Big Feelings, Calm Breaths
What can you do when a feeling gets TOO big?
Your turn!
Question 1 of 2What does Quarky do when his big feeling storms in?
The story
Quarky has a big frustrated storm of a feeling when his experiment topples over. Instead of exploding, he tries slow calm breaths and watches the storm shrink down to a passing cloud.
What you'll learn
- Breathing slowly when you are upset helps big feelings settle.
- Big feelings are like storms, they rise up and they pass.
- You do not have to explode, you can pause and breathe.
- Calm takeaway: you cannot stop big feelings, but slow breaths help them pass.
- Quarky takeaway: all feelings are okay, and you have tools to meet them.
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