1. Physical Health Correlation

Your mind and body are connected. And 10 importance of mental health. They speak volumes about your physical and mental health, I don’t just mean physical and physical health. The symptoms are the same.

• Chronic disease: I am at risk of developing diabetes if I have chronic diseases such as blood or related diseases, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Hormonal imbalances in the body and stress can lead to depression Endless damage to physical health.
• Immune System: My health and emotions also greatly affect the immune system. When I am mentally stable and mentally happy, my immune system is also much stronger and protects me from diseases and major infections. If I suffer from constant stress or depression, this My strength can weaken the immune system.
• Sleep Patterns: My mental health greatly affects sleep patterns and if I have depression or anxiety I may experience insomnia or less sleep and if I don’t sleep more it affects my physical health. Also has a high impact such as cognitive function impairment, fatigue and A greatly increased risk of accidents.
• Lifestyle Choices: Mental health directly affects lifestyle choices. to drink All these foods are very harmful to my physical health.
• Energy level: When I am mentally fit, my energy level is also very high and I can actively participate in physical activities, which greatly improves my physical fitness. But if I’m depressed, I tend to have less energy and lethargy It makes my physical activities very difficult.
• Pain perception: Mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression, can also greatly alter my pain perception. Because mental health problems are ways to act on brain pain signals Change a lot.
• Relief from disease: If my mental health is very good, my body also recovers very quickly from illnesses that affect my overall physical health.
• Motivation to seek medical help: Two mental health conditions greatly affect motivation when it comes to seeking help. Not needing assistance, which could be very problematic for my physical health is.

These are just some of the ways in which physical health and mental health are connected. It would be very helpful for you if you could help me further If needed, tell me your details in the comment below and I will guide you in detail next time.

2. Quality of Life

what is what is this construct of quality of life and I think it’s worth walking through this a little bit because there’s Sometimes some confusion um and we use this term very broadly but we don’t always have a real clear conceptual understanding of what we’re talking about perhaps from a research.

perspective or from a clinical perspective so when you Google quality WHO definition of life you put it into Pub Med this will be the definition that comes up most frequently this is the World Health organization’s definition of what quality of life means and represents and so in their words they say that.

it’s the individual’s perceptions of their position in life in the context of the culture and value system in which they live and in relation to their goals expectations standards and Individual perceptions concerns.

I actually used this in Publications and in presentations for years without really fully having my head wrapped around it so I think it might be worthwhile at this point just driving home on a couple of the elements of this. First of all, this idea of the individual’s perceptions. Another way of saying this would be the subjective perceptions of the person. We really do feel that quality of life, where possible, quality of life assessments where possible, need to be subjective in nature.

There are times when you can’t do this, so for example when you’re working with somebody with intellectual disabilities or you’re working with somebody, a child for example, who can’t necessarily report subjectively on their quality of life. In those circumstances, you might use what’s called a proxy rating for the person’s quality of life, but where possible, we really want to be measuring it from the perspective of the individual living with a particular condition that we’re studying or working with.

I’m going to show you some data to try and unpack this a little bit that comes from Kieran lab in Dublin from his research group, and he developed a pretty neat measure called the SQL, which is a way of assessing quality of life on an individual level within one single person either at one point in time or over time. The way this works is that you give the patient or the research participant a kind of a pie and you can move the parts of the pie around to make them bigger or smaller and to give you an idea of how much of a particular condition that you’re studying is impacting on the person’s quality of life.

So if the symptom bother part of the pie is bigger, it necessarily makes the quality of life part of the pie smaller, and so you might imply that the symptoms of the condition or the pathology associated with it are actually impacting more on that person’s overall quality of life. I’m going to show you how this works in practice. So, The Study, this is one individual patient that we’re talking about here. This is a person who is at the end of life; they are an end-stage oncology patient, somebody who has cancer and is really within the last two or three months of their life.

