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Lifestyle Change for Improved Wellbeing: Enhancing Understanding and Practice

Increase understanding of lifestyle change importance through autogenics, exercise, diet, personal intentions, and group support. Learn basic skills, meditation, wellbeing, and enhance relationships and emotional intelligence. Set goals and self-determination stages to feel younger and healthier. Data from UK adults show the impact of health behaviors. Monitor stamina points, fruit/veg portions, walking intensity, and pedometer use while following US exercise guidelines. Enjoy the process and track progress with provided resources.

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Lifestyle Change for Improved Wellbeing: Enhancing Understanding and Practice

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  1. goals for the second evening • increasing understanding of importance of lifestyle change • autogenics: neck/shoulder focus & responding to “mental chatter” • exercise: stamina point charting, variety, walking, pedometer use • diet: chart portions of fruit & vegetables eaten daily – 5 to 9? • specific personal intentions & developing group support

  2. assumptions & rules of the journey • skills learning • active involvement • support • confidentiality

  3. main components of the journey • basic skills: exercise, diet, weight, alcohol, smoking, sleep • meditation: autogenic training, applied relaxation, visualisation, mindfulness, compassion • wellbeing: positive emotions, self-determination, happiness • relationships, emotional intelligence, social networks

  4. first four sessions of the course • autogenic training • physical exercise • diet • weight • motivation • self-determination • goal setting • stages of change

  5. do you want to be 14 yrs younger? • 20,224 UK adults • aged 45 to 79 • no initial cancer/CHD • health behaviours rated • not smoking • physically active • at least 5 fruit & veg daily • 1-14 alcohol units weekly Khaw k-t, et al. “Combined impact of health behavours …” PLoS Med 2008;5(1):e12

  6. stamina points & fruit/veg portions • walking intensity & value of pedometers • US guidelines 150 to 300 plus “moderate exercise” minutes • value of flexibility, accessibility, enjoyment • see fruit & veg handout – begin counting

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