Teen Esteem Council » perception

Think-Feel-Do

summeramorris — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:48:22 +0000

This last week at work, I’ve been talking a lot to both teens and adults about the importance of our perceptions or the way we think. Mat and I have done a few pod-casts on this topic as well so I encourage you to go and listen to those as well. But today, I just wanted to emphasize the point that it is critical for all of us to allow our perceptions of ourselves, others and situations differently. What if the way we are thinking is wrong or untrue? Ask yourself that sometimes when things aren’t working out so well.

I also would like to teach a principle that is key in helping us establish truth and reality. Any time you aren’t liking the way you may be feeling, ask yourself – “what am I thinking about?” Chances are that you are probably thinking the same way you are feeling. Basically – if you want to change your feelings – change your thinking or at least ’tweek’ it a little to match how you want to feel. Next is the question then, how do I change my thoughts? If you want to change your thoughts or thinking, sometimes you’ll need to change your environment. Now I don’t mean just your physical environment meaning where you are at the time. Sometimes that helps for sure but rather the emotional or social environment that you are a part of at the time. Sometimes our emotions are directly linked to where we are and who we are with. So again, change your feelings by changing your thinking and change your thinking by changing some aspects of your environment.

Let me know if you have any questions about that. This is something that I am constantly doing myself and sharing with others too. Good Luck as always

*Summer

The Garden of Your Mind

Mat Edvik — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 13:23:08 +0000

In this episode Mat and Summer discuss the ways your mind is like a garden. If you plant what you want in a garden and if you take care of that garden, it will produce the fruits, vegitables, or flowers that you desire. But if you don’t take care of the garden it will produce weeds and useless plants. Our minds are the same. We can choose what to plant in the garden of our minds, and what we plant there will manifest itslef into our reality.

Thoughts, Feelings, and Actions

Mat Edvik — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:13:57 +0000

In today’s episode, Mat and Summer discuss the connection between the thoughts we have, the feelings they create, and the behaviors that are a result of both. If you have ever wondered why you do the things you do or why you feel the way you feel… this podcast may begin to answer some of those questions.

So, I Understand Hormones, Now What?

Mat Edvik — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:57:05 +0000

In this episode of the Teen Esteem Council Podcast, Summer and Mat continue their discussion of how Hormones influence a teenage girl’s perception of the world. They key word in that sentence is influence. Summer and Mat talk about how even though hormones are a powerful influence on perception, they do not have to control the things that you do.

The How To Guide To A Better Perception Of You

Mat Edvik — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:58:02 +0000

In today’s podcast Mat and Summer explain a step by step process that will help you begin to change the way you see yourself. Be sure to have a piece of paper and something to write with handy.

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The Media’s Map

Mat Edvik — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 22:39:46 +0000

In this podcast episode Mat and Summer discuss the streets that you will find along the route that media would like you to take to find happiness and self esteem. That route does not lead to happiness however. Listen to find out more about the route to true happiness and self esteem.

Perception of Beauty – Distorted or Real?

summeramorris — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:49:59 +0000

For those of you that know my passion for working with self-esteem, this video clip won’t surprise you. I love the Dove Foundation for all that they do to help girls and women see the distortion that is beauty. We are constantly flooded with images that are false and literally distorted and air-brushed. I think most of us know this right? Just about every picture on magazines and websites have been air-brushed. Why when are we fixated on their image and perception of beauty?

I love this video clip because it shows what the “tricks of cameras and computer imaging” does to an already attractive woman to “make her into who the add wanted her to be.” My question for you is, how do you think she felt seeing her picture after all the changes were made? I wonder if her self-perception changed and if she felt more or less attractive after the shoot was done. Take a close look at yourself and determine who you are before someone else does it for you. Then, you will find the real you!

Enjoy the video: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9IBGu-ffHU]

*Summer