In this particular study, the researchers asked different people to unpack or to weigh in on how much they thought the person’s cancer and symptoms were impacting on their life quality. This is the nurse’s perception of what was happening. You’ll see that the nurse was thinking that about 62% of this person’s quality of life P was being impacted by the symptoms of the condition, so about 38% of the P was left of their quality of life. So, a fairly large impact of their physical disorder on their ability to have satisfaction and enjoyment in their life.

This is the doctor’s perception of what was happening within the same patient. From the doctor’s perception, the symptoms of the condition—the fact that they were intubated, that they were in pain, for example—were really impacting on their quality of life. So from their perspective, the disorder itself was having even more of a toll on the person’s enjoyment and satisfaction at the end of their life.

What happened with the patient when the patient was asked to do the same exercise? This is what they perceived. They perceived that the symptoms were not to be disregarded, but they were actually placing more emphasis on other things at this point in their life. For example, spirituality, family connections with other people were of more priority in terms of their quality of life as they understood it than the actual symptoms of their condition.

Does that make some sense? And so it gives us a little bit of an idea of how our perceptions as clinicians of what a person is experiencing, prioritizing, waiting might not always be accurate. The second piece I just wanted to weigh in on a little bit here from The Who definition is this idea of quality of life perceptions being dependent a little bit on your context and your particular life circumstances.

I wanted to tell you a little bit about a study that we did which looked a few years ago at quality of life in people with bipolar disorder. This was a sample of 35 patients with bipolar disorder; they had bipolar disorder type one and type two. We also interviewed a few family members and a few expert clinicians who dealt with people with bipolar disorder very regularly, and we talked to them about quality of life as they understood it and the factors that they thought might be associated with this construct.

This is what they told us: They told us that social support was important to them, that the ability that they had to deal with stigma—whether they internalized people’s representations of what it meant to live with mental illness, self-stigma. They talked about spirituality and religion, they talked about independence, and they talked about identity—their sense of self and their independence in the Health Care system and their independence in the family context in which they live.

I think the results from this study also give us a sense that when we’re starting to drive down on measuring quality of life, we need to be looking across different types of domains of well-being, and that for bipolar disorder there might be particular things I’m starting to think, as a clinician, that may be particularly important for people living with bipolar disorder.

First of all, we really think that where possible quality of life assessments need to be subjective in nature. I think when we’re measuring quality of life, we probably want to be looking at different domains, a variety of different areas of well-being in the person over time. We think from some of our early work that there may be particular facets of quality of life that might be particularly important for.

3. Productivity

I’m going to be talking about a secret to improving your mental health and your well-being through something called anti to-do lists let’s dive in one of the biggest steps to getting things done and being productive is create a to-do list what do.

I want to do what needs to be done and then it’s about creating one every single day of what needs to be done for the day to make sure that we’re productive but also to make sure that we I mean if we’re being honest it feels really good to cross something off of our list so we have a big thing that needs be done today and we can cross it off our list it feels really good doesn’t it like.

I know people who will create their to-do list then they’ll go do something and they realize that thing is not on their to-do list they go back to their to-do list and then cross it off some people listening to me are literally laughing because you’re like oh.

I’ve done that before but today we’re not going to be talking about to-do list to be more productive what we’re actually going to be talking about is something that is called an anti- too list and so an anti- to-do list is the complete opposite of a normal to-do list and it will help you with your productivity.

But it’s also really going to help you with your mental health as well so an anti- to-do list is a list of tasks or habits that you consciously want to avoid or consciously want to stop doing so these could be things that waste your time they could be something like uh mindlessly scrolling on social media and wasting your life looking at other people’s.

lives which is just insane or it could be things like hitting the snooze button both of those things could go on your anti- to-do list the idea behind an anti- to-do list is to eliminate the actions in your life that you don’t want to do anymore or that drain your energy or that take up too much focus in your brain that you want to get rid of or that waste too much of your time um so that you can go ahead and remove these things from your life.

