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Positive Psychology to Try With Children... 

 media type="youtube" key="6EjJsPylEOY" height="390" width="640" 'Three Blessings and Sweet Dreams' 'Three Blessings and Sweet Dreams' is an exercise I introduced to a student who was experiencing severe anxiety and showing signs of depression. It is based on Positive Psychology and developed by Martin Seligman. It is a powerful journalling exercise to combat negative feelings and to restore a sense of hope. I asked the student, a girl in Year 6, to write some thoughts I could share. This is what she wrote:

'Three Blessings and Sweet Dreams' is a great way to think more positive. I also refer to this journal as a positive book because it helps me think more positive, gives me a sweet dream, and helps look more to the bright side. This is how I use the 'positive' book: 1. At night before bedtime, I write three good things that happened during the day; 2. I reflect on the not so positive things and try to reflect it in a positive way and how I could grow from that experience.

The reason it is called 'Three Blessings and Sweet Dreams' is because when you write your three blessings and go to sleep straight after that, you keep remembering your good thoughts until you wake up. Three blessings and sweet dreams have definitely helped me. Before, I used to always seem gloomy to my friends and my mum always used to tell me "think more positive" or "smile more". Now I seem happier to my friends and my mum hardly tells me to think more positive or to smile more because every time I see something, it would be easier to think of the bright side of it. I would recommend 'Three Blessings and Sweet Dreams' to anybody, child or adult. It will help if you do or don't have problems.