Session 2: Intentional Wellbeing Planning

To support Educator Wellbeing Leaders MUST

• Bring cats to work

• Create a positive wellbeing culture

• Do nothing!

• Let them have a sleep at rest time with the children

Stress is....

• A normal reaction to changes and challenges in life

• When cats come to preschool

• Looking after my wellbeing

• A dessert

What does YOU DO YOU mean?

• Don't bring a cat to preschool

• Being responsible for your wellbeing first

• You give yourself a hug

• I don't know

INTENTIONALITY IS.....

• Not important

• The key to our wellbeing and self-care

• The preschool cat's name

• A car

What is an example of an internal support option for wellbeing?

• Monitor your stress - recognise the signs and triggers

• A ladder

• A support cat at preschool

• Going to the counsellor

What is an example of an external resource to support wellbeing?

• Managing my stress gift card

• The preschool cat's mother

• Smiling Minds APP for meditation

• The race guide

Self-care plans can....

• be 300 pages long

• help you identify your own personal signs of stress and strategies to manage stress

• help you decide if you should get a family of preschool cats

• fall into the kitty litter at preschool

A pleasant events schedule....

• helps you plan parties

• is a way to be INTENTIONAL by planning strategies to support wellbeing

• helps you decide what toys the preschool cat wants to play with

• is all about doing things you don't like doing

An external resource you can get support from is....

• Black Dog Institute

• The Newspaper

• The Institute of Preschool Cats

• Instagram

Workload and time pressures are an example of....

• looking after yourself

• nothing

• causes of stress

• cleaning up after the Preschool cat