Liz's Key Elements of Happiness

This last week was super interesting because stress and adversity are both very prevelant things in the eudcation system and neither are talked about enough. It led me to understand stresses effects on the human body more and it also led me to understand how adversity impacted children more. It had never occured to me that the majority of my studies I read were about more affluent people and I found that interesting.       My question of the weak is what studies about adversity have been done In the des moines public district amd how biased/fair were they?

      The ability to handle stress and adversity are very complex and important issues to discuss specifically in the modern world. Stress is an emotion that every human feels and in recent times people feel it much more often then ever naturally intended to. There is also a lack of research on children who live in particularly adverse, stressfull, situations and it is very important to understand how to help these individuals thrive. In the work world around 50 percent of people are burned out in industries like health care, non-profits, and banking which leades to the use $300 billion on workplace related stress. The non stop world has lead people to just pushing though this mental stress, which leads to burn out. Just drinking one more coffee to complete that one email adds up over time and exausts people. Outside of the work world, there is very little research on people who live in adverse situations and on how they thrive until recently when stanford did a study in ...

Week 14 post 1 Four Ways to Calm Your Mind in Stressful Times BY EMMA SEPPALA In the work world, around 50 percent of people are burned out in industries like health care , banking , and nonprofits , and employers spend $300 billion per year on workplace-related stress. In response, we just keep on pushing through, surviving on adrenaline. We overschedule ourselves; we drink another coffee; we respond to one more email. If we stay amped up all the time, we think, we’ll eventually be able to get things done. A stressed mind vs. a calm mind Stress was never meant to be a 24/7 experience. As Stanford professor Robert Sapolsky explains, you’re really only supposed to feel stressed in the five minutes right before you die. your stress response is supposed to save your life—it mobilizes your attention, muscles, and immune system to get you quickly out of danger That stress response is supposed to be short-lived because it wears down your body, your health, and your e...

This week was interesting because it showed me something I had never really thought about which is how teachers felt. When I thought of the grand scheme of things I figured out that the one thing I didn 't read enough about was the health and well being of teachers. When teachers are doing poorly it has. a ripple effect on their students and so I feel like learning about this was very informational.        My questions are how many teachers at roosevelt feel this way? and what do my roosevelt teachers who feel this way, attribute this discontent to?

     When approaching mindfulness in schools it is very important to consider who is teaching and who is learning. Both sides of the spectrum need support and understanding for this process to function properly. In the modern education system it is not just students who are burnt out but it is also teachers. Many teachers enter their jobs with love and enthusiasm which is plundered by the issues that plague the system. For them to be able to be happy, functional teachers, it is necessary to help guide them to fall in love with teaching again. It is also necessary to instruct these teachers on the best way for them to explain mindfulness and emotions to kids, especially teenagers. If kids are burnt out and not supported than this whole effort needs to be reworked, but if teachers are burnt out and not supported either the whole thing cannot work seeing as they are the ones who spread the information.      For example after five years around 46 percent of te...

Week 13 post 1 The implementation of social emotional intelligence strategies and mindfulness exercises in k-12 schools should be mandatory. https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/how_to_teach_teens_about_the_brain   How to Teach Teens About the Brain BY AMIR FLESHER Why did I feel alive and connected during the week I spent living on a farm in Ecuador, but depressed and unmotivated as soon as I got back home? Why do I find certain types of faces attractive and others ugly? Why do I laugh? why they experience strong feelings such as sadness, anxiety, attraction, and joy. fundamental nature of reality   Richard Davidson , a neuroscientist at the University of Wisconsin, has done pioneering work exploring how contemplative practices like meditation can help us manage negative emotions and cultivate positive ones. Joshua Greene, a psychology professor at Harvard University, has shed light on how gut feelings and reason battle it out in the brain to influ...