July 2015 – Happy Schools

5 Tips for Helping Students Stressed by Tests- by Eva-Maria

July 15, 2015

Nineteen year old best-selling author of the book ‘You Shut Up!’, international speaker and certified coach Eva-Maria is living her dream: she is on a mission to help improve 10 000 000 relationships between adults and teenagers around the world. Here Eva shares her tips for teachers from a teenager’s perspective. 1. Acknowledge that exams are stressful When I was studying for exams, as I’m sure many teens can relate to, I thought the teachers were out to get me and wanted to push me to watch my brain start oozing out of my head. Reassure them that you’re really on their side. You are there to support and encourage them to achieve their potential. You want them to achieve…

Thriving in the Challenge of Change

July 11, 2015

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Emotional resilience – is it just another trendy fad, designed to sell books and amuse uni students, or is there something tangible to it that we can learn from, adopt and develop ourselves to be more optimistic? I’m in the happy camp here in that I prefer to lean to the latter statement. Emotional resilience comes from the field of Positive Psychology – the study of strengths, virtues and what goes right. Following World War II, psychology took the route of focusing on what goes wrong, on mental illness and pathology. It wasn’t until the start of the new millennium that pioneers like Martin Seligman brought credibility and validated research to the study of happiness. Are you one of those…