Re: Conference Reflection

From: Dorothy Wells
Email: dwells@css-ghs.org
Date: May 23, 2008

Comments

This session made me think again about taking care of self first, also very interesting was the discussion on positive self-talk (although 77% of self talk is negative), that is something that can be controlled and redirected. The discussion was very enlightening and challenging. Mr Roope challenged the group to think about positive self-talk and realize one person can't do everything. Did you know that the average 2 year old gets 432 negative messages daily (I don't remember the source for this data). Again if the caregiver does not take care of self and does not speak positive messages to self, then how can that same caregiver relay positive messages to the children that have been entrusted to us or the staff and families. Dorothy