Playing To Your Strengths (Simple Tools 5/5)

Simple Tools for Challenging Times

These 5 lessons were developed by Dr. Jan Russell & Keziah Gibbons as the world went into lockdown in the Spring of 2020. The intention was to apply the tools of psychologically informed environments to help to empower people as we went through this state of uncertainty.

Although designed specifically for lockdown, & recorded in a cupboard due to limited resources, the tools are good & can be applied to any situation to ease pressure and increase a sense of agency.

Reviews

The set of core strengths was really helpful. I did get torn between a few and spent some additional time in meditation on the strengths. The example exercises effectively conveyed how to practice the strengths out in the wild journey of life.

A great series of tools overall!

I wash sent your last session in this class about playing to our strengths when we don't know the outcome. I believe this course was made during the begging and middle of the pandemic. It's fabulous. I wrote it down as I was thinking of my son who is moving into his third year of incarceration. He asked me the other day when he had a choice to move to the cell with a former bunk mate who made origami animals for him, or to stay in the current cell in which he promised his current cell mate that he wouldn't leave. Mitch wanted to keep his promise but also wanted to be with a more intellectually stimulating cellmate. I told him that he would have to listen to his heart and gut because for me I find the least regrets when I ask myself questions that might impact another. I told him he has no obligation to either, mostly to himself so he won't carry regret. I told him that the inmates are constantly moving every day based on jail population and safety so there is no guarantee that the man who he promised to stay with may be gone the next day. I believe he chose to stick to his promise. My son us 27 and a good, safe young man. He makes a safe person to be around because he gets along with others well but stays away from gangs and gambling. So, I listened to this last track in your series and will send to him. I have created a way in my mind to make this entertaining to him so he doesn't just toss it in the mom pile. I am going to create a play. The strengths are going to be characters, etc. With little sketch drawings on paper. Thank you Jan and Keziah for sharing your wisdom. Look how far it is taking you. To a young man in Salt Lake City Utah, who made a terrible mistake involving the accidental death of a man. I hope I can create something on paper that he can share with other inmates. Namaste. A mom.

Hope, humour, and kindness are what get me through. Thanks for the toolkit, Jan and Keziah 🤍🤍🤍

Thank you :) this was helpful today.

Thank you for the great suggestions for coping with daily life. Where can I find a list of the 10 characteristics? It would be helpful for those of us who are visual learners. 🙏