How do you face & overcome adversity?
Our goal is to pause and highlight moments of adversity experienced by community members through interviews as a means to building compassion (for ourselves and others), connection, and resilience (CCR). We believe this can only be accomplished if we are willing to ask hard questions, answer them honestly, and listen to each other!
We will introduce students, teachers, and community members to 3 tools: BaHaHaSo, ADDRESSING, and the Question Grid.
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BaHaHaSo
The acronym BaHaHaSo is a tool that helps us to remember strategies to use when experiencing, facing, and overcoming adversity.
B - Body Awareness: How does our body alert us to adversity? How does breathing help us during adverse times?
A - Activities: How do activities provide for positive distractions? What activities help you “take your mind off” adversity?
H - Help: Do you ask for help? Do you provide help? What relationships do you cultivate that support you during adverse times?
A - Action: What actions do you take during adverse times? Small steps lead to solutions! What helps you take action? What stops you?
H - Humor: How do you lighten up? Silly jokes? Funny books or movies? Hysterical friends? How do you add laughter to your life? When does laughter help? When does it hurt? Do you know the difference?
A - Alone Time: Jackson provides a beautiful landscape into which you can escape. Do you spend time alone? How does the quiet of alone time help you? Do you use mindful moments to help you respond instead of react? Do you need one right now?
S - Self-Talk: What are you saying to yourself inside your head? Is it helping or hurting? Are you creating more adversity? Do you use mantras? What mantra(s) help you? What mantra might help?
O - Own It! What is your role? How are you contributing to this adverse situation? Who are you blaming? Are you blaming yourself too much? “Owning it” gives you back control!
Spin the wheel &
reflect using the BaHaHaSo questions!