Chaplain's Chat

Hi everyone,

Its good to see everyone getting back into the normal school routine. 

This week I found out about a great activity, which encourages positive self-talk and is an amazing way to boost self-esteem and develop positive thinking. This is an activity you can do with the family or even practice it yourself. 

Self-talk is the inner voice in your mind, and it can have a big influence on how we feel about who we are. Positive self-talk is when we talk to ourselves in a reassuring, kind way instead of constantly putting ourselves down. Having a more positive self-talk can help reduce stress, improve self-esteem, increase motivation and overall improve mental health. 

This is an activity designed for young children to boost their self-talk and remind them of their strengths. 

Simply look at a list of positive adjectives and ask the children to choose adjectives for the following categories

• 5 strengths they think they have
• 5 strengths they would like to see in themselves
• 5 strengths they think they would need to show to do better at school
• Pick a positive adjective that starts with the same alphabet as their first name (e.g. Brave Bob)

This activity encourages young people to remember their own strengths, and can help them learn the many different strengths a person can have. 

When you catch your child thinking too negatively on things, ask them to write down some positive adjectives they remember and look for the positives in the situation. Remind your children of the strengths they picked for themselves and the strengths they chose to grow in.