Course Curriculum

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  • 01

    Welcome to the "Turn Shutting Down or Holding Back into Speaking Up: Talking Confidently Tools" course!

  • 02

    Section # 1 What I Can Do When I'm Shutting Down, Worrying or Holding Myself Back

    • Introduction to Section # 1 What I Can Do When I'm Shutting Down, Worrying or Holding Myself Back

    • Before we begin, help me understand your goals so I can help you reach them

    • 6 Ways to Get to Know My Feelings Better

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    • Short Emotional Vocabulary List from Karla McLaren

    • Keeping a "Time I Shut Down, Froze Up or Held Back" Record

    • Shut Video # 1 "Drawing My Inner Critic" 11:44

    • Drawing My Inner Critic

    • Section # 1 Reflections, Thoughts and Questions to Journal about Survey

  • 03

    Section# 2 Developing Emotional Wisdom

    • Introduction to Section # 2 Developing Emotional Wisdom

    • Susan Jeffers on Fear

    • Mica's Time I "Shut Down, Froze Up or Held Back" Record # 1

    • Shut Video # 2 "Expressing Feelings versus Evaluative Words" 20:05

    • Expressing Feelings versus Evaluative Words

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    • List of Evaluative Words

    • "I start to worry and can't open my mouth"

    • Section # 2 Reflections, Thoughts and Questions to Journal about Survey

  • 04

    Section # 3 The Habit of Knowing What I Want and How to Ask for It

    • Introduction to Section #3 The Habit of Knowing What I Want and How to Ask for It

    • Daily Check-In with Myself

    • What Does My Worry about Speaking Up Smell, Taste, Look and/or Sound Like?

    • Video # 3 "Downstream Thoughts" 10:11

    • Downstream Thoughts Tool

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    • The Most Common Cognitive Distortions

    • Working with the "Thought Record"

    • Section # 3 Reflections, Thoughts and Questions to Journal about Survey

  • 05

    Section # 4 “Showing Up and Speaking Up with My Talking Confidently Tools"

    • Introduction to Chapter # 4 “Showing Up and Speaking Up Confidently"

    • Life Pie (or Life Pizza): What are my plans and goals going forward in my life?

    • Mica's "Time I Shut Down, Froze Up or Held Back Record" # 2

    • Needs versus Strategies and NVC

    • Progress Managing My Feelings, Thoughts and Actions Well

    • Shut Video # 4 "Permission Postcard" 10:03

    • Permission Postcard

    • Section #4 Reflections, Thoughts and Questions to Journal about Survey

  • 06

    Section # 5 I Can Manage and Master My Feelings, Thoughts and Actions

    • Introduction to Section # 5 I Can Manage and Master My Feelings, Thoughts and Actions

    • These Things are Assets I Have

    • Am I a "Bottler" or a "Brooder"?

    • Shut Video # 5 "Speaking My Truth" 10:48

    • Speaking My Truth

    • Stories Yet to be Written "It's Not So Bad on wall"

    • Let's take a musical break for a song, "This Is Me"

    • Section # 5 Before you go, reflections and evaluation of this course