Mental/Emotional Health
Mental/Emotional Health Target: I will be able to explain the key components of mental-emotional health. Mental/Emotional Health: The condition of a person’s mind and the ways they express feelings. Pg. 19
4 Components of Mental-Emotional Health: 1. Learning- Increasing your knowledge will increase your coping skills, self-confidence, awareness, and self-perception.
2. Self-Intuition- Being attentive to your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, whether positive or negative.
3. Spiritual Health: Being able to cope with stressors in life and finding meaning and purpose in the things that we value.
4. Stress Management: Appropriately dealing with the ways our bodies and minds cope with life changes. Tips for Dealing with Stress: 1. Get some sleep 2. Focus on your strengths 3. Get physically active 4. Do things that make you happy
5. Talk to someone 6. Meditation- thinking deeply or focusing one's mind for a period of time as a method of relaxation. Summary:
Meditation Reflection Mediation Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX9iZWtCwQo&feature=youtu.be Reflection Questions: (answer the questions in thoughtful detail- short answers not accepted) 1. What were your initial thoughts on trying meditation? Have you tried it before? Were you excited, nervous, worried, etc.? 2. How did it feel to meditate? What did you like about it? What did you dislike about it? 3. At what part of the meditation did you feel the most relaxed? What do you remember about this point in the guided meditation? 4. Would you ever do this again? Explain why or why not. *USE GOOD GRAMMAR! Pg. 18