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Maintaining Mental Health Amid Challenges Series
Keeping it together during difficult timesPreview the first lesson free — get full access to all 17 lessons.
Beginner Provider : Marie-Claude Bouchet 17 Lessons · 37m in Arabic, German, English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese
Course Description
Like physical health, mental health fluctuates. We have days when we feel great and others when we don't. Living in the 21st century certainly has had an impact on the world’s collective mental health. The past two decades have been a world of social media, information overload and uncertainty. We've been faced with a worldwide health crisis, increasing unemployment, a recession, and other global concerns. It comes as no surprise that one of the main causes for poor mental health is linked to coping with daily, stressful situations and challenges. How do you keep your head above water when you feel like your world is sinking?
In these lessons, you’ll explore practical strategies to maintain positive well-being in challenging times. We’ll focus on the impact of stress on overall mental health and give you tools to help manage stress. You’ll discover your own unique situation and understand how you react to stress. In addition, you’ll be able to identify techniques that work for you and set up a successful routine to build your stress resilience and maintain positive mental health.
What You'll Learn
- Recognize how stress affects your mental health
- Evaluate your own stress response and stress level
- Identify a framework for managing your thoughts, including goal setting and reframing
- Demonstrate techniques to regulate your stress response
- Compose a toolkit to help you manage stressors
- Build a successful morning routine to develop stress resilience
Key Takeaways
- One of the main causes of poor mental health is linked to coping with daily, stressful situations and challenges.
- Like physical health, mental health fluctuates, with good days and bad days.
- The course focuses on the impact of stress on overall mental health and provides tools to help manage stress.
- Learners explore practical strategies, including 'Doing', 'Thinking', and 'Feeling' strategies, to maintain positive well-being in challenging times.
- Setting up a successful routine helps build stress resilience and maintain positive mental health.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is this course about?
This series explores practical strategies to maintain positive well-being in challenging times, focusing on the impact of stress on overall mental health and providing tools to help manage stress.
What strategies does the course cover for managing stress?
The course covers 'Doing' strategies (including longer-term ones), 'Thinking' strategies such as goal setting and reframing, 'Feeling' strategies, and building a morning routine.
What will I be able to do after completing this course?
You will be able to recognize how stress affects your mental health, evaluate your own stress response, identify a framework for managing your thoughts, demonstrate techniques to regulate your stress response, and compose a toolkit to help you manage stressors.
What skills does this course help develop?
It helps develop skills in stress management, mental health, mindfulness-based stress reduction, positive discipline, and psychological health.
How is the course structured?
It is a series of lessons covering topics such as What is Mental Health?, What is Stress?, The Stress Response, evaluating your stress level, the health risks of stress, and various coping strategies, with 'Test Your Knowledge' checkpoints and a concluding lesson.
