Wellbeing
Feelings of wellbeing are fundamental to the overall health of an individual, enabling them to successfully overcome difficulties and achieve what they want out of life.
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Wellbeing
Feelings of wellbeing are fundamental to the overall health of an individual, enabling them to successfully overcome difficulties and achieve what they want out of life.
The mental health and wellbeing of our learners and staff are really important to us. As we start to adapt and return to office settings we are all dealing with the challenges of the 'new normal'.
It's useful to think about your overall wellbeing and mental fitness by focusing on these key areas:
Physical and mental well-being
Social and relationship well-being
Economic well-being
Scientists have discovered physiological evidence that suggests spending time in nature reduces stress, such as observed lowered heart rates and less time spent thinking about problems and stresses. Just taking a walk outside will help the brain produce endorphins, the neurotransmitters responsible for regulating mood. Both being outside and walking can work together to create positive changes in our overall state of mind.
Here you will find a range of articles and resources to help you to consider and improve your well-being. If experiences significant stress or concern please contact, please contact our confidential safeguarding email: Safeguarding@kaplan.co.uk. You will also find some useful links to support organisations at the bottom of this page .
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Physical wellbeing is the ability to maintain a healthy quality of life that allows us to get the most out of our daily activities without undue fatigue or physical stress. Here you will find a range of resources to help you to improve your physical well-being. Your mental wellbeing is about your thoughts and feelings and how you cope with the ups and downs of everyday life.
When it comes to what you bite, chew and swallow, your choices have a direct and long-lasting effect on the most powerful organ in your body: your brain
This video shows how small everyday choices make the difference to how you shape your life.
Some people tout the health and productivity benefits of cold showers, but how much do they really do?
Kristen Bell explains there is no shame in Feelings of Anxiety and Depression from her personal experience
Award winning short video on Social Media Depression
What is it like to have Depression
World Mental health day is 10th October
'Make mental health and wellbeing for all a global priority'.
Social and relationship wellbeing is a sense of belonging to a community and making a contribution to society. Surrounding yourself with a positive social network increases your self-esteem. Social wellness enables you to create boundaries that encourage communication, trust, and conflict management. Having good social wellness is critical to building emotional resilience.
Tamara Levitt guides this 10 minute Daily Calm mindfulness meditation to powerfully restore and re-connect with the present.
How do you react when your plans fall through? Do you roll with the punches? Or does anxiety keep you from enjoying life? To a great extent, our personality determines how we deal with stress in our lives, but here are 5 things to help keep your stress under control:
We've all heard of physical and mental health, but another important aspect to our overall health and wellbeing is social health.
What is consent? Assumptions about consent should never be an option.
Drink spiking has existed in the UK for many years but support for victims and prevention of the crime is lacking.
Zara MacDermott explores the grim reality of Revenge Porn.
If you want to take your learning a bit further we have selected the following short courses provided The Open University. They are all free and self paced.
Physical well-being
Freddie Flintoff reveals the eating disorder he has kept secret for over 20 years - BBC
20 MIN FULL BODY WORKOUT - Beginner Friendly | Davina McCall
Social well-being
Help yourself - 10 ways to boost your emotional wellbeing and mental health
Creative Healing: How art can help relieve stress and anxiety - Peterborough | Globalnews.ca
Wellbeing resources for adults | Domestic abuse and PTSD | Overcoming relationship trauma
Economic well-being
Credit Club | Get your FREE Credit Score, Credit Report & more
Energy mythbusting: Should you leave your heating on all day? - MSE
Sexual Consent
For any learner experiencing significant stress or concern, please contact our confidential safeguarding email: Safeguarding@kaplan.co.uk
For urgent and medical matters, we remind our learners to contact their GP or Dial 111/999 as appropriate.
The following helplines may also be of assistance:
NSPCC Helpline 0808 800 5000: advice for anyone who has concerns about the welfare of a young person or child
Samaritans: 116123: support with many forms of emotional distress and the line is available 24 hours a day, free of charge.
Or you can email via jo@samaritans.org.uk or text SHOUT to 85258
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/ Mind provide a wide-range of services relating to mental health
https://www.brook.org.uk/ Brook charity offer both clinical sexual health services and education as well as wellbeing services for young people.
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/stress-anxiety-depression/improve-mental-wellbeing/ The NHS offer advise on 5 steps to mental wellbeing
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/coronavirus How to look after your mental health during the coronavirus outbreak
https://giveusashout.org/ Struggling to cope? When you text SHOUT to 85258, you are connected to a trained, empathetic and listening Shout Volunteer.
https://www.whatsupwitheveryone.com/ WUWE Create short mental wellbing videos through animation.
www.cwmt.org.uk a charity established in memory of Charlie Waller: the trust was founded by his family to educate young people about staying mentally well.
www.anxietyuk.org.uk a national charity run by people with lived experience of anxiety
www.addaction.org.uk which supports people to make positive changes around alcohol, drugs, mental health and wellbeing.
www.harmless.org.uk an organisation providing a range of service and coping strategies relating to self-harm
www.actionforhappiness.org a not for profit organisation committed to building a happier and more caring society
www.sleepio.com is an app for sleep management based on cognitive behavioural principles
www.moodpanda.com is an app-based platform allowing people to track their moods
https://thehappynewspaper.com/ The Happy News is a newspaper to celebrate all the good in the world and a platform to share postive and uplifting articles.
https://www.shoutoutuk.org/prevent/ Shout Out UK helps primary/secondary schools and colleges tackle extremism and radicalisation by using modern techniques to unite the classroom and build students’ critical thinking skills and emotional resilience.