So that you can actually start to work on your real to-do list and get yourself to where you want to be in life because there’s what you need to do but there’s also what you need to stop doing to get you to where you want to go if you’re just focusing on what you need to do that’s 50% of the equation in traditional to to-do lists are just about ticking off tasks.

Like just crossing off the different tasks an anti- to-do list is sometimes more than anything else about self-awareness it’s about your self-awareness of who you want to be what you want to do who you don’t want to be what you don’t want to do so it’s about self-awareness but it’s also about control and really.

what an anti- too list does is there’s certain things that we know we want to stop doing but we’ve only been thinking about these things when we take it and we put it onto a piece of paper I always say the best part about putting something on like taking it out of your brain and putting it on paper is.

When you put it on paper it can be planned it can be worked through you can figure out how to get past these things and they really an anti-do list just helps you identify and remove the blocks to your productivity and to your well-being and it’s really important because you know of course we know where we want to go in life and we know okay well.

I know I need to do these things I know who I need to become I know who I need to be I know what I want to accomplish and all of those are great but once again like I said a few minutes ago that’s really only about 50% of the equation it is just as important to know what we don’t want to do what do I not want to do anymore what are the roadblocks that are in the way of my productivity.

What are the roadblocks what are the things that I do that are holding me back what are the thoughts that I think that are holding me back from creating the life that I want how am I self-sabotaging and how can I remove those that’s really what an anti- foodist is about it’s what I don’t want to do anymore who I don’t want to be and what pitfalls we might fall into in the entire process more than anything else it allows us like.

I said to see it on a piece of paper and to plan what we don’t want who we don’t want to be and what we want to void in order to create the lives that we want and so from when you look at this there’s a lot of you might be like hey yeah this is great but from a psychological perspective in a neurological perspective it’s actually really beneficial to actually start to use anti- too list from a psychological perspective anti- foodist can be really powerful because they help you manage your stress a lot of times.

When you actually start to plan out and start to create these anti- foodist what you’re putting down are a lot of the things that actually cause you more stress to either do or to constantly have energy being wasted towards them because you’re thinking about it all the time so they help you manage your stress.

Because they eliminate almost everything that causes you stress in the first place pretty damn important right so not only are they good for your productivity they’re also really good for your mental health and so by focusing on what it is that you need to do and to-do list and what it is that you don’t want to do uh when you don’t want to do these things I don’t want to stress I don’t want to sleep in anymore I don’t want to uh treat my friends this way.

I don’t want to show up in business this way anymore whatever it might be you’re more likely to engage in healthier and more productive behaviours which lowers your stress lowers your anxiety and helps you become better and so really it’s the art of becoming more self-aware of self-awareness and to be more proactive in your life and more intentional in your life for what you will no longer accept.

What you will no longer do what you’re going to get rid of that hold you back so that’s from a psychological perspective from a neurological perspective using an anti- to-do list to avoid certain tasks can actually start to positively rewire your brain now you might be like all right that sounds cooky show me the proof well.

When you consistently avoid a specific behaviour or you avoid a negative habit that might be really strong in your life right now when you stop doing something you actually weaken that habit Connection in your brain and so if you have the habit of I don’t know let’s say constantly playing the victim something happens to you and you’re like oh well is me and you’re you play the victim card you’ve been playing the victim card your entire life and you’ve been doing that for a long time when you consciously stay say I’m not going to with your anti- Todor list and I’ll talk to you about what an anti- Todor list looks like.

I’ll actually walk you through one in just a minute but when you say I’m going to stop playing the victim in my life well then what happens is you might have a really strong victim habit connection wiring in your brain right now when you stop doing it actually weakens that connection and allows you to strengthen new connections that you want to build uh through your actual to-do list so it’s going to be hard at first because you do have these really strong connections but it requires you to have a lot of intention of.

What you want to change what you want to stop doing but also attention which intention and attention bring more self-awareness but over time as those connections start to weaken it makes it easier to break these habits and so you’re basically training your brain to form new and healthier Habits by using this and so neurology uh neurologist excuse me have actually found that intentional avoidance.

