Think of your body as the vehicle to your dreams. Honour it. Respect it. Fuel it. Create a list of all the things your body lets you do. Read it and add to it often. Become aware of what your body can do each...
What came first; the chicken or the egg? Well, the same question could be asked about eating disorders and body image! Eating disorders are perceived to be all about vanity and how you look but in reality its just so much more than that. So...
At Be Empowered, we are thrilled to let you know that we are expanding our team of trainers! Be Empowered provide a variety of training courses in mental health first aid and awareness all over the UK. Training courses include all Adult MHFA England accredited...
So many changes! Pregnancy causes many changes in your body. Some of these changes can be difficult to deal with or feel very uncomfortable. Also, after giving birth, your body may take a while to get back to the way it was before, or it may...
Body image and children Body image is how a child feels about and sees their body. It can relate to body size or shape, skin colour, appearance, facial features or physical disabilities/differences. A positive body image supports physical and mental health. It can boost confidence and help...
It's Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 for which the theme is ...
What is body image? Body image includes many different factors such as how you feel when you think/see about your own body, how you might feel in your body and what you might believe about your own appearance. Across all demographics such as age, gender, culture, many...
What is it? Since 2001 the Mental Health Foundation have run an awareness week every May to highlight a specific theme for mental health. The theme of Mental Health Awareness Week 2019 is body image which will run from Monday 13th May to Sunday 19th May...
Mental health problems cost the UK economy between £70 billion and £100 billion annually and account for around 15.8 million working days being lost per year. For employers, the consequences of poor mental health among the workforce can include increased staff turnover, burnout, exhaustion and...
The 10th and final key = MEANING! In the final part of our series 10 Keys for Happier Living we explore meaning and what it really means for us to have purpose. What makes us happy and how can we be happier? Action for Happiness claim: 'The meaning...
Acceptance - Be comfortable with who you are. "Learning to accept ourselves, warts and all, and being kinder to ourselves when things go wrong, increases our enjoyment of life, our resilience and our well-being. It also helps us accept others as they are." Action for Happiness In our...
Positive emotions - like joy, gratitude, contentment, inspiration, and pride - are not just great at the time. Recent research shows that regularly experiencing them creates an 'upward spiral', helping to build our resources. Action for Happiness claim: "Although we need to be realistic about life's ups...
We all experience stress, failure, trauma, and loss in our lives. It‘s how we respond to these experiences that can impact on our happiness. Action for Happiness claim: 'We often cannot choose what happens to us, but in principle we can choose our own attitude to what...
Feeling good about our future is important for our happiness. Action for Happiness claim: 'It helps to know what you’re looking forward to' Today's blog is all about helping you gain a sense of direction in life. We all need a sense of direction and our dreams and goals...
Action for Happiness claim that you will feel happier if you: 'Find time to lose yourself in what you love’ Today's blog is all about learning new things! You might think learning is something we do as part of our job, or to gain formal qualifications or...