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Mind-Body Connection for Well-Being
- 1. Promoting a Holistic Approach to Your Health Connecting Physical, Mental & Emotional Wellbeing Connecting Physical, Mental & Emotional Wellbeing
- 2. Objectives • Physical, Mental and Emotional Health • Physical Consequences of Thought • Barriers to Healthy Behaviors • Balance for Wellbeing • How to Implement
- 3. Physical & Emotional Health • Physical Fitness - good health and strength achieved through exercise • Health – sound in body, mind, or spirit • Mental Health – • sound mentally and emotionally by the absence of mental illness • adequate adjustment especially as reflected in feeling comfortable about oneself, positive feelings about others, and the ability to meet the demands of daily life
- 4. Good Emotional Health Awareness of own thoughts feelings and behaviors. Awareness of OTHERS thoughts feelings and behaviors. Leads to better understanding, social relationships, control of destiny and quality of life.
- 5. Physical Consequences of Thought: Mind-Body Connection for Well-being • Positive mental health allows people to: • realize their full potential • cope with the stresses of life • work productively • make meaningful contributions to their communities • Studies show mental health affects physical health: • Emotional distress creates susceptibility to physical illness • Stress increases susceptibility to viral infection and creates susceptibility to cardiovascular disease • Emotional distress can affect the immune system response • A healthy mental state can lower blood pressure, risk of heart disease and weight • Thoughts and visualization MIND BODY
- 6. Mind-Body Connection for Well-being Neural Signatures of Emotional Pain and Physical Pain • Same areas of brain are activated • Back pain • Headache • Stiff neck/ muscle soreness • Social rejection from peers • Recent relationship breakup
- 7. Depression and Physical Health • Too little or too much sleep • Unintended weight loss or gain • Upset stomach • Chronic pain • Trouble concentrating • Unexplained aches/pains • Inflammation • High blood pressure • Heart disease • Diabetes
- 8. Emotional, Social, Intellectual, and Spiritual Barriers to Healthy Behaviors Emotional Barriers • Not addressing root cause • Lack of compliance with medication • Lack of behavior and lifestyle change • Adversely affect treatment of chronic conditions. [HRQL) Health- Related Quality of Life Study] When a person is desperately fighting to meet perceived emotional deficiency, they do not have the drive to focus on higher-level needs such as appearance or health considerations.
- 9. Coping Strategies To Ease Emotional Pain
- 10. Emotional, Social, Intellectual, and Spiritual Barriers to Healthy Behaviors • Social Barriers • Lack of access to adequate housing, transportation, nutritious affordable food, to primary care doctor • Social Determinants of Health (SODH) • Marital problems, relationships, children, aging parents, boss / coworker -Demanding child or spouse…Not able to put self first- time for exercise…Learning to say no…
- 11. Emotional, Social, Intellectual, and Spiritual Barriers to Healthy Behaviors • Intellectual • Lack of knowledge and information • Misinformation • Spiritual • Lack of purpose or meaning • Something bigger than yourself
- 12. BALANCE FOR WELLBEING How can we practice mental and emotional balance?
- 13. Managing Feelings • Depression • Anxiety • Anger • Frustration • Confusion • Helplessness • Demoralized • Lack of purpose Appropriate Behaviors Exercise Eating Well Regular Physicals Financial Decisions Taking Prescribed Medications Good Sleep Open Communication Inappropriate Behaviors Smoking Eating fatty food Excessive drinking Excessive sleep Dangerous behaviors Reckless driving Arguing
- 14. Healthy Ways to Manage Feelings • Resiliency • Stress management • Deep breathing • Setting time aside for enjoyment/hobbies
- 15. People with Good Emotional Health • Aware of their emotions and reactions • Express feelings in appropriate ways • Think before they act/ react • Manage stress • Strive for work/life balance • Connect with others • Find purpose and meaning • Stay positive
- 16. Good Social Wellness • Share your feelings honestly • Ask for what you need from others • Listen to others without blame or judgement • Avoid being overly critical • Expect others to treat you with respect and honesty • Compromise. • Set boundaries with others.