Which is what this can be called can lead to long-term positive changes in brain functioning and so by regularly using these anti- Todor lists and waking up and saying hey this is what I don’t want to do this is who I don’t want to be this is how I don’t want to act you’re essentially rewiring your brain for improved focus and productivity and self-awareness of who you want to become and so let me give you a couple of examples so that you know so it’s not just.

Theory but we’re actually looking at this is what a anti- foodist could look like so there’s two categories that I really think about when I think of anti- Todor list the first one is personal like who do I want to be who do I not want to be anymore like in my personal life and the other side is professional so what is the personal anti- to-do list what is a professional anti- to-do list and so uh here’s a couple of examples that that I came up with of what I think a lot of people out there would probably want to do so an anti- to-do list is something like in personal I won’t use my phone after 6:00 p.m.

So that I can spend more time with my children and the reason why I’m going to do that is because I want to be a more present parent the amount of times that I have people write into me or talk to me on you know Zoom calls and like the mindset Mentor University calls that we have each week they’re like I got to get off my phone I need to spend more time with my children well okay I won’t use my phone after 6 p.m.

Is an example of an anti- to-do list I’m going to do that because I want to spend more time with my children want to be a more present parent beautiful let’s put that down on a piece of paper what’s the next one um I won’t go uh one week without taking my wife out on a date and the reason why is because it’s important for me to put that relationship above everything else in my life so that’s an anti to-do list.

I won’t go I will not be the person who doesn’t go on a date every single week with my wife okay I I won’t uh I will not hit the snooze button ever again that’s an anti- foodist task why because when I was a fully conscious human I decided that I was going to set that alarm for 6:00 a.m. and I said it for a reason and when I say I do something.

I do it that’s the type of person that I building myself into so I will not hit the snooze button ever again I will not look at my phone for at least an hour after waking up you see these examples these I will not do this I will not I will not I will not I will not look at my phone for at least an hour after wake up.

Why because I have seen the studies that show how susceptible we are in the first 60 minutes after waking up and the studies that show that people who look at their phone within 60 Minutes of waking up tend to be more anxious in the morning and throughout the rest of their day.

So I have decided consciously that I will not look at my phone for the first 60 minutes after waking up boom cool we’re getting a good list of these personal things together I will not have coffee within the first 60 first excuse me 90 minutes of work waking up you guys like oh I don’t like that one right why is that why would I do that why would I not want to have coffee in the first CU.

I want coffee as soon as I wake up well I need to let the melatonin in my brain leave my brain melatonin is what makes me tired right caffeine works better if you have it after 90 minutes of waking up and studies show that people who have caffeine wait 90 minutes after they wake up are L less anxious throughout the day.

So I will not look at my phone within the first 60 minutes I willet have coffee until 90 minutes after waking up hey like I’m looking I’m creating of who I will not be as much as the to-do list and the planning and the goal setting of who I will be and what I do want to create.

I will not allow myself to complain about anything because why because I’m tired of playing the victim in my life I’m not the victim I’m the creator of my life so I will not complain about anything in ever again what’s another one um I will not shy away from things that scare me I want to change myself on to change my life I understand I have to get out of my comfort zone in order to get out create the life that.

I want I’m going have to get out of my comfort zone so will not shy away from things that scare me anymore so that’s an example of like personal right let’s go into professional what could this look like in professional uh I will no longer show up late to work or to any meetings right which will require me to get better at time management.

Show that I can be counted on and that this is important to me so if you’re the type of person who shows up to like your Zoom meetings at work like 7 minutes late well maybe you should just say hey what can I do to be become better at it.

So I you know in my professional life I will not show up to meetings late anymore um another thing I will not cross off my easy items first so like if I look at like the 8020 rule which says that 20% of what you do like the tasks if you were to put all of your tasks that you do in your business or at work on a piece of paper and you were to say what are the top 20% 20% of those will give you about 80% of the results in.

