Oct 12 2011
Celebrate your strengths in mental health week
For mental health week I think it is essential to celebrate our uniqueness. I am convinced that honouring our uniqueness in the key to a thriving life. At conception, we won the race from 500 million other sperm. It was the ultimate survival of the fittest. The more we strive to understand the unique elements of our DNA: our strengths, values and passions, and live them, the more effortless our lives become. There is an Indian proverb that says:
Relaxation is who I am; tension is who I think I should be
If we have a predisposition to depression, bipolar, or anxiety it should not define who we are. Sure we have to learn to manage it and be aware of our early warning signs, but there is no reason why that should define us or limit our contribution. Our strengths if developed and celebrated will always outweigh any weakness.
Discover and celebrate your strengths
If you haven’t discovered your top 5 strengths out of a possible 24 strengths, I can’t think of a better time to do it than for Mental Health Week. Martin Seligman and positive psychology movement have made a free assessment available to discover you strengths. They have shown that those people that use and constantly develop their strengths will have a much more fulfilling life than those who don’t. Discover yours now.
Brisbane seminar this Saturday - 7 essential strategies to beat depression for good
I have been often asked when I am presenting interstate. I do travel a lot but unfortunately it is usually for private conferences – not open to the public.
This Saturday October 15 from 2-5pm I will be presenting at the Relaxation Centre in Brisbane. For more information and to register.
In an endeavour to share what I have learnt for those who aren’t able to attend my seminars I have created the following:
BACK FROM THE BRINK Facebook Page
The BACK FROM THE BRINK Facebook Page allows me to share my thoughts on how to bounce back from depression and adversity to live a meaningful life. I have shared over 40 free downloadable resources under these categories:
· Anxiety
· Bipolar
· Carers
· Clinician Resources
· Diagnosis
· Facts
· Lifestyle treatments
· Old people
· Medical Treatments
· Wellbeing
Click the link. Click “LIKE”. Click “Free Stuff”
Let me know if you have any questions/comments/suggestions.
Strive2Thrive YouTube Channel
I have also created this channel to share some insights. Some of the videos on there include:
· Finding a GP that can help with depression
· What if you partner has depression
· Rituals for behaviour change
· Guiding principles to build resilience
· Depression treatments that really, REALLY work
Click here to check them out and subscribe to be advised of new additions. If you have a question you would like me to cover, please let me know.
RUOK?Day 2011
As a Director of RUOK?Day I was delighted with the coverage and impact we achieved this year. I will share more details of this in my next post, but we were delighted to learn that awareness of the day increased from 28% in 2010 to 68% this year. Over 2500 organisations participated in the RUOK?atWork program this year compared to 700 in 2010. More information soon.
Kind Regards
Graeme
Graeme I was wondering if there needs to be an additional followup statement added after the question RUOK? If someone is not OK it is important that there be some form of action taken. Do you think that the person asking the RUOK statement has some responsiblity to assist a ‘not OK’ person to follow through? I think that there are many people who do not know how to do this.
if i feel that the pyschologist who i seek ,doesn’t help me , shall i seek for other that suit me.?
si it true when you are depression or anxious, you lost interest of most thing and just don’t feel like to do anything?
what is the best way to find a reliable pyschologist or pychiatrist?