Self help

Lead-in

  • What are your most important needs and desires? Does your present life fulfill them?
  • What makes you feel motivated, inspired, excited?
  • What makes you feel most like yourself? Why?
  • What is your life’s purpose?
  • How do you move past unpleasant thoughts or experiences?
  • What are your favorite ways to take care of yourself physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually?

Presentation 1

Pre

  • What do you think about self help books? 

Top Down

  • What is the video about? Watch it and find out.
  • It’s about the difference between coaches and psychologists.
  • It’s about people who just want money.
  • It’s about self help. Does it work or do people just want to sell?
  • It’s about proving that self help doesn’t work.
  • It’s about the difference between coaches and psychologists.
  • It’s about people who just want money.
  • It’s about self help. Does it work or do people just want to sell?
  • It’s about proving that self help doesn’t work.

Bottom Up

  • Answer the following questions as you watch the video again.

Example: Since when has self-help been around? > Since the days of ancient Egypt.

  1. What are things people in the self-help industry claim they’re able to help with?
  2. What do the self-help industry get in return?
  3. Does self-help work?
  4. What are public seminars transitioning to?
  5. What conclusion is mentioned?
  1. What are things people in the self-help industry claim they’re able to help with? > A lot of things from losing weight to increasing motivation.
  2. What do the self-help industry get in return? > A ton of money.
  3. Does self-help work? > There’s not enough consistent academic research out there to know for sure.
  4. What are public seminars transitioning to? > Online formats such as webinars.
  5. What conclusion is mentioned? > Whenever there’s so much money involved, caution is the operative word.

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  • Do you believe in self-help? Why or why not?
  • Have you ever read a self-help book?
    • If yes, which one(s)? What’s your opinion about it?
    • If not, why? Aren’t you curious about it?

Presentation 2

Pre

  • Are you vocal about your needs?
  • What does “relax” mean to you? Define it in your own terms.

Top Down

  • According to the video, what is self care?
  • You’re your responsability.
  • It’s about being selfish a lot of times.
  • It’s something that makes our lives more awesome.
  • You’re your responsability.
  • It’s about being selfish a lot of times.
  • It’s something that makes our lives more awesome.

Bottom Up

  • Fill in the gaps as you watch the video again.

Example: _______ talk about self-care. > Let’s talk about self-care.

  1. It’s a vital _______ of the ongoing process of _______ a human.
  2. Self-care helps _______ burnout, reduces the negative psychological effects of stress and helps you refocus _______ what is true and important.
  3. But everyone is unique, so it’s important to ask: What _______ make me feel _______?
  4. Like, I have to admit, I get _______ of people saying nice things about me on the internet and that helps get me _______ the day.
  5. Perhaps you’ll notice a bleaker _______ than normal, or _______ sleep.
  1. It’s a vital piece of the ongoing process of being a human.
  2. Self-care helps prevent burnout, reduces the negative psychological effects of stress and helps you refocus on what is true and important.
  3. But everyone is unique, so it’s important to ask: What actions make me feel better?
  4. Like, I have to admit, I get lots of people saying nice things about me on the internet and that helps get me through the day.
  5. Perhaps you’ll notice a bleaker mood than normal, or disturbed sleep.

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  • Which parts of the video do you agree with and which you don’t? Why?
  • What do you think about keeping a journal? Do you keep one? Why?