4. Relationships

have you ever wondered about the best way to maintain a good relationship what keeps a relationship active and healthy while it’s important to have good chemistry with someone it’s also important to put in work and effort into your relationship it can get difficult at times so it’s important you and your partner have good habits in your relationship for it to grow and flourish before we begin we’d like to mention that while this video covers some features of healthy relationships.

It’s normal that not everyone fulfils all these points it is also possible that there may be some methods out there that this video did not mention with that said psyched ago shares with you eight healthy habits of a relationship number one you show your affection are You show.

Your affection you able to be vulnerable with your partner closeness and Trust often go hand in hand hand-holding hugging cuddling and kissing are all engagements of physical contact that may help reassure each other of your love for each other it’s a silent and implicit way to let your partner know.

You’re there for them and that you love them You communicate number two you’re able to communicate with each other are you comfortable communicating with your partner holding judgment and keeping an open mind is important for you to engage in an honest conversation with them instead of letting your unresolved feelings fester up inside it’s important to cultivate a safe space where both of you are unafraid to speak up about problems in your relationship number three you emotionally bond with You.

Emotionally bond them are you able to laugh together or talk about your feelings with each other any strong relationship needs a solid foundation of emotional bonding whether it’s by laughing and being silly together or having deep discussions about life being able to be emotionally intimate with your partner is really important and a good sign of a healthy relationship number four You make up.

After arguments you make up after arguments are you stubborn at times and refused to make up after a fight you own up to your mistakes and go the extra mile to make things okay it’s important to learn how to make amends with your partner after an argument fighting is what produces distance and often leads to breakups so a strong relationship involves not holding grudges and a willingness to admit.

When you’re wrong number five you appreciate You appreciate each other each other do you tell your partner how special they are and how much they mean to you having mutual respect and appreciation is one of the keys to maintaining a healthy relationship it can be easy to take someone for granted and forget to show them.

How much you care so it’s important to be thankful and appreciate all the things you do for each other to maintain a healthy relationship number six you see a future You see a future together do you actually see a future with your partner knowing that you’ll always be together through thick and thin and maintaining that kind of faith is a big deal.

Life throws curveballs often when you least expect them so being able to count on your partner to be there by your side every step of the way is important for a strong relationship number seven you balance You balance housework do you do all the chores in the house whether it’s about doing chores or running errands balance is key in a relationship maybe you’re more experienced in cooking than your partner so maybe they could wash the dishes or vacuum the floor instead if housework or tasks that should be done by the both of you are always being completed by only you or your partner feelings of resentment may arise and cause problems in your relationship number eight you.

5. Resilience

there is no way that I can see that glow that a child has and not respect the immense amount of resiliency that is innate in children I really try to encourage amore to follow his dreams he talks often about wanting to be an engineer but there’s a lot of challenges in living in this community.

When there are shootings his heart is racing he’s very scared and he doesn’t want to leave my side I worry about my son’s physical and mental health from the environment that were in all the time.

It’s been about 25 years that I’ve worked in these communities trauma often remains invisible or unsayable but we know from science that it’s highly prevalent I see every day in clinic kids coming in for asthma obesity mental health behavioural issues and traditionally we’ve treated those symptoms we’ve refilled the medicines.

What we’ve learned is that the root cause of many of these diseases is actually what’s happening early on in the home of the child in the neighbourhood in the school it’s abuse its neglect its household dysfunction it’s experiencing violence and discrimination research has shown that stressful or traumatic experiences in childhoo.

Can lead to activation of a prolonged stress response the higher your adverse childhood experiences the worse your health understand this affects the way our brains function it affects the way our immune system functions it even affects the way our DNA is read and transcribed for a person who has four or more.

Adverse childhood experiences we are talking about double the risk of heart disease two and a half times the risk of stroke double the risk for cancer 11 times the risk of Alzheimer’s the question to ask is not what’s wrong with you.

