Mornings with Whitney
Grace for the Day
Tips to Calm Anxiety
- Keep bedroom organized - sends a message before you go to bed that everything is ok, you are safe, all is well.
- Want an environment that this calming
- Declutter living spaces - calms the nervous system
- Daily routines are important to mental health
- Dialing back schedules - use it as a decompression time
- Build in time for creativity - helps with recovery and repair of your nervous system
- Is this kind? Is it true? Is this necessary? Is this securing?
- If the answer is no to any of these - don't speak it and deflect it from your mind
- Be exquisitely careful of screen exposure - too much information berating you
You can listen to the entire podcast on the link below.
Christa's class had lunch together!
Rachael's class takes Zoom meetings seriously
Eliza's student listened to a story with her pup
Jill's rainbows are starting to appear!
Jack enjoyed listening to Mrs. Holck read a story
Second Graders kept up on their reading skills
Take good care of her . . . for she is so very beloved and so very important
Dear Weary Girl,
Today is the day for more kindness and more gentleness.
Be kind to your dear, beautiful self. Tell her the things that matter. Tell her that it’s going to be okay. Tell her that you are proud of her for how hard she works every day to make it through the craziness that is life. Let her rest when she is tired. Encourage her when she is discouraged. Lift her up when she is beaten down.
There are enough hard-sell tactics, massive pressure, and “not-good-enough” messages blaring out the speakers wherever we go in this world to last us the rest of our lives.
Of course, there is weariness from all of this beating down, and the place to get healing salve for our wounds really must be in the quiet moments that we have with ourselves. The last thing each of us needs is more mean self-talk, more pressure, or more disappointing and disapproving commentary going on between our ears.
And for the sake of all that is good and true . . . show her some good times. Take her out to play. Let her see beautiful new things and experience exciting new things. Take good care of her . . . for she is so very beloved and so very important.
You deserve this kind of treatment, wonderful you. You are with yourself more than you are with any other person . . . so make sure the relationship is a good, healthy, and merciful one.
Walk as if you are beloved . . . behave as if you are beloved . . . because the truth is that you absolutely are.
You are so very loved.
xoxo
Remember to Contact Every Family!
Exemplar From Amy
Good evening Bruce and Elvira,
I hope this finds you well and finding some peace amongst the chaos. I wanted to check in with the two of you and see how you're feeling about distance learning so far and if there is anything I can do to support you two. Katya is participating in class discussions and keeping up with her assignments. While I haven't seen a lot of her during office hours this week, we spent a lot of time together reviewing math and social studies last week. I know she also worked with Kaitlynn.
How is the work load at home? Is she finishing in a reasonable amount of time or is it taking longer than you think it should? I appreciate your feedback. Please don't hesitate to reach out via email, phone call, or Zoom if you find yourself with questions.
Sincerely,
Amy