3. Thinking
• How do you talk to yourself?
• Do you have to fit in?
• Are your friends doing positive things?
• Are they really your friends?
Eliminating stress
• Prepare ahead of time
• Study before tests (when you learn it is happening)
• Make sure you clearly understand the work; ask questions after
class if you are too shy during class (teachers like that)
Mind
4. Self-Esteem
• Criticizing yourself too much
• Letting others take advantage of you
• Listening to negative and believing it
• Thinking too high of yourself
• Taking advantage of others
• Selfish and self-centered
5. Habits
• Developing a habit of using consistent routines
• example: I brush my teeth in the shower to prevent forgetting
• Self-awareness - Don’t measure yourself by others
• Exercise at least 4 days a week for 1 hour
• Eat healthy, unprocessed clean foods.
Hygiene
• Shower/bath/clean self-daily (clean test)
• Deodorant test (natural ones are baking soda and body oils)
• Oral hygiene/Breath test
• Rinse mouth with water after eating
• Keep breath mints or gum
Body
6.
7. • Make sure clothes are clean and do not smell
• Try not to get too stuck on fashion trends (they die quickly)
• Name brands don’t matter as long as they fit and you look
nice
• Discount and Thrift stores have great clothes & shoes
• Dress based on how you want to be treated or perceived
• Perception dictates first impressions
• Interview Outfit (one good suit or sports jacket and one
nice simple dress) Black or Navy Blue
Dress Code
14. • Keep a gratitude journal
• Send out positive texts, email or phone calls
• Encourage others
• Meditate (or reflection) for 5 minutes daily
• Be comfortable in your own skin
• Pay it forward as much as you can
• Be that person that makes a positive difference
Spirit
Do you treat others like you want to be treated?
Discuss Book Handout: “Making the Most of Today: Daily
Readings for Young People on Self-Awareness, Creativity and
Self-Esteem”
15. http://www.goodwill.org/get-involved/volunteer/goodguides/
GoodGuides
•The goal of the GoodGuides program is to help youth build
career plans and skills, and prepare for school completion,
post-secondary training, and productive work.
Funded by a two-year grant to Goodwill Industries
International from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Goodwill
GoodGuides program is run by 56 independent Goodwill
agencies around the country.
http://www.girlsclubla.org/Resources
http://www.takechargeca.ca.gov/campaigns/free.shtml
http://www.catholiccharitiesla.org/where-we-are/our-lady-of-the-angels-
region-metro-area.html
Resources for Assistance
http://www.beyondshelter.org/aaa_programs/seh_overview.shtml
Editor's Notes
1. If the heels of your shoes can be used as a weapon, they shouldn’t be worn to school.
2. The only cheeks showing should be the ones on your face, Sweetheart. Really.
3. If you are showing more than 80% of your skin, you should be at the beach, the beach and only the beach.
3. Look in the mirror and ask yourself: Would you wear that to Grandma’s house?
4. I see London, I see France, I don’t want to see your underpants.
5. Bras belong under clothes, hence the reason they are sold in the “underwear” section of the store.
6. Unless starring in a movie by Tim Burton, use make-up sparingly.
7. The phrase ‘less is more’ does not actually apply to a teen’s wardrobe.
8. If you want me to take you shopping and help you pick out everything you own right down to your Smurf-themed high-rise briefs, keep buying that too-sexy stuff when I’m not around.
9. Unless you are actually a dead ringer for Catherine Bach circa 1979, avoid Daisy Dukes. Trust me on this. I know.
10. You are the most beautiful girl in the world. You live in a time where sexiness on the outside is equated with worth on the inside. Your dad and I think you are so much more than that. And we always will.
