“Mindfulness for Teenagers”

The Mindfulness for Teenagers Seminar, held on June 6th, 2023, at Junior & Senior Highschool Sekolah Harapan Bangsa Modernhill Hall, focused on the importance of mindfulness among adolescents. The seminar was attended by all students, with 185 students accompanied by teachers and featuring Debora Basaria, M.Psi., a Lecturer at Tarumanagara University and Clinical Psychologist at the Center for Guidance and Psychological Consultation (PBKP) UNTAR and Libera Insani, as the conference speaker.

The seminar aimed to provide students with knowledge about self-awareness, optimism, social behavior, and self-control, while emphasizing the significance of stress and anxiety reduction. By understanding these concepts, students were encouraged to plan for a better future. One of the seminar's objectives was to make students aware of the potential dangers that can arise from not being focus on what they were doing at that moment. Additionally, the seminar aimed to enhance students' understanding of psychological health and motivate them to share the information they acquired with others, including friends, family, and the wider community.

Students also emphasized the importance of seeking information from reliable sources. They expressed their enthusiasm at being given the opportunity to serve as informers or conduits of information to those closest to them.