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Positive Psychology

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  1. Why Should I Care About Positive Psychology?
  2. What’s resilience anyways?
  3. Resilience and substance use
  4. Activity: How resilient am I?
  5. Activity: Coat of arms
  6. Activity: Wheel of life
  7. Activity: Three good things
  8. Activity: The best future self
  9. Summary
Positive Psychology Activity: Coat of arms
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Activity: Coat of arms

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A coat of arms represents strengths and protective (resiliency) factors each individual may have.

What would you put on your shield? Some example might include:

    • Supportive people in your life
    • Skills or talents that you have (ex. I make delicious Mac and Cheese)
    • Activities that you enjoy (ex. Reading books)
    • Strengths that you have (ex. I am a good listener)

Instructions

    • Draw a shield with 4 quadrants or click here to download one.
    • Identify four strengths or values you have 
    • Think about how each of the 4 factors you identified has helped you in the past.
    • On your shield, draw these 4 factors 

Ideas for strengths you might identify:

Social Support

  • The physical and emotional comfort we give and receive from those we love

    • Physical Health

  • Listening to our bodies by engaging in beneficial activities and routines to ensure overall well-being

    • Mental Health

  • Taking care of our psychological health by practicing self-care and reaching out of help

    • Open-mindedness

  • Willingness to look for and at different perspectives that may go against our own beliefs

    • Love

  • Appreciating close relationships and being open to loving others and being loved

    • Leadership

  • Taking on responsibility in a group to get things done

    • Creativity

  • Coming up with innovative, original, and adaptive ways of doing things

    • Vitality

  • Appreciating life by having energy and enthusiasm

    • Teamwork

  • Contributing to group effort

    • Spirituality or Religiosity

  • Having faith and belief in a meaning or purpose in life

    • Justice

  • Believing in being righteous, and not allowing bias to affect decisions about others

    • Generosity

  • Being kind and doing things for others