Resilience is often framed as something big. A breakthrough. A transformation. An epiphany.

But most of the time, it’s much smaller than that.

A pause before reacting. A slight shift in direction. A boundary that protects just enough energy to stay present.

https://associationredefine.substack.com/p/micro-repair-for-macro-change?r=6l8ed8

#EmotionalIntelligence #Resilience #CivicEngagement #MentalHealth #DigitalWellbeing #SystemsThinking #YouthEmpowerment #EmotionalLiteracy #InnerWork

Learning to parent myself changed everything. Emotional regulation and SEL saved me and my kids, and I’ll preach that anywhere. Heal on purpose, heal out of spite, just keep going.
#HealingJourney #CycleBreaker #EmotionalLiteracy #ProtyusAGendher

http://survivorliteracy.com/2026/02/10/worry-by-protyus-a-gendher-artists-showcase/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Some tools feel theoretical — these ones don’t.
They were built in real rooms, with real young people, during real moments when thinking needed more than answers… it needed space.

- Design principles for calmer classrooms.
- A debate framework refined across 300+ dialogues.
- Reflection prompts that help groups settle.
- Curiosity tools that turn tension into understanding.

https://open.substack.com/pub/associationredefine/p/tools-for-building-better-thinking?r=6l8ed8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

#Democracy #Education #CivicEngagement #EmotionalLiteracy #Facilitation #YouthWork

#HeMotional #Testerical #EmotionalLiteracy #FeministLanguage #TheLensProject #WhisperedInk #EmotionalDoubleStandard #WomenWhoSee #EmotionsAreNotWeakness #MantrumWatch #EmotionalLiteracyFiles

https://open.substack.com/pub/lioftheflowerhouse/p/he-motional-testerical-and-other?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=5qpwdw

🌍💚 World Mental Health Day 💚🌍
At KatieB Kids, we believe every day is an opportunity to nurture children’s minds.
Through play, story, relationships, and calm environments, we help children grow in emotional literacy, resilience, and confidence; building strong foundations for lifelong wellbeing. 🌱

#WorldMentalHealthDay #EarlyYears #ChildrensMentalHealth #EmotionalLiteracy

🧠 Emotional literacy isn’t a soft skill—it’s civic infrastructure.

Adults today face burnout, polarization, disinformation—and yet, most were never taught how to name a feeling, hold a tough conversation, or stay grounded in crisis.

New post ↓
🔗https://redefine.pt/2025/08/05/emotional-literacy-isnt-just-for-kids/

#EmotionalLiteracy #mentalhealth #CivicResilience #SocialSkills #AdultEducation #EmpathyMatters

I'm so happy about this.

Inspired by @Aurin_the_classtraitor I started making a box of cards for myself, but not just your typical flashcards for #SpacedRepetition, but for whatever.

The first thing I love about this is that I love standardization.
▶️ The box is a wooden A6 box for flashcards (landscape format)
▶️ I use blank A& cards/paper (200g/m2) because I use my cards in portrait format and lined flashcards only exist in landscape format.
▶️ I use A6 tab cards in 4 colors
▶️ I put 16x9 mm labels to stick over the tab labels and write my own categories
▶️ All of this can be bought in nearby stores - no customization needed

But the main thing I love, is that this can be used for so much more than vocab.
My tabs:
➡️ Juggling: I put the names and a simple illustration of all the juggling tricks I know on cards and ordered them in 5 tabs:
play: tricks I can do very well and play around with, vary and e.g. use as warm-ups
perfect: tricks I can do pretty well, but want to be able to do better
train: tricks I can basically do, but not good yet
learn: tricks I understand and am learning
try: tricks that are new to me
➡️ Yoga: I put a lot of asanas and illustrations on cards and put them in the tabs:
calm
stretching
balance
strength
and new
(btw many asanas probably can't be put in one of these categories for everybody - this is about what I struggle with the most with the specific asana - except for "calm" which means I don't struggle)
➡️ classic flash cards with tabs for now, today, tomorrow, this week, next week, one for all 12 months of the year, done, archive and new
➡️ Drums: I haven't created the cards yet, but the tabs are similar to juggling: warm(-up), play, train, learn, try
➡️ Feelings: I created lots and lots of cards for feelings - not just emotions, but broader. I think this will help me better understand and describe how I feel. This deck will still grow a lot because there are so many things you can feel. So far the cards only contain the word(s) describing the feeling, but I'll probably add "links" to related cards and other stuff. It took me a while to find a tab system I'm happy with, and it will probably change, but right now I have these (all with 2 tabs for positive and negative feelings):
mood
balance (for anything related to calmness, freedom, stress, dependence, boredom, ...)
security (for things like clarity, determination, confusion & brain fog)
energy (self-empowerment, drive, creativity, powerlessness, avolition, anhedonia, ...)
self-worth (pride, self-love, shame, blame, ...)
courage (hope, defiance, pleasant anticipation ("Vorfreude"), fear, panic, fright, ...)
interest (lust, curiosity, excitement, indifference, disgust, revulsion)
affection (love, friendship, admiration, closeness, hate, distance, agression, anger, ...)
interpersonal (this needs a new name contains mostly pseudo emotions that describe less how you feel, but why: esteem, praise, belonging, humiliation, punishment, jealousy, distrust, ...)
physical (scent, warmth, beauty, stench, heat, ugliness, ...)

On the first card I have gathered more ideas like embodyment & mindfulness exercises, mental skills, local plant & animal species, ...
On it's back I have written down all the measures so I can get more boxes, cards, tabs and labels, when I need them.

I might post more about #PaulasBox as I gain more experience with it.

Btw, this easily covers my #3GoodThings of today.

#FlashCards #StudyCards #CueCards #CardBox #TrainingCards #Juggling #yoga #drumming #drums #emotions #feelings #EmotionalLiteracy

Wired for Collapse: How Digital Systems Hijack Human Resilience

Digital tools shape more than behavior—they shape what we notice, what we ignore, and whether we act.

This piece explores how algorithmic saturation and aestheticized crisis quietly erode civic agency and emotional bandwidth.

Read here →https://redefine.pt/2025/07/03/wired-for-collapse/

#DigitalSystems #CivicDesign #EmotionalLiteracy #resilience #democraticbacksliding

🌟 Teaching young children the importance of accepting things they can't change is a valuable life lesson. It helps them build resilience and cope with challenges in a positive way.

#mindfulness #eyfs #earlyyearseducation #reggioemilia #reggioapproach #emotionalliteracy #personalsocialemotionaldevelopment

At KatieB Kids, we strive to listen to and acknowledge children’s feelings, emotions and decisions. If we dismiss children when they use their voice, we are teaching them that their voice isn’t important.

#emotionalliteracy #earlyyears #reggioemilia #reggioapproach