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Healthy U: Emotional wellness & mindfulness

Written by DSST Public Schools | 04/05/18

At DSST, we understand our people are our most valuable resource. That's why we emphasize wellness and support each other to lead fulfilling and healthy lives, which is why we started Healthy U. This month, we're focusing on emotional wellness and mindfulness.

Emotional Wellness inspires self-care, relaxation, stress reduction and the development of inner strength. A way to connect and improve your emotional wellness is to practice mindfulness. Mindfulness is a mental state achieved by focusing one's awareness on the present moment, while calmly acknowledging and accepting one's feelings, thoughts, and bodily sensations. It is important to be attentive to both positive and negative feelings and be able to understand how to handle these emotions.

 

This month we have partnered with Headspace to offer our staff member a free one-year subscription to their meditation app! See below for more details.

 

READ: Your Healthiest Self: Emotional Wellness Toolkit

How you feel can affect your ability to carry out everyday activities, your relationships, and your overall mental health. It’s important that we take the time to acknowledge our feelings and find ways of coping with disappointments and stress.

WATCH: Why Aren’t we Teaching you Mindfulness

In this TEDxYouth Talk, AnneMarie Rossi provides research to show how teaching mindfulness to students helps break transgenerational trauma. Rossi is the founder and director of Be Mindful, a non-profit association of mindfulness instructors.

DO: Test your Emotional Wellness

Emotional Wellness is an ongoing process that involves recognizing, accepting and taking responsibility for your feelings. In this article, you will find not only tips for how to enhance your emotional wellness but also a quiz to see where you fall on the emotional wellness scale.

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What are some ways that you and your team practice emotional wellness and mindfulness? Send your pictures, stories, and events to Dominique.schroeder@scienceandtech.org  and we will highlight them in next month’s Healthy U Wellness newsletter!

 

Looking for more ways to connect and strengthen your emotional wellness?

DSST Wellness Perk of the Month: Free One-Year Subscription to Headspace!

Mindfulness and meditation has been shown to relieve stress and anxiety, improve sleep and even eating habits. With over 16 million users in 190 countries, the Headspace app will teach you this valuable life skill in just 10 minutes a day. To access this free subscription:

  1. Go to this link: com/codeand input GSDSTT1Y to get started.

This code is exclusively for the use of DSST Public Schools; please take great care not to share it with anyone outside your organization and never post it publicly. 

  1. Once your Headspace account is set up, download the Headspace app on the iOS App Store or Google Play Store.
  2. Enter your login details.
  3. Enjoy your journey with Headspace!

*If you have previously created a Headspace account, enter your log-in information as needed. If you are new to Headspace, click on “Sign up for Free”, where you will be asked for information to set up your account.
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