Two great ways to help your child cultivate hope are by demonstrating how to practice gratitude and by encouraging them to spend their time on activities that are meaningful to them. This art contest has both! Show your appreciation for staff and send some hope to patients at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital by having your…
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We’ve been taking measures to flatten the curve for a while now. Anyone experiencing weariness? If so, your friends in the OKPTA are feeling it too. In the beginning our adrenaline was high, helping us attack problems head on, but we didn’t know if we were in for a sprint or a marathon. Some time…
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Have you ever heard of “Rainbow Hunts?” They are becoming popular across the nation and they are bringing neighbors and communities together (while staying physically apart): Rainbow Hunts provide families multiple opportunities to do activities together while spreading messages of hope and joy to their neighbors, ensuring them that everything will soon be okay. Check…
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In the midst of COVID-19, our daily lives have been disrupted and we are experiencing the effects of the pandemic one way or the other. Across the world, people are in quarantine and social distancing to protect themselves and others in their communities from the virus. If you are starting to feel doubtful or uncertain,…
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Have you heard of the science of “flow”? Flow was researched and popularized psychologist, Mihaly Csikszentmihályi, and describes the state one is in when one is completely involved in an activity for its own sake. Time seems to stand still, but it also flies by. We feel present, but the ego melts away. It’s often…
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This week we are focusing on the emotional/mental health side of illness and injury. There are lots of sources of information about how to stop the spread of physical disease, therefore our approach is really to focus on what we can do for emotional well-being during these times. Whenever a new, unknown disease threatens the…
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Last week, Dr. Bruce Perry presented to thousands of Oklahoma educators on how childhood experiences impact our brains and how to use a neurobiology-informed approach, also known as the Neurosequential Model, to better understand our children’s behaviors and their need for individualized care. Here is a video that explains developmental trauma and how using Dr.…
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A few months ago we explained in a post that people who have hope have both “willpower” and “waypower”. Waypower: The ability to see a WAY to shape one’s future. Willpower: The WILL to shape one’s future In this animated short film, a creative mom realizes her son needs to see an example of a…
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Do you know what the difference is between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset? According to Carol Dweck’s Mindset Theory, a growth mindset is when we “believe that even basic talents and abilities can be developed over time through experience, mentorship…” and a fixed mindset is believing that our basic qualities, intelligence, talents, and…
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Dr. Seligman, the founder of Positive Psychology, began his research because he wanted to look beyond the treatment of illness in order to discover how to use psychology to live well. His findings demonstrate the importance of optimism, but also that optimism can be learned. It’s not just something that some of us are born…
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