Our Health Event Summary

Healthy Lives

• Physical health
• Emotional health
• Mental health

Physical

• Heart
• Circulation including brain
• Lungs
• Gut /GI
• Skin
• Waterworks – both men and women
• Joints

Everything in moderation

• Good basic principle

Exercise – 20 minutes 3 times per week

Diet – 3 meals with balance of food types

Alcohol ( if at all) – no more than 14 units/week. Best avoid spirits

Sun care – SPF 50 and don’t forget the ears and nose!

Sleep/rest – varies but there is a minimum requirement.

Get the checks

• Aged 50 or over – BP, weight, urine, cholesterol, annually, and over 60 add Q fit.
• Men – prostate tests and self-checks
• Women – smears and self-checks

Emotional Health 

• Important to recognise and affirm our emotions
• Important not to (completely)suppress our emotions

Sharing is ( self-) caring. Speak to someone

Emotional tanks

• Love and belonging. Significance. Freedom and Fun
• Keep your tanks full

How to fill an empty tank

• Know when to quit the day….
• Live in “day-tight compartments.”
• Phone a friend.
• Keep the routines but kill the to-do list.
• Remember to laugh.

Mental Health

• We live in a time of great progress, but it comes at a price.
• Never has there been so much constant stress our lives.
• Work, family, bills, wars, global warming.

How do I know if I am stressed?

Feel agitated, irritable, heart racing, sweating, breathing too fast, chest tight, stomach churning, possibly needing to run to the loo more often…..both ways!

Adrenaline causes this. Adrenaline has a good function.

How can you counteract Adrenaline?

Breathe

Relax muscles groups

Bath

Summary

• It’s in your hands ( generally).
• Balance is key.
• Be proactive and not passive.
• Little effort can benefit lots.
• Aim for body mind and spirit in harmony.