- 17. Improving Emotional Health • Life balance support. Practicing gratitude, journaling, making time for things you enjoy (hobbies, etc.) • Developing resilience. Strengthening Social Support, Accepting change, Keeping things in perspective. • Practicing relaxation methods. Music, meditation, deep breathing
- 18. Guidance to Integrate, Design and Implement Programs What can an employer do to promote positive mental health?
- 19. Organizational Structure • Understanding your organization • Physical locations • Survey for interest or needs • Review the data • Clearly defined roles and responsibilities • Decrease confusion and improve relationships • Reasonable work policies • Reduce stress • Breaks • Empowerment • Give purpose and control of decision making
- 20. Appropriate Employer Resources • Benefit plan options • Telemedicine ‘Teledoc’ • Mental health resources • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Counseling and family support • Regular communications and directions to access • Communication strategy • Cross-communicate • Training Programs • Train supervisors on benefit plan and resources • Mental Health First Aid
- 21. Decrease Stigma/Culture • Mental health first aid course • Behavioral health challenges • Activities/ Events • Coloring book • Mindfulness Matters Day
- 22. Tools/Programs • Marketing/ Education Campaign • Regular communications • Challenges with health tips and practicing healthy coping skills.
- 23. Well-Being Concepts Financial| Medical |Life Decisions shape our destiny. Daily decisions lead us down different paths and determine the life we lead. Self-Care | Health Conditions| Balance Dealing with stress, medical self-care, mindfulness, work-life balance. Healthy Eating Foods that feed our body and mind. Movement Motivating ideas to incorporate physical activity into daily life.
- 24. Shaping Mindset Through Repeat Messaging Your beliefs become your thoughts, your thoughts become your words, your words become your actions, your actions become your habits, your habits become your values, your values become your destiny.” Gandhi
- 26. Love Your Job? • Loving or hating a job can cause more or less stress in life. • Less than one-third of Americans are happy with their work. • Happiest employees have interpersonal relations, commitment to the organization and a sense of meaning/purpose among parts of their job with they are most satisfied. • http://www.apaexcellence.org/view- email/LoveJob.html
- 27. SUMMARY • Physical and Emotional Well- Being are interconnected. • How we think impacts the outcomes of situations including health. • Focus on improving emotional health will effect physical health and overall well-being. • There are strategies/tools to put in place at your workplaces today.
- 28. Contact Us INSPIRED PERSPECTIVES Amy Cohen 904-641-1208 www.InspiringPerspectives.com acohen@InspiringPerspectives.com
- 29. Resources to Use • https://www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org/ • https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/priorities/prevention/strategy/mental-and-emotional-well-being.html • https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/ • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/body-sense/201204/emotional-and-physical-pain-activate-similar-brain- regions • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1114432/ • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664730/ • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK384914/ • https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6203507/New-York-state-launch-mandatory-mental-health-classes.html • https://familydoctor.org/mental-health-keeping-your-emotional-health/ • https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/strategy/primary-care-physicians-link-social-barriers-poor-health • https://www.thebestbrainpossible.com/how-your-thoughts-change-your-brain-cells-and-genes/ • https://medium.com/benefit-mindset/the-nature-of-mindsets-18afba2ac890 • http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/workplace-wellness • https://www.apaexcellence.org/special-projects/ilovemyjob
Editor's Notes
- ?I’m not seeing: and “evaluate ways to over come those obstacles for supported behavior change.” ?
