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Embracing Our Inner Superheroes: A Day of Community and Connection

For one day, our small team transformed into superheroes, donning costumes to uplift spirits and enhance our dyad experience. Through self-care, community cleaning, and laughter, we achieved a range of accomplishments. We strengthened our interpersonal skills, broadened our perspectives, and developed a deeper appreciation for each other. By engaging with our surroundings and having fun, we inspired joy within the community and ourselves. This unique experience taught us the importance of connection, creativity, and self-care in making a positive impact.

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Embracing Our Inner Superheroes: A Day of Community and Connection

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  1. Our inspiration

  2. Dyad Experience

  3. Why are we dressed like superheroes? • Superheroes wear special clothes • We wanted to be superheroes for the day • In order to bring out our superhero personas and enhance our dyad experience, it was necessary to unveil our superhero costumes. • We wanted to make people smile

  4. Things we accomplished • Self care • Cleaning the community • Broadened our perspectives • Strengthened interpersonal skills • Developed an appreciation for each other • Had fun! • Made people’s days

  5. Self care • Took a break from school • Got outside • Released stress • Exercise • Laughed…a lot • Affirmed by people in the community

  6. Cleaning the community • Collected trash • Increased our awareness of the community’s needs • Inspired the community • “The Cold Within” • (Kinney, J. P. As cited in Zaiss, 2002)

  7. Broadened our perspectives • “A Process” goals • (Irish, B. & Jancola, C., 2010)

  8. Strengthened interpersonal skills by: • Smiling • Humoring the community • Working toward a common goal • Coordinating schedules • Agreeing an activity • Communicating • (Zaiss, 2002) • Bringing people together • Uniting small and large systems

  9. Developed an appreciation for each other “It seems to me that few people express appreciation and acknowledgment on a frequent basis. As a result, most of us do not feel appreciated for what we provide the people around us, at work and at home” (Zaiss, 2002, p. 75).

  10. Had fun! We got to: • Be creative • Be goofy • Laugh • Enjoy each other’s company • Enjoy the sunshine

  11. What did we learn?

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