# @richardamills on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DLpzEYGu7u5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/59741461-richardamills-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-03T16:56:01.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** richard mills (@richardamills) — https://gondola.cc/richardamills

## Caption

The Future of Education Starts With Inner Strength: Teach This Today

In today’s education system, we can’t afford to overlook emotional literacy.

Academic success is important - but so is teaching our students how to manage stress, build self-worth, and develop emotional resilience.

Here are 3 proven, research-backed steps we’re teaching students across schools to improve their mindset and wellbeing:

✅ 1. Reflect on Past Achievements
Before facing any challenge, take a moment to recall your wins big or small.
It builds confidence and reminds students: “I’ve done hard things before.”

✅ 2. Speak Kindly to Present Struggles
Model emotional regulation by teaching children to speak positive affirmations, even during discomfort.
Use phrases like the Icelandic mantra: “Takk fyrir þessu” (“Thank you for this”).
Gratitude softens stress.

✅ 3. Visualize a Positive Outcome
Let students imagine their success. It activates motivation, focus, and hope.

🧠 These simple habits help children develop strong mental frameworks that serve them not only in the classroom but in life.

📌 This week, encourage your students or children to reflect, speak, and visualize.
📔 Add it to your school’s “Healthy Habits” program or create a visual wall in class.
📤 Share what your school is doing with this method to inspire other educators.

Let’s raise a generation that is not only educated - but emotionally equipped.

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