Welcome, Indian Rocks Christian School!

Every student will face teasing, exclusion, gossip, criticism, and difficult relationships. The question is not whether these challenges will come, but whether students will have the skills to handle them.

In this engaging and practical presentation, Dr. Brooks Gibbs teaches students how to build emotional resilience, resolve conflict, and respond wisely under pressure. Through humor, storytelling, audience participation, and real-life examples, students learn how to stop giving mean people power over their emotions.

Students Will Learn:

• Why people are mean
• How thoughts affect feelings
• How to stay calm under pressure
• How to respond to teasing and criticism
• How to handle exclusion and gossip
• How to apologize and resolve conflict
• How to practice the Golden Rule in everyday situations
• How to become emotionally resilient

Rooted in timeless biblical principles and practical psychology, this program equips students with tools they can use immediately at school, at home, online, and in future relationships.

Key Scriptures

• Proverbs 4:23 — Guard your heart
• Matthew 7:12 — The Golden Rule
• Luke 6:27 — Love your enemies
• Romans 12:21 — Overcome evil with good
• James 1:19 — Be slow to anger

Students leave encouraged, empowered, and equipped with practical skills that can benefit them for a lifetime.