Doing what matters in a time of stress
In the face of the pandemic, and with a particular focus on the mental challenges we all face, the World Health Organisation offers this booklet. It is crammed with engaging ideas , images, and practical suggestions to better manage your mental health.
How are you really?
We all use these superficial greetings, hiding behind the familiar to avoid reality. It’s convenient, but it’s not really truthful. Truth is that with Covid-19 most of us are having a rough time. So don’t pretend to be brave, hanging in there with a smiling face, just waiting for life to return normal. It probably won’t.
Rather work on your mental health.
Feeling worn out with low tolerance?
When it comes to cultivating resilience, the magic is in the very first step. When cultivating your resilience become aware of your mental and emotional state. Remember that if you get into an anxious, or even angry ‘state’, you can easily go into a downward spiral...
Laughter and joyfulness
Every time you laugh and create a happy atmosphere you help your immune system to protect you.
Provide loving support
Offer sympathy and reassurance to ease fears. Maybe even shop and collect their medication for those in isolation.
Encourage everyone
Practice hygiene ALL the time. Yes, you’ve heard it all before, but it’s so important. For recently deceased and celebrated Afro-American congressman, John Lewis, its ordinary citizens who develop the soul of a nation – we call that ‘Ubuntu’.
Ubuntu in a time of a pandemic
The Covid-19 threat is not going away fast – for the foreseeable future coping with it in our daily lives will become the new normal. So we must develop a new attitude to each other and cultivate appropriate prevention habits. Such an attitude will be a combination of responsible citizenship, and neighbourly love. Simply put, it’s about practicing African ‘ubuntu’.
Do not forget to care for yourself, care for your breasts
Caring for your breasts is essential to the wellbeing of men and women alike.
Many people are unaware that men also get breast cancer. Although the occurrence is rare, sadly the likelyhood of it been fatal is much higher in men. The reason for this is lack of early detection.
Keep your heart full
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We celebrate our women
Men are the warriors and hunters but, when the chips are down, women rise to the need for caring. Now again women are looking after the millions affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, not only in the hospitals, but in their homes. We celebrate women at this time.
BUNGED-UP? Let’s get moving!
When all the organs and systems of your body are functioning together at their best, that’s called homeostasis. You can simply call that vital health. But when systems are not ‘used’ regularly, they ‘go to sleep’. Homeostasis is compromised when some parts are not fully functional. Take the gut – physical movement helps it keep supple and active.
Low Energy? Eat Breakfast!
It powers you to keep up with the day's demands. The old saying: “Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and supper like a pauper…” is still recognised to be true. ‘Breaking-the-fast’ (breakfast) recognizes that the body has been deprived of nutrients, often...
