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  • Nature Based Counseling - Eco-Therapy (Super special videos made just for you during Corona Closure 2020)
    • Forest Crew Session 1 - Intro to Eco-Counseing
    • Forest Crew Session 2 - Listening with Awareness @ Lillie Park
    • Forest Crew Session 3 - Looking with Gratitude at "The Arb"
    • Forest Crew Session 4 - Breathing with Mindfulness @ Gallup
    • Forest Crew Session 5 - Body Scan and Mindful Movement at Argo/Bandemer
    • Forest Crew Session 6 - Connecting with Nature @ Bird Hills/Barton Dam

Life Balance & Mindful Mediatation
Thinking About It, Developing and Maintaining

What is Life Balance?
Life balance is a concept including proper prioritizing between all dimensions in life including "work" (career/school and ambition) and "lifestyle" (health, pleasure, leisure, family and spiritual development/meditation). This is related to the idea of lifestyle choice and how to manage stress.

Your best individual work-life balance will vary over time, often on a daily basis. The right balance for you today will probably be different for you tomorrow. The right balance for you when you are single will be different when/if you marry, or if you have children; when you start a new career versus when you are nearing retirement and is all based in the choices you make througout life.

Work-Life Balance does not mean an equal balance. Trying to schedule an equal number of hours for each of your various work and personal activities is usually unrewarding and unrealistic. Life is and should be more fluid than that.
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There is no perfect, one-size fits all, balance you should be striving for. The best work-life balance is different for each of us because we all have different priorities and different lives. However, at the core of an effective work-life balance definition are two key everyday concepts that are relevant to each of us. They are daily Achievement and Enjoyment, ideas almost deceptive in their simplicity.
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Dimensions of Balanced Wellness
  • Professional/Occupational - School/Work, fulfillment of work, also financial.
  • Intellectual/Mental - lifelong learning, learning styles, brain growth, intellectual curiosity/inquiry, academic grit.
  • Physical - Nutrition, exercise/activity, energy, quality of life
  • Emotional - how you experience your world; feelings, emotions, thoughts, behaviors, how to cope with the ups & downs and challenges presented by life.
  • Social - how you present youreself (behaviors) within your world, finding, creating, maintaining mutally respectful relationships
  • Spiritual - Your perception of finding meaning & purpose in life, values and beliefs, being open-minded to others beliefs, may relate to religion for some​
  • Environment - Personal environment. ie: how you keep your room, school supplies, family structure, etc.
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Resources

Teen Focused YOGA!
Ann Arbor School of Yoga
​http://www.annarborschoolofyoga.com/classes/class-descriptions/

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  • HOME page - Welcome!
    • Communication & Calendars
    • PowerSchool
    • Attendance Policy
    • Scarlett Family-Owned Businesses
  • ! Crisis Lines !
  • Personal Social/Emotional Support
    • OK 2 Say! - report school safety threats
    • Life Balance & Mindful Meditation- Developing and Maintaining
    • ACES - Adverse Childhood Experiences (Trauma)
    • Adoption Support
    • Attention Issues: ADD/ADHD
    • Bullying/Harassment, Domestic Abuse, & Sexual Assault
    • Depression/Anxiety
    • Divorce & Family Transition
    • Grief & Loss/Cancer Support
    • Housing/Homeless/Transitional Living
    • Immigration
    • LGBTQ/Allies
    • Substance Abuse & Addiction
    • Supports for Caregivers
    • Technology, Social Media, & Digital Addiction
    • Resources & Referral Handbook
  • EDPs - The Educational Development Plan
  • Academic/College/Career Counseling
    • 2021-22 Course Selections >
      • Elem Transition to MS (5th to 6th)
      • MS Course Selections - 6th to 7th Grd)
      • MS Course Selections - 7th to 8th Grd
      • Middle School Transition to HS (8th to 9th Grade)
      • Alternative High Schools
    • Academic & Tutoring Resources
    • Grade Level Curriculum Focus
    • Brain Development & Functioning
    • College Counseling and Development Education >
      • Career, Military, Gap Year
      • Resources for Special Needs Students
      • Test Optional Admissions
      • Visiting Colleges
      • !Recommendation Letters
    • Career Counseling and Development Education
    • Talent Portfolios, Resumes, & CVs
    • HS Graduation Requirements & Transcripts!
    • Leadership Programs
    • Community Service & Volunteer Opportunities - Resources
    • Summer & Exchange Programs - Resources
  • Financial Need - Food Assistance, Free/Reduced Lunch, Utilities, Clothing, Fee Waivers. . .
  • Nature Based Counseling - Eco-Therapy (Super special videos made just for you during Corona Closure 2020)
    • Forest Crew Session 1 - Intro to Eco-Counseing
    • Forest Crew Session 2 - Listening with Awareness @ Lillie Park
    • Forest Crew Session 3 - Looking with Gratitude at "The Arb"
    • Forest Crew Session 4 - Breathing with Mindfulness @ Gallup
    • Forest Crew Session 5 - Body Scan and Mindful Movement at Argo/Bandemer
    • Forest Crew Session 6 - Connecting with Nature @ Bird Hills/Barton Dam