Achieving Mental and Physical Health

YOUR SELF-ESTEEM

• You must think highly of yourself
• A key role is also to have mental/emotional health
• Mental/emotional health is ability to express yourself
• and others, express and manage emotions, and
• deal with the demands and challenges you face.

Characteristics of Good Mental and Emotional Health

SENSE OF BELONGING

• Feeling close to family
• friends, teachers
• and others provides you with support.

SENSE OF PURPOSE

• Recognizing that you have
• importance as a person
• to help you set and reach goals.

POSITIVE OUTLOOK

• Seeing the bright side of
• life reduces stress and can
• increase chance of success.

SELF-EFFICENCY

• Having the confidence to
• make responsible decisions
• promotes your sense of
• independence.

HEALTHY SELF-ESTEEM

• Having this can help you
• accept and recover from
• difficulties and failures.

IMPROVING YOUR SELF-ESTEEM

SOME WAYS TO IMPROVE

• Have friends who will respect you.
• Say things that improve your own self worth.
• Consider your mistakes as learning experiences.
• Accept what you can't change, and focus on what you can.
• Exercise more frequently to feel more energized.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

MASLOW'S NEEDS

• Physical- satisfy food, sleep, etc.
• Safety- to be secure from danger.
• Belonging- educator belong, be loved.
• Recognized- need to feel recognized, to achieve.
• Reaching potential- need to self actualization.

THAT'S HEALTH!