Showing posts with label education. Show all posts
Showing posts with label education. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Proven Methods to Increase Mental Health


Why is good social,emotional & psychological health so important?
community, depression, education, exercise, health, increasing, medication, mental, mood disorder, neurotransmitter, sleep, smoking, weight loss,stress,risk,factors,coping,skills
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    It reduces:
· risk of emotional and behavioural problems
· violence and crime,
· teenage pregnancy
· drug and alcohol abuse
· it will reduce psychological pain
           

How to Increase Your Mental Health

·         Try to spend your leisure time participating in your community doing something active rather than playing video games/watching TV.

·          If you are religious get involved in your church.

·         Practice mindfulness (focusing on the now without judging)

Friday, August 17, 2012

Values Improve Your Life


File:TotemTree Kidsonroof.jpg
 Kidsonroof wishes to re-connect modern life with nature
, rediscovering basic values. 
What are Values?
They are the moral principles and beliefs or accepted standards of a person or social group

Why are they important?
They help improve your quality of life,help us deal with stress.Can help us keep motivated when we want to give up.Values can give you a sense of achievement and something to look forward to.

A quick exercise to see what your values are can be found here Identify Your True Values