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7 Ways to Wellness: Be Kind, Practice Gratitude, Get Active, and More!

Learn about the 7 ways to improve your wellness through kindness, gratitude, being yourself, getting active, laughing, eating healthy, and finding your groove. Discover how these practices can enhance your positivity, reduce stress, improve mood, and connect you with others.

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7 Ways to Wellness: Be Kind, Practice Gratitude, Get Active, and More!

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  1. Set the stage Me Too –The Fitness Marshall(start at 0:23min)

  2. 7 Ways to Wellness Presented by: Lyndsey Spring BKIN, CSEP-CEP Health Promotion Coordinator Healthy Children and Youth Alberta Health Services Lyndsey.spring@ahs.ca 403-388-5548

  3. 7 Ways to Wellness Practice Gratitude Be Kind Get Your Groove On Be Yourself Get Active Laugh Eat Healthy

  4. Brainstorm: Ways to Wellness

  5. Talk about it!

  6. Be Kind

  7. Random Acts of Kindness A study that measured when people performed acts of kindness found that those who performed more acts of kindness throughout the day were less likely to report negative emotions. They were also able to maintain their positive emotions. However, during the days in which they were not able to perform kind acts, the participants reported a decrease in positive emotions in response to daily stressors.

  8. Kindnesshelps you and others by: • Enhancing positivity • Changing your perspective • Creating a sense of community • Helping us to feel connected to others • Reducing stress • Improving mood and self esteem

  9. Be Yourself

  10. self-af·fir·ma·tion • noun • the recognition and assertion of the existence and value of one's individual self • the process of identifying and focusing on one's most important values

  11. self-af·fir·ma·tion “…self-affirmation can protect against the damaging effects of stress on problem-solving performance.” "An emerging set of published studies suggest that a brief self-affirmation activity at the beginning of a school term can boost academic grade-point averages in underperforming kids at the end of the semester.”

  12. self-af·fir·ma·tion Affirmations are proven methods of self-improvement because of their ability to rewire our brains. Much like exercise, they raise the level of feel-good hormones and push our brains to form new clusters of “positive thought” neurons. In the sequence of thought-speech-action, affirmations play an integral role by breaking patterns of negative thoughts, negative speech, and, in turn, negative actions.

  13. PRACTICE GRATITUDE Giving and receiving thanks creates a more positive outlook, which helps to keep you emotionally balanced. Some ways to practice gratitude • Keep a gratitude journal • Reflect through meditation, mindfulness or relaxation • Thank someone • Give back • Small gestures

  14. Get Active

  15. Spark Your Brain!http://sparkinglife.org/ Adding exercise to your lifestyle sparks your brain function to improve learning on three levels: • First, it optimizes your mind-set to improve alertness, attention,  mood, and motivation; • Second, it prepares and encourages nerve cells to bind to one another, which is the cellular basis for logging in new information; and • Third, it spurs the development of new nerve cells from stem cells in the hippocampus.

  16. Eating regularly fuels your body and brain, and may help keep your mood stable • Dehydration affects your energy levels and mood. • Caffeine can make you feel anxious, nervous or depressed and can impact your sleep. • Alcohol can cause low mood, irritability and aggressive behaviour. • Food can also be a great way to connect with others. Eat Healthy

  17. How to eat healthy at work?

  18. How to eat healthy at work? slow cooker = BFF food prep big cook I Meal Planning mindful eating grab&go snacks lunch co-op

  19. Get Your Groove On “One can think of music as a type of legal performance-enhancing drug.” ~Dr. Costas Karageorghis(world-leading researcher on music for performance who has authored over 100 studies on the topic)

  20. Get Your Groove On True or False? Music can reduce your rate of perceived effort by 12%

  21. Get Your Groove On Music can improve your endurance by: • 5% • 15% • 25%

  22. GET YOUR GROOVE ON Both listening to and creating music can have an impact on your life by positively effecting your mood and mental health

  23. Laughter is Medicine for the Mind A good laugh can actually create physical changes in your body by stimulating your heart, lungs, muscles and increase endorphins released by the brain. Smiling and laughing is a powerful way to lower stress, it can: • Reduce negative emotions • Help you to relax and recharge • Change perspective • Strengthen connections with others

  24. How to lighten up?

  25. Ways to WellnessWrap Up Be Kind Practice Gratitude Be Yourself Get Your Groove On Get Active Laugh Eat Healthy

  26. Megan Trainor Me Too –The Fitness Marshall(start at 0:23min)

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