Tree of Life for Strength and Resilience

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Activity: Tree of Life for Strength and Resilience

Materials: Any type of paper. 8" X 11" or larger is fine, crayons or color pencils.

Happy Wednesday Everyone

PURPOSE:

Tree of Life can help you identify, develop build your strength and relationships with your history, culture and any significant people and places. This activity can be done with children or adults in a short period of time. It is a great way to tap in to your creative side, enhances connections and takes about an hour at max. So, let’s get started:

The Tree of Life is an exercise based on the idea of using the tree as a metaphor to tell stories about one’s life. Think of a tree, its roots, trunk, branches, leaves, etc. and imagine that each part of the tree represents something about your life (Ncube, 2006 Dulwich Centre Foundation). This is a truncated version.

ROOTS: Where you came from and your family

• Does your past influence who you are today? Where were you born?
• Do you have favorite memories? Where did you go to school?
• Has your perception of your roots changed over time?

GROUND: Your present life and day-to-day activities you engage in

• What is the ground like in your life? Is it fairly stable or frequently changing?
• What influences you on a daily basis? Who do you live with? Where do you go to school or work? Do you have a favorite place you visit?

TRUNK: Your skills and abilities

• What talents and coping skills do you have?
• Can you play an instrument/draw/write? Are you helpful/kind?
• How important are abilities to you? Do you value them in others?
• Do you find it easier to think of your faults compared to your skills?
• Are there any skills other people think you have?

BRANCHES: Your hopes and goals

• If you could have three wishes, what would they be?
• Do you hope for health, happiness, success, money, family, wealth?
• Do you aspire to be a nursery nurse, actor, vet, successful OEC?
• How achievable do you feel your aspirations are?
• What would you need to happen for you to achieve these?
• Do you have hopes and wishes for other people in your life?

LEAVES: Important people in your life

• Who plays an important role in your life?
• What type of influence have they had? If they’ve helped, how?
• How might your relationship change I the future?
• Are there who have passed away -leaves in the wind

FRUIT: Gifts from important people

• Have these people provided you with a shoulder to cry on/support/compliments?
• What have your parents taught you?
• Have they ever given you a material gift which meant a lot to you?
• How have these gifts helped you?
• What have you given them in return?

STORMS: Challenges

• Include everything from family conflict, mental health problems, lack of resources, loss of important people in your life, etc.
• What storms have you experienced in the past?
• How did you manage with these?
• What challenges do you think there might be in the future?
• Challenges are steppingstones to the next level of success.

Make your tree of life colorful and exciting. This is always a fun activity for the whole family to enjoy and share. Thanks for joining me in the Tree of Life. Let me know if this was fun, boring, engaging, creative?

Peace & Love

Rachele