It’s what’s happened to you there are millions of children affected nationwide by adverse childhood experience everybody needs to know about trauma just like you would about any kind of disease in my opinion trauma is the public health issue of our time.

When we know what’s going on we can use that science to interrupt the process it starts with early detection screening every kid and then using the best practices of what we currently have evidence for things like team-based care integrated primary care and behavioural health we have to shift the way that we practice medicine it’s really essential that we help families to understand the science of early.

Childhood adversity and how that lays out into families everyday activities relationships heal so the more that we can create healing and the lives of adults the more healing children will house since I’ve learned about adverse childhood experiences I’ve immersed myself in a different lifestyle now I share the things that I learned with other parents were determined to make a change we have an important opportunity to impact the health of our next generations children it will take individual family community science social workers together to be able to make this happen the big vision is that all children can thrive resiliency is everywhere we just have to tap into it.

6. Emotional Regulation

you know it’s a shame schools don’t teach us how to handle our emotions imagine if we learned how to manage stress or cope with sadness alongside Math and Science Life might be a lot smoother right but it’s never too late to learn mastering emotional regulation can transform our daily lives and relationships here are some simple yet powerful strategies for regulating your emotions let’s give ourselves the emotional education.

We never got number one recognize your emotions you’d be surprised how many people have no idea what they’re actually feeling some folks only know they feel good or bad but struggle to identify and label their emotions more specifically did you know we have over 27 distinct emotions being able to identify whether you’re feeling anxious excited frustrated or hopeful is.

The first step in reguli a in those emotions start by paying attention to your body’s signals and your thoughts keep an emotional journal or use an app to track your feelings throughout the day this awareness is key to understanding and eventually managing your emotional responses Embrace awareness healthy emotional regulation begins with self-awareness it.

Involves acknowledging and accepting one’s emotions without judgment now that we’ve identified and labelled what we’re feeling instead of suppressing and denying feelings or trying to get rid of them individuals recognize their emotional state and allow themselves to experience it fully research suggests that practicing mindfulness and meditation can enhance awareness of emotions.

Promote acceptance and reduce emotional reactivity take a moment to check in with yourself from time to time recognize and accept your emotions without judgment awareness is the first step towards healthy emotional regulation flip the script one powerful strategy for regulating emotions is cognitive reappraisal.

Which involves reframing the way we perceive a situation by consciously altering our interpretation of events we can change our emotional response for.

Example viewing a setback as an opportunity for growth rather than a failure this can mitigate feelings of disappointment and frustration Studies have shown that cognitive reappraisal can lead to decreased levels of Stress and Anxiety fostering greater emotional resilience reframe negative thoughts look at challenges as opportunities for growth.

Rather than obstacles changing your perspective can change your emotional response express yourself healthy emotional regulation involves finding constructive outlets for expressing emotions whether through ART writing or talking to a trusted friend expressing feelings can alleviate emotional distress and facilitate irate.

Processing bottling up emotions can have detrimental effects on Mental Health whereas expressive writing in particular has been linked to improvements in mood and well-being find healthy outlets for your emotions whether it’s journaling talking to a friend or engaging in creative activities expressing yourself.

Can help release pent up feelings and promote healing lean on others human connections play a crucial role in emotional regulation cultivating supportive relationships provides a buff against stress and enhances emotional resilience sharing experiences with empathetic individuals can offer perspective and validation helping to regulate emotions more effectively.

Studies have shown that strong social support networks are associated with lower rates of depression and anxiety don’t go It Alone seek support from friends family or a therapist sharing your feelings with others can provide comfort and perspective if you don’t have anyone around you or don’t feel comfortable sharing your emotions with someone look at those creative Outlets that allow you to express yourself journaling dancing or painting are great ways to express.

