Happy Child Summit kicks of April 8th 2019

Help your child or teen curb stress and overwhelm while boosting motivation and well-being by signing up for the Happy Child Summit taking place from the 8th-11th April 2019.

Research shows that happiness can be learned! Positive skills and habits, some of which we will learn at this summit, endow us with the tools to understand our emotions, and can actually *prevent* depression and mental health issues from taking full form.

We can teach our kids (and ourselves!) the skills they need to fend off negative mental health issues before they fully develop. But more than that: we can also give our children the skills to raise their mental wellbeing to a new, positive level that enables them to cope with life's difficulties and helps them flourish, thrive and achieve the health and happiness we hold so sacred.

The Happy Child Summit builds on the science of positive psychology, helps you understand the latest research and gives you the practical tools that you can use and pass on.

The Happy Child Summit will provide the building blocks you need to give your child their greatest gift ever and take the first steps to a life of wellbeing and happiness, meaning and success.

- Renee Jain, Founder of GoZen!
- Laura Coppedge, Director at Live Happy
- Ian Picken FRSA, Founder, Engaging Education & Events

More information available here: https://happychildsummit.com

14 Best Self Care Tips For Your Mental Health In 2019 || Mental Health ...

Happy New Year to you all,

I am so excited that the seasons actually change and with them comes a hope renewed!

For some people 2018 was a tough year and for others it was transformational. A new year like a new month, week or day can signify the end of something and the beginning of something new. I hope that this is an opportunity for something bright and new. An opportunity to experience the life you are so deserving of. An opportunity to gain the information, relationships and tools needed to live life to the full!

I plan on taking the time  over the next few weeks to evaluate what we at Sound Mind Africa did well and devise some practical steps to better serve you all much better!

In the meantime check out 14 self care practices that are so simple you can start them today, brought to you by the founder of Project Get Naked Sheifunmi Nomia-Yusuf

Love,

Oyindamola

 

Download a copy of the Free E-Book 6 Quick Ways to Cultivate Mental Strength

We are so happy to share with you this new resource from Moses Ida Michaels and our founder Oyinda Fakeye 6 Quick Ways to Cultivate Mental Strength. The book touches on a variety of techniques aimed at promoting positive mental health and encouraging emotional wellbeing through tools and theories which cover mindfulness, mindset, behaviour and mood.

Mindfulness found to be Useful in the Treatment of PTSD

If you have experienced and/or witnessed a threat to your life, your body, your moral integrity, or have had a close encounter with violence or death, you may have felt an array of emotions including that of fear. Fear triggers what is commonly known as a  “fight, flight or freeze” response in the body that results in psychological, behavioural and physiological actions to occur in the body during the event. Those who continue to experience effects related to the occurrence after the danger or problem has subsided may go on to be diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).

PTSD is described as a severe response to trauma and can causes a huge deal of distress and severely limit active daily life in those who experience it. PTSD is characterised by three primary symptoms:

1.     Re-experiencing the traumatic event
2.     Avoiding any reminders of the event, or feeling emotionally numb 
3.     Hyper-arousal, which consists of a very sensitive startle/fear response

Those who experience PTSD may also develop other mental illnesses such as severe anxiety, depression and suicidal feelings

Rethink Schizophrenia: A Mindful Mental Health Approach

Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects about one percent of the population. Although the specific cause of the illness is unknown it is believed to be as a result of several factors including: genetics, biology, environment and lifestyle. A combination of genes is believed to be associated with the development of schizophrenia, which may indicate the link between the increased occurrences in families. Studies have shown that while 1 in 100 people may be effected by a schizophrenia diagnosis in the general public this number drops to 1 in 7 in non-identical twins and a 1 in 2 chance for identical twins, where one sibling has previously been diagnosed.

Low birth weight, premature birth and asphyxia during birth are more likely to have been experienced by

The Information Age and the Stress Epidemic

Over time we have become increasingly exposed to more and more sources of information dissemination and at 1000/second we have access to billions of pages of resources. We are forced to deal with a barrage of often times unnecessary information for our minds to process.  It is no wonder there are more and more retreats popping up where cell phones and other computerised devices are banned.

We asked Seye Kuyinu a Web /Software Developer, writer and mindfulness advocate if we could share some of his tips for coping under the barrage of information.

What works for me(and should work for you)?

1. The Zero email policy. This is the zen of my computer life! First, I check my emails at intervals that are set in my calendar. I make sure my inbox count is 0 at the end of each interval. The 4 D’s for achieving inbox zero are:

• Delete when you’ve read it and doesn’t need any action

• Delegate if it would take you more than two minutes to attend to and there’s someone you can delegate to.

• Do-it if it would take less than 2 minutes.

Happy New Year Chase Your Dreams

Happy New Year to all our readers, we are so happy to have seen in 2018 and having started a gratitude practice early last year, will be spending the first few days focussed on all the wonderful things that happened in 2017.We have also found time to work on our 2018 goals and will be focussed on growing our in-house resources to better serve our users and readers much better.

We do hope you have been able to get clear on your goals for the year and set some long term goals in order to lead your life with intent. If you feel that you will need a little help in realising or creating some specific, measurable, attainable and time sensitive goals then do sign up for a our free e-course, which focusses on building purpose and self esteem in to the realisation of goals.

In "Dream Chaser... The Power of Purpose of Self Esteem" you will receive a daily email over the course of seven days which will require less on average 15 minutes to complete, which will feature a short text exploring the daily topic, affirmations and daily exercise.

To register for free sign up here: Dream Chaser Sign Up

Wishing you an intentional purpose filled 2018

Love

Sound Mind Africa 💙

Sound Mind Africa Partner with Spa Pampering at Home to run Mindfulness and Meditation Class in Lagos

Date: 24th June 2017
Time: 6pm
Cost: N6000

Sound Mind Africa have partnered with Spa Pampering at Home to facilitate 'Silence' a Mindfulness and Meditation class which provides an introduction to building a personal practice. Covering guided meditation, self love, gratitude and mindfulness the course empowers each participant with the tools needed to meditate and lead are more mindful lifestyle.

For more information and to register call: +234 8177257790

Self Massage & Meditation Techniques A WellnessTech Meet-Up at Social Media Week Lagos 1st March

Contrary to popular belief workplace wellness is an important thing for tech professionals to consider.  Repetitive motion syndrome, back ache, and eye strain are just some of the ways bad ergonomics can affect you or your team. And if your techies are in pain, they aren’t going to be working at peak performance. Given how sedentary a techie’s job is, taking a break every hour or so – if only to stretch and walk around the office – can help the body shake off the strain of being in the same position for so long.

Join us on March 1st 2017 from 4-5:30pm for Self Massage & Meditation Techniques: A WellnessTech Meet-Up where we will show you techniques to to go from stressed to Zen in 5 minutes! This is a free event though registration is required. Sign Up Here: smw/Welltech

Learn:

How to identify acupressure points for tension release

Self massage techniques for hand and head massage

Mindfulness for stress relief

Easy meditation for busy professionals

Who should attend this session?

Men and women working more than 50 hours a week

Free Meditation Class as part of the Find Your Lagos Festival