- Physical: typically the obvious topic when talking about health and wellness. It’s the biological perspective: exercise and nutrition Important but not the only perspective to health and total well-being Health - Focuses on the whole self Mental Health Being sound mentally and emotionally - Does not mean “clinically” diagnosed to have mental health issues. This can be things like depression, anxiety, or situational. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary
- Awareness of OWN: If I know that when I’m feeling frustrated or angry, that I need to take 10 minutes to calm down before sending an email because I don’t want my attitude at the moment to influence…. Awareness of OTHERS: Flip example
- Mental and emotional well-being is essential to overall health. First bullet: “identify how people with good emotional health are aware of their thoughts feelings and behaviors” Second bullet: Example: going through stress and depression after parent passing and getting migraines, IBS and rashes. Awareness of this connection and considering other life situations and how it could be impacting physical. Example: visualization training in sports http://www.sportpsychologytoday.com/sport-psychology-for-coaches/the-power-of-visualization/ https://www.surgeongeneral.gov/priorities/prevention/strategy/mental-emotional-well-being.pdf https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1114432/
- When people feel emotional pain, the same areas of the brain get activated as when people feel physical pain. Example: Physical pain can also cause emotional pain, and taking a pill can numb the pain from both https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/body-sense/201204/emotional-and-physical-pain-activate-similar-brain-regions
- Trouble sleeping can leave them feeling exhausted, making it difficult to manage both physical and mental health. Sleeo problems correlate with high blood pressure, diabetes, weigh related issues and some types of cancer. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322395.php
- Emotional barriers to compliance/following dr.s orders. According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, when a person is desperately fighting to meet perceived emotional deficiency, they do not have the drive to focus on higher-level needs such as appearance or health considerations https://www.rn.com/Pages/ResourceDetails.aspx?id=3766 Example: person who struggles with their weight and is an emotional eater. Using food as a way to soothe pain and manage stress. Emotional eaters likely began very early in life, making the addiction more primal with buried childhood pain, loneliness, anxiety caused by lack of emotional responses to adult responsibilities. Evaluate ways to overcome obstacles for supported behavior change… Health Related Quality of Life Study with Sickle Cell Patients. 77 adults, measured emotional distress, developed https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/4d5c/fcef2bf8768e0ac4e0f62dcb6e01c72188ff.pdf
- Awareness to the connection to our emotional well-being so we choose the right outlets Knowledge to resources to choose the right outlets
- SDOH = “Conditions in the places where people live, learn, work, and play affect a wide range of health risks and outcomes.” Example: not having adequate resources like a safe environment = can’t do healthy outdoor activities. Example: example employee who’s mother moved in to her home and changed the lifestyle, finding balance with the new adjustment Physician Survey https://www.healthleadersmedia.com/strategy/primary-care-physicians-link-social-barriers-poor-health Multi-problem households https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5664730/ https://www.cdc.gov/socialdeterminants/
- Employees not understanding their tools or resources Wrong information – from others and online Self-care Life it more than just me
- Negative feelings are normal, It’s NOT about being POSITIVE ALL THE TIME> Feelings aren’t bad, it’s how they are expressed and how we address them in appropriate ways.
- Notice what in life makes them sad, frustrated or angry and tries to address those things. Let people close know when something is bothering them. Keeping feelings of sadness or anger inside adds to stress. Give themselves time to think, and be calm before doing or saying something they might regret. Try to change situations that cause stress or learn relaxation techniques such as breathing meditation / exercise. Make time for things they enjoy..hobbies. Positive connections with other people. Figure out what is important to them and focus on that. Focus on the good in live, Being grateful and forgive self and others for making mistakes.
- Understanding your populations
- Train supervisors Communications for them to share with their employees regularly Cultural moment at beginning of team meetings
- Communication many times many ways
- Communication many times many ways
- Topics that encompass all aspects of wellbeing for communications, programs and holistic health.
- Topics that encompass all aspects of wellbeing for communications, programs and holistic health.
- Topics that encompass all aspects of wellbeing for communications, programs and holistic health.
- NOT SURE IF THIS IS RELEVANT? MAYBE DELETE? ‘I Love My Job’ Campaign https://www.apaexcellence.org/sp Each February, we celebrate people who love their jobs and the awesome places they work. Make a fun video or tell us in writing. If your video or written submission is selected as one of our favorites, we’ll:•Showcase your submission on our social media and website•Send you a specially designed recognition badge to share on your own social media or your organization’s website•Deliver delicious goodies and "I love my job" stickers to your office to share with your colleaguesShow the rest of the working world why you love your job! Tell us in writing. Or even better...make a video! Submissions are being accepted from now through the end of February.Our “I love my job” celebration runs throughout February and we select favorites every week. Jump on it and shine the light on your job and your organization.ecial-projects/ilovemyjob