What you’re feeling some people might find online communities or forums helpful as they provide a sense of anomiid nourish your body physical well-being and emotional health are intertwined and adopting healthy lifestyle habits can bolster emotional regulation regular exercise adequate sleep and a balanced diet contribute to overall emotional resilience exercise in particular stimulates the release of endorphins neurotransmitters known as Feel good chemical.

Which can improve mood and reduce stress likewise prioritizing sleep and nutrition supports optimal brain function enabling better emotional regulation remember physical health and emotional well-being go hand inland prioritize exercise sleep and nutrition to support your body and mind stress less stress is an inevitable part of life but how we respond mentally or emotionally to it.

Determines its impact on our well-being feeding negative self talk or catastrophizing just causes more stress probably more than the actual stressful event effective stress management techniques such as deep breathing progressive muscle relaxation and mindfulness-based stress reduction can help regulate the body’s physiological response to stressors try activating your body’s relaxation response through relaxation techniques.

Like deep breathing or meditation to calm your mind and body in times of stress taking care of yourself helps you better handle life’s challenges seek help when needed despite One’s best efforts there may be times when managing emotions feels too overwhelming in such instances seeking support from a mental health professional can be invaluable therapists can provide personalized strategies and interventions to help individuals navigate complex emotions and develop healthy.

Coping mechanisms whether through cognitive behavioural therapy dialectical behavioural therapy or other modalities professional guidance can Empower individuals to enhance their emotional regulation skills there is no shame in asking for help if you’re struggling to manage your emotions consider reaching out to a professional who can provide guidance and support by incorporating these strategies into your daily life you can take control of your emotions and create a more joyful and fulfilling existence remember it’s okay to feel and it’s okay to seek help when you need it you deserve to live a life filled with peace happiness and emotional resilience.

7. Self-Esteem

Do you have low self-esteem your self-esteem is a culmination of your physical self-image accomplishments capabilities and perceived success in short it’s your opinion of yourself some of us are blessed to have an environment that.

Fosters High self-esteem others are not so fortunate but despite unfortunate circumstances or events you can cultivate High self-esteem think of the protagonist who had a difficult childhood or a rough start in life despite the trials they faced they were able to forge ahead hopefully these few tips can help you believe in yourself again number one stop comparing yourself to others sometimes comparisons can be helpful using them as a template for improvement can inspire you to make changes then again.

Sometimes they are a way for you to deconstruct yourself and discover all the things that you think are wrong with you according to an article in Psychology today written by a physician Dr Bailey we can remind ourselves that people’s outsides can’t be compared to our insides this is because people can curate their social media versions of their lives and they can do the same with their public lives you might have experienced being shocke.

When a couple appeared happy and solid in a relationship until one of them announced their breakup of course we wish others well but remember that you don’t actually know what goes on behind closed doors when their lives make you feel bad about your own number two overcome perfectionism I know I know you’re just trying to do your best and work hard to achieve your goals but how can we know if we’ve crossed the line have you been experiencing signs of procrastination restlessness being motivated by fear and especially.

Low self-esteem well these are signs of a perfectionist despite what social media tries to portray as a perfect life creating one for yourself can lead to maladaptive rumination and deterioration of Mental Health instead of achieving more you may undergo more setbacks than you desire according to Oregon counselling we can take steps to overcome perfectionism through tendency awareness allowing room for mistakes focusing on meaning over perfectionism and setting reasonable goals for ourselves number three figure out.

What you’re good at and develop it how do your abilities and self-esteem go hand in hand well your sense of purpose will increase when that happens your self-esteem grows when you demonstrate to yourself your ability and competencies when you gain deeper fulfilment and Inspire others around you can improve your self-esteem so how do you identify your abilities try listing down.

What you love doing in your previous accomplishments it can be daily blogging baking cooking or even science experiments that you did at a science fair diving into activities that allow you to show off or discover your talents is a start to figuring out your strengths which bring you confidence and purpose in life so tell us what do you enjoy doing the most in your life come on don’t be shy let’s hear it out in the comments and number four focus on.

