Exercise for Mental Health

In this era of exponential growth of the “metabolic syndrome” and obesity, lifestyle

modifications could be a cost-effective way to improve health and quality of life. Lifestyle

modifications can assume especially great importance in individuals with seri

ous mental illness.

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Starting a Healthy Lifestyle

Healthy food and lifestyle are becoming a must in our stressful life. Eating and drinking fresh food and drinks reveal the extent to which you start being in a healthy mood. In addition, practicing sports on a regular basis adds much value to your existence. Keeping healthy is a priority and eliminates stress from people's bodies and minds. Sleeping hours must be respected to keep a good metabolism.

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Connectors and linkers

Connectors help you carry over a thought from one sentence to another, from

one idea to another, or from one paragraph to another with words or phrases

so that there are no sudden jumps or breaks between ideas.

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Negotiations 3: Questioning and clarifying

In a negotiation, it’s very important to know when to speak, when to ask and when to shut up and listen. In this lesson students rank and discuss the stages of negotiation, do a reading activity and look at negotiations vocabulary, examine question types, then finish with a role play to practise clarifying, summarising and responding.

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Negotiations 2- Positions and Interests

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Socialising 5: From contact to partner

While it is natural to focus on the challenge of starting conversations with strangers and keeping these conversations going, the real purpose of socialising is to turn these contacts into partners or even friends. Even a simple task like inviting a person out to a restaurant can cause embarrassment and stress. For this reason, this lesson includes discussions of why such situations are difficult, as well as plenty of practice.

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Socialising 4: Active listening

Perhaps the most important skill connected with socialising is to ‘shut up and listen’. In practice, it can be very difficult to resist the temptation to turn every conversation into a conversation about what we consider the most interesting thing in the world, i.e. ourselves. The most skilful active listeners include nurses, social workers, psychotherapists and counsellors, so this lesson focuses especially on the techniques studied and used by these professionals.

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