1. © 2015 Lumity Outsmart Your Stinking Thinking

2. © 2015 Lumity Review ■What did we talk about in our last class? ■What happens to our brain when we experience threats? ■What happens in an amygdala hijack? ■What are some of the techniques we can use to regain our “lids”?

3. © 2015 Lumity Assignment Check-In Refer to your assignment worksheet on emotions. ■Did you catch yourself in the middle of a hijack? ■What strategies were most helpful to you? ■New strategies? ■What surprised you?

4. © 2015 Lumity Taking it Up A Notch ■Not just strong emotions we need to watch out for! ■Our thinking can get us into trouble

5. © 2015 Lumity Beliefs About ■Ourselves ■The world ■What we can expect from the world ■What the world expects of us ■These thoughts can be positive– but, we are so trained to look for threats, a lot of them then to be negative.

6. © 2015 Lumity It’s a Habit! ■These thoughts aren’t real– they are just frequently used brain pathways.

7. © 2015 Lumity Types of Stinking Thinking ■All or Nothing ■Over-generalization ■Mental Filter ■Discounting the positive ■Jumping to Conclusions ■Magnification ■Emotional Reasoning ■Should Statements ■Labeling ■Personalization

8. © 2015 Lumity Practice Identifying ST ■Get into groups of 3 ■Come up with an example for each of the 10 types of stinking thinking.

9. © 2015 Lumity Strategies for Shifting Your Stinking Thinking ■Name Your Emotion ■Practice a Growth Mindset ■Get a Reality Check ■Ask for a Redo ■Support Your Friends

10. © 2015 Lumity Apply Your Strategies ■Get back into your groups of 3 ■Apply your strategies to your stinking thinking examples. ■Come up with a more empowering thought

11. © 2015 Lumity Homework Assignment ■Watch for stinking thinking ■Track your stinking thinking on this worksheet ■Note which category of stinking thinking you had ■Then, note which strategy you used to overcome your stinking thinking ■REMEMBER: Stinking thinking can seem real. Even if you think it’s true, if it sounds like one of these categories, assume it’s not true.