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You are not working from home; you are at home during a crisis trying to work! Self-compassion = acting kindly towards the self Doing a self-compassion break looks like: Step 1. I am suffering right now Step 2. I am not alone Step 3. A kind word to the self

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High River School District staff Stephanie Dan coming to again with another video this week one thing that has really stood out to me this week in talking to school teams is just how tired everyone is this has been really hard these last few weeks and it's all just a sinking in that you know we're going to be doing this for a while one thing that I was thinking about this week is a really important distinction and that you are not working from home you are at home during a crisis trying to work it's not going to be the same you're going to have lots of different emotion things are going to feel different and you're going to have a again you're not working from home you are at home during a crisis trying to work with that I wanted to share something with you guys called a self-compassion break so self-compassion I we were going to Define that it just acting kindly towards the self okay so doing a compression brake is is really simple it's when you noticed that you're having a hard time you just take a moment and you do three simple steps you might want to start with kind of settling in or putting your hand on your chest or kind of putting your arms around yourself anything that kind of makes you feel comfortable and here's what you would do persepolis off compassion break is to acknowledge that you are having a hard time so you would say something to yourself like I this is really hard I am suffering right the Stock Island stressed out I am going through something just acknowledge that and take a deep breath that's number two is thank yourself I am not alone in my suffering there other people around the world right now who are suffering with me especially during this time they understand what it's like to be a home quarantined other people are in this with take another deep breath the last up to about compassion break is say something so it might be something like you're doing the best you can this is going to be okay you're doing all that you can right now it's okay to be stressed out pick you up something make sure someone that is kind to you maybe a family member or friend I think about what they may and then take another deep breath at the end of the self compassion break it can be really short I can be something that you can go and hide in the bathroom for 30 seconds from your kids and do that's where I often do it so I hope you can try that out this week when you're feeling stressed out and just know that I'm thinking of all of you

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