Achieving the Home/Work
Through Positive Practices and
Mindfulness
By Lori
Spensieri

GRATITUDE
Thank you for spending the day here with us.
Thank you for putting your faith in me, to provide you with useful information
that will help you find more happiness and a better work/life balance.

Plan for the morning
9:00- 9:15 Introduction & Prayer
9:15 - 9:30 Self-Assessment and Inventory of stress level
9:30 - 10:00 Presentation - Practices for Home/Work Balance
10: 00 - 10:15 Happiness Habits
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Meditation/Mindfulness Practices
11:30 - 12:00 Journalling
12:00 - LUNCH

Prayer

Who is Lori?
- To be supplemented

Happy Valentines Day
Today is perfect day for this topic.
Valentines day is a day dedicated to love.
Self-love is the most important kind of love that you can experience.
Make this a priorioty…
Why we put the oxygen mask on oneself first?
Fill up that bucket - then you can help everyone else.

Brainstorm
- To be supplemented.
I am the group, “What ideas come to mind when you think of the word
‘STRESS’. The group will use an APP to brainstorm all of the ideas associate.

Self Inventory
- To be supplemented
Participants will complete a series of self-administered inventories and self-
discovery tactics - all of these will give them insight into how they deal with stress
and anxiety.
- Favourite colour
- Handwriting analysis
- Doodling analysis
- Horoscope
- Stress scale.
- Other

Practices for Home/Work Balance
Practices
Preventative
Reactive
Physical
Emotional
Physical
Emotional

Proactive Measures to Create/Maintain Balance
- Nutrition / water
- Physical Activity
- Sleep
- Warmth
- Breathing
- Excretion

Proactive Measures to Create/Maintain Balance
- Organization
- Planning
- Time management
- Be clear and deliberate
- Other behavioural tweaks

Proactive Measures to Create/Maintain Balance
a) The belief in some higher power,
beyond us little people
b) The provision of ritual
c) Physical Benefits

Proactive Measures to Create/Maintain Balance
Three reasons that establishing one's social identity is very important:
a) Improve your Professionalism through social networking.
b) The happiest people are those with strong social supports.
c) It can make your job easier through consistent social contact with colleges, students and
their parents.

Reactive Measures to Create/Regain Balance
(to be supplemented)
Cool thoughts
Breathing methods
Reframing
Quick Fixes

Mindfulness through Creativity
Benefits of being creative
- See Zen and Art Presentation attached. I will select some slides/material from
this.

Lets try….
Origami Zentangle
Drawing
Calligraphy Coloring Write a
poem
Thinking
outside of
the Box
Make a
Vision Board

Plan for the Afternoon
12:30 - 1:30 Presentation; Mental Health, Positive Psychology, VIDEO - Positive
Psychology, Growth Mindset
1:30 - 1:45 Debriefing and summary, resources
1:45 - 2:00 - Evaluation and closing
NAMASTE!

Mental Health
● What is meant by Mental Health?
● Who is prone to Mental Health disorders?
● Why, as educators, is this an important issue to discuss?

Positive Psychology

EVALUATION