Self-Help Tips
Self-help is using our own efforts to achieve our goals and solve our problems without relying on others. Self-help gives people the tools to be able to do things to help themselves.
What do we mean by ‘well-being’?
Creating and nurturing a good sense of wellbeing through your teen years will help you to build good resilience and equip you to face the challenges that come during this point in your life. Some examples may include: exam stress, transitions when leaving schools/colleges and possibly building new relationships and making friends in new environments etc. Working on yourself, your self-confidence and overall emotional well-being will lead to more success in all areas of your life, as well as future endeavours in your adult life.
The Five Ways to Wellbeing are small things that we can all do to improve our emotional well-being. Why not take a look!
Make your own self-care box
Take at least 30 minutes every day and choose something out of your self care box to do. You can use all or some of the list below or make it full of your favourite things.
Daily to-do activity
- Write yourself a positive message to encourage yourself to achieve a goal. Such as; be more active so I can join a sports club, learn to make bird tables to sell for charity. Write anything you want to do or achieve now or in the future.
- At the end of each day, take a moment and list one good thing in your life, put it in a jar.
Allow yourself to dream big. - Enjoy nature! Hug a tree, smell the flowers or even do a ladybird count
- Allow yourself to make mistakes. Because this is the best way to learn and not do them again.
Give
Bake, knit a heart, make someone a cuppa or even cut the neighbours grass.
Keep learning
Learn how to fix a bike, cook a meal, play an instrument or even a new language.
Be active
Walk the dog, dance in the bedroom or join a sports group.
Take notice
Sit outside, look around and listen.
Connect
Spend some quality time with a friend or relative. Enjoy talking to each other and enjoy their company.
Self-help and well-being activities
My well-being guide
- Draw around your hand
- Write one of these Give, Keep Learning, Be Active, Take Notice, and Connect in each of the fingers and thumb.
- Think about examples of things you already do, that would fit into each of the areas (give, keep learning, take notice, be active, connect).
- Write or draw the examples above the finger/ thumb you think it belongs to.
If you don’t think you are already doing something that would fit, now is the time to set yourself some small goals for each area!
Self-Help Tips Resources for 13-16 year olds
Wakefield Discovery College
Wakefield Safe Space