What you can change and the things that are in your control dwelling on your worries can be a potent poison that whittles down your resolve it can trap you in an illusion that makes you believe that progress or anything remotely positive is impossible instead of focusing on these negative thoughts try focusing on what you can change one way to overcome this is to label your thoughts as productive worry and unproductive worry to see things from a clearer perspective.

When you know the difference between productive and unproductive worrying you can start to manage your worries which eventually helps you feel more confident in yourself your choices and your abilities so what’s the difference you may ask well to keep it simple unproductive worry imagines all sorts of unlikely outcomes and focuses on the what-ifs and worst case scenarios without any Clear Solutions while productive worry helps you solve a problem or resolve a situation and explores appropriate.

Ways of finding solutions to problems do you think you’ll try some of these tips remember baby steps are the way to go it may seem scary to start but just remember to be kind to yourself and let yourself make mistakes along the way self-esteem is necessary to move forward in life the moment you stop believing in yourself you abandon hope of success so please do not give up on yourself if you struggle with your self-esteem we encourage you to seek professional help it’s a big deal and you deserve to believe in yourself.

8. Social Well-being

Relationships we love them we hate them we’re challenged by them social wellbeing is defined as the ability to interact in a healthy way with those around us this involves having support of friends and family the ability to develop deep connections and communicate in healthy.

Ways this might surprise you but social well-being has nothing to do with whether we are extroverted introverted or fall somewhere in between we all need healthy interaction in order to live our best lives in fact people who have healthy relationships in a strong social network tend to respond better distress and even tend to live longer.

Surrounding ourselves with healthy relationships leads to a stronger immune system happier indoctrinates a bit of intentional work as well it requires developing deep connections having support of friends and family and the ability to communicate in healthy ways when these three components are in place healthy relationships flourish healthy relationships exist.

When there is honesty mutual respect and problem solving with room for self-confidence and good communication with the ability to control anger and fight fair avoid insults and take breaks if the discussion gets heated unfortunately not all relationships are healthy now we’re not talking about a few.

Growing Pains here and there as toddlers teens and even young adults seek their independence we are talking about sustained unhealthy behaviour and relationships over time because these relationships impact Health the heart indicine system and immune system to name a few negatively so what does an unhealthy relationship look like if there is control hostility dishonesty disrespect intimidation any type of emotional physical or sexual violence in a relationship it is not healthy unhealthy relationships.

Can include a partner trying to isolate you from your social support system family friends counsellors Etc further isolation is associated with health risks similar to tobacco use high blood pressure and obesity unhealthy relationships negatively impact your social well-being here are some ways to strengthen healthy relationships and draw boundaries with unhealthy relationships focus on being your best you whether through counselling honest conversations with those you trust or simply self-care there are many ways to continually grow as a person be purposeful with your trusted social network reach out to them regularly.

9. Cognitive Functioning

cognitive functions are the skills we utilize to carry out any task we use them every day to mentally interpret and understand the world around us using cognitive functions allows us to choose receive store and process information so that we can analyse the situation and make good decisions about.

How to appropriately act and respond let’s think about a classroom setting where we use our eyes to see the board ears to hear what the teacher is asking and sense of touch to feel the pencil desk and chair but in this environment we rely on our brain to interpret analyse and respond to the information that is coming in through our senses.

Cognitive functions can generally be categorized into attention orientation memory executive functions language social cognition and visual spatial skills these systems are interconnected and they are working simultaneously to allow us to perform everything from the very simple tasks such as reaching to turn off your alarm in the morning to increasingly complex skills like working within a group setting to solve a new problem and meet a deadline depending on the task in the environment.

Different functions and areas of the brain will be activated using millions of neural connections and pathways to allow for seamless perception and decision making our brain relies on cognitive functions in order to be effective in our school occupations and hobbies but there are different factors that can influence how well we can use them injury disease diet and many lifestyle factors can impair the strength and performance of our cognitive functions with that said there are very different strategies that we can use to improve them.