I mentioned in our last mental health podcast episode the dangers of self-criticism. So I want to share with you how to change your thoughts without telling what your brain will recognize as an obvious lie.

Remember our thoughts create our emotions, which influence our actions, which determine our results. So if we have thoughts such as I suck as a teacher or I can’t control my class, or nothing I do matters, or I do all this work and see no results, or the principal doesn’t appreciate my work.

How do these thoughts make us feel? What emotions do we experience when our thoughts are that we suck at teaching? I can’t imagine we feel very good. I can’t imagine we experience positive emotions and I can’t imagine our actions are going to be actions that will bring us success.

So how do we change that thought?

ELA Teacher Links

Teaching Emotional Intelligence: Short Stories for Teaching EmpathyShort Story Catalog at ELACOMMONCORELESSONPLANS.comPoetry Collections at ELACommonCoreLessonPlans.com