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This activity helps you explore and appreciate your strengths in a safe and supportive environment.
Whether through group discussions, personal reflections, or creative expression, this activity encourages you to build confidence by recognising the skills and qualities that make you resilient. You’ll also have the chance to connect with peers, share stories, and learn how understanding your strengths can contribute to your overall well-being.
First, get inspired
Listen to the top teen mental health and wellness podcast to dive deep into teen mental health by engaging with various individuals, including mental health experts, celebrities, athletes, and other teens.
Watch Brené Brown’s TED Talk on The Power of Vulnerability, which explores how acknowledging strengths and weaknesses builds resilience and confidence.
Watch English football player Micah Richard's talk about his experiences of how talking is a strength.
Now, take action!
By completing the following activities, you’ll explore your strengths and learn how they contribute to your mental health. This will help you build resilience and confidently face future challenges.
- Explore your strengths: Join small, peer-led group sessions where you explore and share your strengths in a supportive, relaxed environment. The smaller group size encourages open conversation and reduces anxiety, helping you feel more comfortable sharing your experiences.
- Use personal reflection journal: If you prefer private reflection, complete a guided journaling activity that helps you explore your strengths. You’ll write about moments when you used your strengths to overcome difficulties or reach personal goals. This option is great for those hesitant to share in a group setting.
- Everyone is creative. Use Adobe's Creative Types test to find out your strengths in applying creativity to solve everyday challenges. If talking about your strengths feels challenging, this creative test offers a fun way to engage with this process.
Get your badge.
Complete some activities from the list above and apply for a badge (=click the "Get this badge" button below) by sharing your reflection or creative work on how recognising your strengths has contributed to your well-being.
Who is behind this activity?
Cities of Learning Network partners invite you to learn and do something about European Youth Goal #5, Mental Health and Wellbeing. We value your efforts and contributions and, therefore, want to reward you with badge recognition.
Contact us for more details about the Erasmus+ co-funded project "European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning."
- System&G, Greece - the project lead partner
- CODEC, Belgium
- Badgecraft, Lithuania
- System&G Finland
Disclaimer: We are grateful for the ideas generated by youth leaders and youth workers during the international study visits. To create this activity, humans collaborated with AI using the Youth Goals Hub GPT custom-built version, informed and inspired by the best youth work practices.