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Welcome to Mindfuel! @mindfuelperform - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Welcome to Mindfuel! @mindfuelperform - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Welcome to Mindfuel! @mindfuelperform www.mindfuelperformance.co.uk The Mindfuel Podcast Who we are A wellbeing and performance psychology company, working with schools to help fulfil childrens potential. Work in schools as well as high
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Brain development during adolescence
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It was previously thought that adolescent behaviour was due to hormonal changes. Recent research has shown that actually adolescence is a critical period of neurological development. Before beginning, it’s worth noting there is no such thing as a typical teenager!
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Psychological wellbeing Physical wellbeing
Core psychological skills Higher level psychological skills
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Psychological wellbeing
- Self-awareness
- Core values
- Habits
- Mindfulness
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Psychological wellbeing
- Self-awareness
- Core values
- Habits
- Mindfulness
- Self-awareness
- Core values
- Habits
- Mindfulness
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Your core values give you a sense of purpose, reflect who you are and guide you when times are tough.
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Development of self
Hyper-sensitive to social exclusion, therefore only take more risks in ‘hot’ contexts. ‘Hot’ contexts occur when adolescents are around their peers – FOMO. It’s not that adolescents don’t know the risks involved, but rather when faced with social pressures they struggle to resist.
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Development of self
Hyper-sensitive to how their peers perceive and judge them – that family game of monopoly might be postponed for a few years! (imaginary audience effect) Explains the obsession with social media as technology has made their imaginary audience real.
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Psychological wellbeing
- Self-awareness
- Core values
- Habits
- Mindfulness
- Self-awareness
- Core values
- Habits
- Mindfulness
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Mindfulness is about paying attention to what’s happening in the present moment in the mind, body and environment with an attitude of curiosity and kindness. Research has shown you only need to practice for 8 minutes a day to be effective. Headspace Calm
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Benefits of Mindfulness… attention control
Novice meditators report improvements in conflict monitoring and orienting. Experienced meditators report improved alerting.
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Benefits of Mindfulness… emotion regulation
Lowered intensity and frequency of negative affect and improved positive mood states. Strengthens prefrontal cognitive control mechanisms and downregulates activity in limbic system regions.
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Why don’t zebras get ulcers?
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Physical wellbeing
- Sleep
- Nutrition
- Exercise
- Recovery
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Physical wellbeing
- Sleep
- Nutrition
- Exercise
- Recovery
- Sleep
- Nutrition
- Exercise
- Recovery
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Sleep
Adolescents need 9½ hours per day – they’re not lazy, they need more! Their sleep pattern (circadian rhythm) is later than children and adults. The golden hour
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Physical wellbeing
- Sleep
- Nutrition
- Exercise
- Recovery
- Sleep
- Nutrition
- Exercise
- Recovery
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Exercise
60 minutes moderate exercise a day. Physical benefits are obvious, but psychological benefits are just as great. Changes both the structure of the brain and how it operates.
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Core psychological skills
- Confidence
- Concentration
- Resilience
- Motivation
- Proactive thinking
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Core psychological skills
- Confidence
- Concentration
- Resilience
- Motivation
- Proactive thinking
- Confidence
- Concentration
- Resilience
- Motivation
- Proactive thinking
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Resilience is…
…the ability to ‘bounce back’ from setbacks. …a key skill of resilience is to be able to get back on the path to success as quickly as possible. …also about working hard for something you want even if it’s challenging.
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How you define failure is crucial for resilience. At Saracens, they differentiate between skill errors and effort errors. Skill errors are fine but effort errors are unacceptable.
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Brain plasticity
Research has shown that ‘sensitive periods’ exist for optimal development. Originally thought that they only occurred during childhood, but substantial evidence for such stages during adolescence and early adulthood.
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The brain undergoes a huge reorganisation at the
- nset of puberty.
This timing can lead to a dip in performance for many adolescents which is subsequently recovered in future years. The pre-frontal cortex undergoes the largest and longest reorganisation.
Learning dip
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