Building Social & Emotional Skills to Increase Confidence & Self Reliance (8-12)

Welcome to our class!  We all struggle at times with feeling confident, good enough, etc.  In this space we will learn and discuss ways to feel better about who we are, and recognize all we have in common with each other!

We'll learn and read 3 new positive affirmations each week to build ourselves up and help us continue to do our best, feeding ourselves positive "Brain Food".  You will be encouraged to keep an affirmations journal and read your weekly affirmations daily.  The more we read and process positive words as positive "brain food" they begin to become our "truth" and we begin to "Live" those words.  We'll talk about and do small, simple practices of mindfulness that calm, energize, and build self esteem and inspire us to be all we can be.  We'll learn to be our true and authentic self.

The ultimate goal in our class is for learners to identify ways that they can build the self-confidence and self-worth needed to live happy and productive lives and recognize their value in life.  I teach kindness and tolerance for all our differences, because those differences make us each unique and amazing!   I love working with all types of students and helping them engage and feel more comfortable speaking in class.  

Class will go as follows:
*Check in-What made you smile this week?  What was a challenge or a bit stressful?  Discussion with friends about things we have in common with each other.  We have tools we can use to lessen our heavy emotions.
*Affirmations-Read them then say them with me to feed our brains "POSITIVE BRAIN FOOD".
*Discuss the topic for the week. (We will often find this topic in our affirmations and quotes).
*Read and study/discuss our quotes and how they can apply to us.  
*We end with a small brain break or "Mindful Minute"!   Learning tools we can use whenever we need a brain break from stressful moments, or a way to be more peaceful during our day.

Here a a long list of the many subjects we'll discuss and the outline of what each week will look like.

Welcome to 2025!

January: 
*2-3 (No class Jan 1st-New Years Day)
*8-10 Setting goals
*15-17 Balance in life
*22-24 Resilience
*29-31 Calmness in a busy world

February:
*5-7 Fair/Equal 
*12-14 Being open minded
*19-21  Fear/Courage (classes are limited)
*26-28 being proud or prideful

March:
*5-7 perspective
*12-14 Self love
*19-21 Frustration 
*26-28 What's a trigger?

April:
*2-4 Self forgiveness
*9-11 sadness
*16-18 Motivation
*23-25 Kindness
*30-May 2 Respect 

May:
*7-9 feeling overwhelmed (learning to be grounded in truth)
*14-16 finding success everyday
*21-23 Pause/Take a Breath (no class Thursday, May 22nd We're attending a graduation but the affirmations are still here for you to write and say for the week!) 
*28-30 Being flexible

June:
*4-6 Self awareness (No class Thur late afternoon classes for a graduation)
*11-13 Anger-what we do or not do with it
*18-20 Judgement in self and others
*25-27 Noticing the good in myself and others

July:
2-4 Comparison (no class friday for the holiday)
9-11 Attitude
16-18 No classes this week
23-25 No class this week

August: 
6-8 When there's tension in a room what's it feel like?
13-15 Belief in self
20-22 Humility
27-29 Optimism

September:
3-5 Naming feelings-why it's important
10-12 Independence
17-19 Listening
24-26 Commitment

October:
1-3 Reverence
8-10 Self Control
15-17 Thinking positive
22-24 No class this week (I am on my yearly vacation but I am sending a video to you.)
29-31 No Class this week (I am on my yearly vacation but I am sending a video to you.) 

November:
5-7 Service
12-14 Gratitude
19-21 Harmony
26-28 No class this week due to Holiday

December:
3-5 Moderation
10-12 Hope
17-19 Feeling Valued
24-26 No class this week due to Holiday

2026
January:
31-2 No class this week due to Holiday
7-9 Expectation
14-16 Having a cheerful heart
21-23 Feeling hurt
28-30 When we are grumpy



Note: Refunds are generally not provided in this class because recordings of each missed class are available to all learners, so any missed material will be completely accessible at all times to watch before the next class. Please try and find time to have your student watch our weekly video if they are sick, are going on vacation, or unforeseen events come up.  The time watching the class video could be just what they need during the week they have to miss!
On that note-If/when I have to cancel a class for any reason and you've already paid, you will always be refunded.

**Class may run shorter than the schedule states if there is only one or two students in class.  
***If a class stays at an enrollment of 0ne or two for 4 weeks or more I may choose to end that section and see if you'd like to transfer to a different section.