JPPS Wellbeing

Mindful Monsters - Accepting Alex

The Mindful Monsters Program is a Mindfulness program which uses memorable monster characters to help us learn portable techniques for calming the body and focusing the mind. 

This week’s Mindful Monster is Accepting Alex. 

Alex focuses on identifying her feeling state.

Alex takes a quiet moment of stillness to identify the sensations in her body – is she feeling hot or cold, what is her energy level, is she comfortable in her clothes and in her environment…

Then she turns her focus inwards to her emotions – what zone is she in? Can she name her feeling/s?

Alex accepts that all feelings are ok, all feelings are information. Being able to identify our feelings helps us to express and understand our needs and regulate our emotions. Identifying different feeling states also helps us to develop empathy in our relationships with others.

Laura Serong

Student Wellbeing Officer