Knowledge Is Power is here to give our clients that extra “push” and to give them the motivation that they are looking for. KIP is here to help!
BUILDING A STRONGER SELF-ESTEEM
– Lynn Allison
- Get rid of bad habits. A clean, healthy body that is free from addiction is the perfect spawning ground for breeding self-worth and esteem. Destructive habits lead to self-depreciation. You’ll feel so much better about yourself if you are free from unnecessary crutches.
- Focus on the positive and eliminate the negative.
- Count your blessings and your good points.
- Express your unhappiness and set boundaries and act in a responsible mature manner.
- Smile. You meet people of value with a scowl on your face.
AN EMERGENCY GUIDE TO ANGER CONTROL
– Ronald T. Potter-Efron
- Try compromising instead of bullying. Listen rather than lecture.
- Identify the causes of your anger
- Avoid violence, blaming, and threats
- Stay calm one day at a time
- Change anger-provoking thoughts
- Ask for what you want without anger
- Rule One to Control Your Anger: Take a Time-out to Stop the Violence
- Accept difference
- Ask, don’t demand
STOPPING THE PAIN
– Lawrence E. Shapiro, PH,D,
- Understand why you self-injure
- Focus on positive ways to deal with stress
- develop a plan to stay safe
- Be ready to help yourself
- Write down how you feel during the time you are awake
- Don’t put a label on things or people
- Observe your mood now and think about what you are going to do
- Connect with others
- Tell am adult
- Find your way to feel better
- Know your not alone