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Mental Health Awareness
May 2019
What's Going on This Month
May is National Walking Month
To find out more about how walking can improve your mental health wellbeing go to: .uk/
13th ? 19th May Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental health awareness week, championed by the Mental Health Foundation, to find out more go to: .uk
31st May World `No Tobacco' Day
Smoking is not only influenced by social factors but also by psychological causes. Find out smoking could be causing you more stress: .uk/a-to-z/s/ smoking-and-mental-health
Feel Good About Who You Are
Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week will take place from Monday 13th to Sunday 19th May 2019. The theme this year is; Body Image - how we think and feel about our bodies.
Since the first Mental Health Awareness Week in 2001, topics like stress, relationships, loneliness, altruism, sleep, alcohol and friendship have all been championed. This month we are championing the subject of low selfesteem. We will be talking about walking and how it benefits our mental health and wellbeing.
Josephine Bey
Clinical Director ? Wellbeing Solutions Management
Self-esteem
Despite how the world is presented to us, confident and successful people are not the norm. Carefully curated social media posts, soundbites and sophisticated media training give the impression that most people don't second guess themselves for a minute! However this veneer doesn't show the thoughts and feelings that are inside all of us and can sometimes lower our self-esteem.
Self-esteem affects how we:
Like and value ourselves as a person.
Make decisions and move past mistakes without unfairly blaming ourselves
Recognise our strengths and positives
Believe we deserve happiness
There are many causes of low selfesteem, some of which come from our home or work life but issues such as bullying, relationship problems and worries about our appearance can also affect us - it's important to remember that you have the right to feel good about who you are and that you matter.
Mental Health Awareness @ work
Mental Health is still a taboo subject but it is becoming a more approachable topic, especially in the workplace. 1 in 4 people suffer from mental health related problems whilst at work and here are some top tips for staying well at work:
Take your lunch break. Make the most of the sunny days and have a picnic or go for a walk!
Set clear boundaries between home and work. Give yourself time to unwind try listening to music or read a book, instead of taking work calls
Write a to-do list before you leave work so that your mind is clear and you have a good night sleep.
Mental Health Awareness
Walking More Will Improve Your Mental Health & Wellbeing
Being active is usually seen as I have to as opposed to wanting to do it and looking forward to it. People feel like they have to exercise for their physical fitness but the real challenge is to realise when your mental health is being compromised because of lack of exercise in our busy lifestyles. Exercise doesn't have to include 2 hours in the gym or preparing for a marathon; it can be as simple as going for walk and even more so if you register for a group walk as you will get the social benefits too.
Self-esteem
Reduces risk of illness later in life
Helps with stress
Benefits of
Walking
Sleep better Reduces anxiety
Releases happy hormones
Find your local `Walking for Health Scheme' by going to .uk/walkfinder
No tobacco is not just for `Stoptober'
Smoking is closely linked with heart and lung problems but what we should also be talking about is how smoking is linked to Mental Health and how this can affect us and our family.
? Smoking does not help with
Stress
? Research has shown smoking can
increase anxiety and tension
? People with depression smoke
more and find it more challenging to quit, making the relationship more complex than with any other Mental Health condition.
There is a common myth that smoking helps people relax and feel less anxious. The long term effects smoking has on the brain outweighs any of the perceived `positives'.
Mental Health and Wellbeing Services
Medigold Health delivers a comprehensive range of mental health and wellbeing services to support both individuals and their employers.
Our wellbeing services include:
24/7 Counselling & advice helplines (EAPs) Managed counselling for return-to-work Critical incident and post-trauma support Psychological assessment and clinical reports Stress management and resilience training
Medigold combines mental health services with a full package of occupational health, absence management and wellbeing solutions for employers. We keep people in work, safe and well.
Legal Health Money
Emotions
Work
Family
Older People
Relationships
Addictions
Medigold Health is a leading supplier of corporate wellness and occupational health solutions, offering a comprehensive services portfolio, keeping people in work, safe and well. medigold-
Wellbeing Solutions Management (WSM), is Medigold's psychological services partner. WSM provides: Employee assistance programmes, critical incident support, mediation, and HR-led counselling referrals. wsm-wellbeing.co.uk
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