06/28/2024
Conversation starters after watching Disney Pixar's Inside Out 2:
❤️Feel ALL the feels
🧡There are no good and bad emotions, just comfortable and uncomfortable ones
💛Thinking logically/rationally can be blocked by anxiety and anger
💚Anxiety can be calmed when we learn to self-soothe (or co-regulate) through use of mindfulness, grounding techniques, and challenging uncomfortable thoughts/feelings
💙The goal is not to eliminate anxiety, but instead allow it to be a part of oneself without defining oneself
💜Lastly, it's important to help kids of all ages understand that these more complicated feelings don't occur JUST in teens. Talk to kids about times in which they've felt embarrassed or envious or gone down the what-if land associated with anticipatory anxiety