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Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hi SANE Community,

On Tuesday night, we will be welcoming a special guest from the SANE Support team to talk about Physical Activity and Mental Health.


Many of you have met our special guest as a moderator on the SANE Forums, and I am excited to welcome @Peregrinefalcon!

Being active and the benefits for mental health

Being active is about more than physical health. We are seeing that mental health and emotional wellbeing are also improved as a result of regular physical activity.

Physical activity can mean any body movement that requires you to use energy. This could include walking, gardening, team sport, yoga, pilates, weights and dancing. Whether you are thinking of building more activity into your day, or already keeping active, join us to talk about the role activity plays in your mental health journey.

This discussion will talk about the benefits of physical activity on wellbeing, how we stay motivated, explore the barriers to getting active, and create a list of activities you might like to try!

Please join us here on Tuesday the 6th of July 2021 from 7:00pm-8:30pm AEST to follow this conversation.

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New to the forums or want to get involved in this discussion? Check out the How To Guide for Topic Tuesdays.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hi @Daisydreamer @Shaz51 @apc @bipolarbunny and everyone else! Nice to be here. Looking forward to the session!

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hello, I am a firm believer that exercise is such good "medicine".

I have my fitness certificate and know that I should be doing more int he way of exercise @Daisydreamer @Former-Member @Shaz51 @Peregrinefalcon @bipolarbunny all here

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST


@Peregrinefalcon wrote:

Hello lovely Forumites! ❤️ Excited to be here!

You might have seen me around as one of the Forum moderators. I am a SANE Help Centre counsellor and monitor the Forums over some weekends.

Before my time in the mental health field, I have worked in the fitness industry for around four years. I am a big believer in the link between mental health and physical activity and love exploring with people what type of physical activity works best for them. I am excited to hear about your relationship with exercise and have a discussion about the different types of ways you get active in your life as well as the things that can make it hard to get active, too.


That's amazing @Peregrinefalcon! Then you are the perfect person for us to speak to tonight 🙂 Sounds like you have so much experience. Really excited to hear more about the mental health and phsyical activity cross over from your experience

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

hey hello @Fluttershy1

hello @apc

also @Peregrinefalcon , over 60s is of interest too

In response to: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Welcome @Fluttershy1 @apc 🙂

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Daisydreamer @Peregrinefalcon - i never know if I do to much or not enough, it's hard with mental health to try and balance it out. But I'm hoping to get some ideas and walk away with some encouragement for doing some physical exercise

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Question 1: For @Peregrinefalcon and for the community:

a) What is your relationship with physical activity at the moment?

b) And what sorts of things do you enjoy doing?

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Daisydreamer @Peregrinefalcon and others. I like walking but don't do nowhere near enough. I also like swimming and would love to learn to roller skate as I never got the chance as a kid growing up. I know I should exercise but I find it boring and hard to get motivated or excited to do it.

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

Hi new to this so not sure on what to do but am I interested in reading how people deal with not over doing the physical activity in the sense it starts to effect weight loss

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Re: Topic Tuesday // Physical Activity and Mental Health // Tues 6th July, 7:00-8:30PM AEST

@Daisydreamer @Judi9877 @Shaz51 @Anastasia @bipolarbunny @Peregrinefalcon -

I don't have a good relationship with physical activity at the moment but I'm trying to encourage it as it really helped keep my MH under control.

when I do I enjoy long walks, swimming, dancing, bike riding, trampoling

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