minding your mind. building your bwell psychoeducational skills sleep well eat well stay away from...
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Minding your Mind
Building your bWell Psychoeducational skills
• Sleep Well• Eat well• Stay away from mind altering substances• Talk with your family • Connect with your friends• Exercise• Learn how to be optimistic• Stop self-analysing• Change negative thoughts• Learn what makes you happy and do it
Sleep Well
• Turn off your mobile phones• No facebook, computer, Wii, 1 hr before bed• Tune out - relax down before bed
Eat Well
Eat 3 meals & 3 snacks per day
Mind your Mental health
Mind altering substances have a major negative and sometimes irreversible impact on the teenage brain
Family•Talk with your family
•They are there to help and support you
•Share your worries & concerns
Connect with your Friends
Go outside – Breathe!
Cardio – Get your heart pumping 3 times a week
A 20 minute daily walk will change your state
Cultivate optimism in your life
Stop self-analysing
Be aware of how you think• It is your mind, look after yourself• Practice mindfulness, being aware in the
present moment• Change negative thoughts, state how you
want to feel in the positive• Be responsible for your feelings• Recognize what you can change• Use your strengths every day• To find out your VIA Signature strengths• http://
www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/questionnaires.aspx
www.bwell.ie