you know why you are thankful for them ■ Send someone you know a joke to cheer them up ■ Send an inspirational quote to a friend ■ Contact someone you haven’t seen in a while and arrange a phone catch up ■ Reach out to call a friend, family member or neighbour who is experiencing loneliness or self-isolation ■ Donate to a charity ■ Lend your ear – call a friend and ask how they’re finding the change in routine ■ Donate to food banks ■ Offer support to vulnerable neighbours

Acts of Kindness Your task is: - Tell us how you have shown kindness towards someone. For example, made you mum a cup of tea and told her that you love her, sent a card or a kind message to a friend to cheer them up, called your grandparents or raised money for the NHS. There are so many ways that you can shown acts of kindness. - Tell us how the person reacted, who received your act of kindness. - Tell us how it made you feel after showing the act of kindness - Tell us what your plans are for more acts of kindness. - Present this in any way you like: a short video, photos, draw pictures or a comic strip or PowerPoint. It’s up to you! - Please look on the next slide for details on how to send it in to us.

We want to hear from you. What acts of kindness have you seen, received or shown? What suggestions do you have for an act of kindness during lockdown? Let’s spread the kindness . Send these to ictwork@horburyprimary.accordmat.org with the title #kindness Please also post on Seesaw too!