Mental Begins with Me: National Mental Health Week 5 - 12 October

Did you know that National Mental Health Week is approaching?

Quite often when we think of mental health we automatically think of mental illness. When we do this we tend to focus on a cure. Of course, recovery is an important aspect of getting well, but like other 'physical' illnesses maintaining health - physical, psychological and emotional - is important too.

So this year's National Mental Health Week's focus is on: Mental Health Begins with Me

I'm so delighted to share with you all that we got a few special events and guest speakers on the Forums during this week. So keep an eye out!

Join us for 'Mental Health Begins with Me' - October 5 - 12.

It doesn't matter if you have a mental illness, or care for someone who has a mental illness, having an interest in maintaining good health is impotant both for ourselves and the people we care for.

So this week is about making a promise to yourself to care for YOU. Throughout the week we'll be setting Community Challenges to increase our mental health.

Look out for:

Monday - SANE's Mind and Body expert will be getting the ball rolling, setting challenges to get you moving about and thinking about how to stay well.

Tuesday - Topic Tuesday: In the Lived Experience Forum we will have mindfulness specialist and registered psychologist, Jordan, from Mindfulgym will be giving practical tools, advice and exercises to incorpoate mindfulness into your life. 6pm - 8pm AEST

Wednesday - Random acts of kindness challenge

Thursday - Technology: sharing & rating apps that help our mental health

Friday - Wrap up

We would also love to hear your thoughts about ABC's Mental As... campaign running throughout the week.

Excitingly we will also be running a competition! More info soon!

I hope you can join us for a big Mental Health Week here in the forums!