Proper/ Good Night’s sleep - A good
night’s sleep is incredibly important
for your health.
Poor Sleep Can Make You Fat - Short
sleep duration is associated with a
drastically increased risk of weight
gain and obesity, in both children and
adults.
Good Sleepers Tend to Eat Fewer
Calories – Poor sleep affects hormones
that regulate appetite.
Good Sleep Can Improve
Concentration and Productivity -
Good can maximize problem-solving
skills and enhance memory.
Good Sleep Can Maximize Athletic
Performance - Longer sleep has been
shown to improve many aspects of
athletic and physical performance.
Poor Sleepers Have a Greater Risk of
Heart Disease and Stroke - Sleeping
less than 7- 8 hours per night is linked
to an increased risk of heart disease
and stroke.
Sleep Affects Glucose Metabolism
and Type 2 Diabetes Risk - Sleep
deprivation can cause prediabetes in
healthy adults in as little as six days.
Poor Sleep is Linked to Depression -
Poor sleeping patterns are strongly
linked to depression particularly for
those with a sleeping disorder
Sleep Improves Your Immune
Function - Even a small loss of sleep
has been shown to impair immune
function.
Poor Sleep is linked to Increased
Inflammation - Sleep affects your
body’s inflammatory responses.
Sleep Affects Emotion and Social
Interactions - Sleep deprivation may
reduce your social skills and ability to
recognize people’s emotional
expressions.
Good Nutrition – It is important part
of leading a healthy lifestyle.
Exercise is defined as any movement
that makes your muscles work and
requires your body to burn calories
Moderate exercise can provide
antioxidant protection and promote
blood flow, which can protect your
skin and delay signs of aging
Regular exercise improves blood flow
to the brain and helps brain health and
memory. Among older adults, it can
help protect mental function.
Exercise has favorable effects on the
pain that’s associated with various
conditions. It can also increase pain
tolerance.
Frederickson (2009) identifies the ten
most common positive emotions.
Joy – is a common tem that is used to
describe the spectrum of happiness.
From gentle comfort to ecstatic bliss.
Gratitude – is one of the strongest
correlates with happiness
Serenity – is the calm of being content
with what you have.
Interest – we have interest in those
things that will help us to meet needs
and achieve our goals.
Hope - is anticipatory happiness. It is
the pleasure of an assumed future
where good things happen and you
will experience joy or other positive
emotions
Pride – can have both negative and
positive. A prideful person is arrogant
and concerned with their status over
others.
Amusement – happens when we find
something funny, from jokes to the
incongruous nature of the world
around us.
Inspiration – is what we feel when we
see consummate skill or hear a great
speech, and are inspired to do
something as a result of this.
Awe – is the feeling you get when you
see a wonderful sunset or landscape it
is what you feel when you experience
great art and marvel at the skill of the
artist
Love - is a hugely powerful emotion
which we first experience as an infant
from our parents or careers.
When we become engaged in an
activity, time seems to fly by I what is
called “flow”, this is one reason we
have hobbies into which we can throw
ourselves in to.
Stress – has been part of our daily life.
It is very indispensable in our society.
Stress is a biological and psychological
response experienced on
encountering a threat that we feel we
do not have the resources to deal
with.
Stress is a state of disharmony or a
threat to homeostasis.
Stressor is the stimulus (or threat) that
causes stress, e.g. exam, divorce,
death of loved one, moving house, loss
of job.
Chronic stress is an ongoing exposure
to stress, may seem unrelenting.
Coping – is the ability to maintain
control, think rationally and problem
solving.
Resilience – resistant quality that
permits a person to recovery quickly
and thrive in spite of adversity.
Eustress – manageable stress can lead
to growth and enhanced competence.
Distress – uncontrollable, prolonged, Emotional self – care – allows yourself
or overwhelming stress is destructive. to safely experience your full range of
Acute stress – immediate response to emotions
a threat or challenge Spiritual self – care – this involves
External causes – family, work, having a sense of perspective beyond
economics, work, school, major life the day – to – day of life.
changes, unforeseen events, etc. Relationship self – care – this is about
Internal causes – worry, uncertainty, maintaining healthy, supportive
fear, attitudes, unrealistic relationships and ensuring you have
expectations, etc. diversity in your relationships so that
A self – care plan can help you you are not only connected to work
enhance your health and wellbeing, people.
manage your stress, and maintain
professionalism as a worker with
young people.
Self – care is a personal matter. It
relates to what you do at work and
outside of work to look after your
holistic wellbeing.
Workplace or professional self – care
– this involves activities that help you
to work consistently at the
professional level expected of you.
Physical self – care – activities that
help you to stay fit and healthy, and
with enough to get through your work
and personal commitments.
Psychological self- care – activities
that help you feel clearheaded and
able to intellectually engage with the
professional challenges that is found in
your work and personal life.