SIX TIP FOR STAYING MENTALLY WELL
- Adequate Diet
- Adequate rest
- Exercise to smell the roses!
- Reduce your baseline level of stress.
- Family, whanau and friends.
- A sense of something greater than self.
SIX TIPS FOR STAYING PHYSICALLY WELL
- Eat good food to match energy used.
- Drink enough water, especially when working outdoors
- Allow time to sleep – time before midnight is worth double.
- Be sunsmart with protection from UV when outdoors.
- Stay active to allow joints and muscles to keep moving well
- All men over 40 should have an annual Well Mans Check with their doctor. So much can be treated if found early.
ten TIPS TO HELP YOU COPE IN TIMES OF CRISIS
- Talk it out – a problem shared is a problem halved. Talk to a friend, family member, your minister or a counsellor.
- Write it down – get your most intimate feelings off your chest.
- Get physical – spring clean, go for a walk, hit or kick a ball.
- Blow it away – take a big breath in. As you exhale, relax and imagine your worries flowing away with your breath.
- Surprise yourself – be creative and do the opposite of what you’d normally do.
- Get on with it – allow yourself only 30 minutes a day to worry.
- Get it in perspective – how much will the issue matter in six months time? How about two years time, or a decade from now?
- See the positive – What good consequences could come from it?
- Think it through – make a list of possible actions. Make a decision and act on it.
- Make an escape – get away for a few hours or days.
Free extra!: See the funny side – never take yourself or life too seriously.
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