TRUE/FALSE: Engaging in kind acts increases your stress response.
FALSE: Researchers have found that engaging in acts of kindness throughout the day can reduce feeling of stress.
What are 2 positive outcomes of doing a kind act for another person?
Improved mood, they want to "pay it forward", reduced stress, increase in the feel-good hormones, the other person feels good, etc
Give another student a compliment
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Write a positive/encouraging note to another student
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TRUE/FALSE: Receiving or giving kindness stimulates the production of serotonin in your brain.
TRUE: Kindness increases serotonin production (Serotonin is the feel-good hormone that your mood and helps you feel happy!)
What does being kind SOUND like?
Talk/Discuss
TRUE/FALSE: Observing an act of kindness makes you feel bad about yourself.
False: Observing someone doing an act of kindness can make you feel great and increases the likelihood of you engaging in a kind act!