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Session 1 kick-starts recovery by reframing how you think: prune things that don’t serve you, shift your self-talk, and use future-focused thinking—plus posture and ‘look up’ habits—to lower stress and build resilient mental pathways.

Key takeaways:

• Ask the filter question: “Does this serve or support me?” (let it go, save for later, or act)

• Tame mental chatter: use distant self-talk (your name), advise-a-friend, and broaden perspective

• Harness future-focused thoughts: first step when you feel better, how you’ll celebrate, what you’re learning (post-traumatic growth), and “I’m on the path”

• Posture matters: stop the heads-down default; sit tall, use the simple yoga arm cross to switch from SNS (stress) to PNS (rest and digest)

• Look up and go outside: horizons and nature widen attention and lift mood

• Turn tactics into habits: put a few on sticky notes; repeat to leverage neuroplasticity (“neurons that fire together, wire together”).