We are delighted to announce that we have received funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to deliver mental health training to Universities in Wales.
Commencing in March 2023 we will be delivering free live two hour workshops on-line through Microsoft Teams:
Workshop 1: How to improve your Mental Health.
Monday 27th March 7- 9pm
Workshop 2: Major Mental Health Life Skills.
Tuesday 28th March 7- 9pm
Workshop 3: How to protect your Mental Health.
Wednesday 29th March 7-9pm
See below for workshop content. You can complete one, two or all three workshops. We will be repeating all the workshops in April.
To receive updates, reminders and the Microsoft Team’s Link please register your interest at www.tworoadscharity.com
Workshop 1: How to Improve your Mental Health
Understanding the Mental Health Spectrum, it’s not simply mental health or mental illness.
How to move away from Depression, Anxiety and Stress; and towards Flourishing Mental Health.
How neuroplasticity changes our brain—for good or bad.
The Human Negativity Bias and the importance of your Positivity Ratio.
Keeping a Gratitude Diary - positive neuroplasticity in action.
Forgiveness letting go of hurt to benefit you, not the person who hurt you.
Hedonic Wellbeing, be happier more often—plan positive emotions into your day.
Acts of Kindness: Happy people do acts of kindness and they feel happier.
How do I know I’m becoming mentally healthier? How to use Self Scoring Scales such as the Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale to monitor your progress.
Workshop 2: Major Mental Health Life Skills
Mindfulness
Mindfulness meditation has been described as a mental health superpower. An eight week mindfulness course in the University of Oxford in 2013 found that participants had reduced anxiety by 58 percent, depression by 57 percent and stress by 40 percent. It can even change the structure of your brain.
Using the Optimistic Framework
Martin Seligman, co-founder of the school of positive psychology found a direct link between pessimism and depression. Learning to use an optimistic framework leads to substantially better life outcomes including passing more exams, earning more, having more positive relationships, living longer and reducing dementia risk.
Using the ABCD Model of Cognitive Behaviour
The A, B, C, D model was developed by Albert Ellis, one of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy’s founders. Using the model helps you to challenge automatic negative thinking which is at the core of many problems including imposter syndrome, anxiety and depression.
Workshop 3: How to Protect your Mental Health
Emotional Resilience is a major protection against depression and anxiety.
Emotional resilience has two major qualities:
Emotional recovery and Sustainability. How emotional resilience protects you against Depression, Anxiety and Stress.
How to become more resilient.
Feel better about yourself
Understand the importance of healthy self-esteem and self-confidence.
Practice Self Compassion
Practice Self Forgiveness
Feel more connected
Feelings of Isolation and loneliness are major triggers for common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety. There are simple habits that you can develop that will help you to build healthy connections