a workshop for graduating students
UNSTOPPABLE AFTER GRADUATION
Thank you for taking the time to explore this way of empowering students in the final stages of upper secondary school, helping them begin their next chapter from a stronger position. I created this short workshop to offer an accessible introduction to the power of mindset and emotions, together with simple, effective techniques that improve wellbeing and strengthen students' belief in their ability to succeed. The knowledge and techniques provide both food for thought and inspiration. They can help immediately with the final stretch of students' studies and continue to support them in life beyond school. My sincere aim is for students to leave feeling fired up, knowing a technique that can greatly improve their quality of life, performance, success and enjoyment.
The session explores the power of emotions and their effects on our experiences, decisions and actions — and therefore on our happiness and success. We learn to activate constructive emotions and manage our mental state so that it works with us, instead of fluctuating randomly in response to outside influences, with positive or negative consequences.
“The future is brighter for those who know powerful ways
to feel good while navigating life's rough seas.”
Objectives:
The ideas and techniques build the ability to activate emotions that greatly increase the brain's access to inner resources. These are resources we already possess but cannot always readily draw on: 1) information, 2) abilities and 3) creative thinking. The short workshop is designed to open students' eyes to the fact that we can take charge of how we feel, and to inspire them to do so.
Using the techniques can greatly improve students' daily wellbeing, confidence and belief in their own abilities. They also activate an emotional state that improves the quality of decisions and actions. One of the best things is that students feel the effects during the workshop itself, as I guide the group through the techniques. Although the session is short, it is enough for them to feel their inner strength, experience their ability to release it and see how this skill can help in any area of life. I have met students years after they attended who told me that practising these techniques had transformed their lives for the better.
How does the workshop work?
Unstoppable Graduates in a Peak Emotional State is a 1–1.5-hour short workshop filled with active participation, humour, enjoyment and tremendous energy. It has three parts: 1) inspiration and learning, 2) an introduction and explanation of the technique, and 3) experiencing the technique first-hand. The presentation is lively and designed to be GREAT FUN, while teaching students how to enter a peak emotional state whenever and wherever they need it.
