Are you doing the 5 for Mental Health Month?

5 Ways to Wellbeing are five simple ways that can lead to improved mental wellbeing!

In the month of October, Bendigo Community Health Services have developed an action calendar to help you do the 5.

We encourage you to download or print the calendar and follow along with us on social media. 

To access our calendar and see what’s going on around Bendigo during National Mental Health Month click the 'read more' button below.

 

What are the 5 Ways to Wellbeing?  

 

 

Connect with those around you. Socialising with people and developing strong relationships with those around contributes to good health and wellbeing.

 

 

Take time to stop and be aware!
Take notice of your thoughts and feelings, use your five senses to become mindful of what’s around you.

Staying active is important.
Start simple, find physical activities that you enjoy. Being active keeps your body and your mind working well.

 

Set yourself a new challenge.
Learn something new or rediscover an old interest. Learning can be fun and help boost. 

 

Helping others can help you.
Helping others can boost happiness and life satisfaction. Anything from giving a smile or volunteering.

 

To learn more about the 5 Ways to Wellbeing click here

 

How to use the 5 ways to Wellbeing Action Calendar

Follow the link below to access the interactive Action Calendar and don’t forget to share with your family, friends and network! 

  pdf Interactive Action Calender - (859 KB)  Click on each day for more information and some helpful resources.

  image Printable Action Calender - (2.15 MB)   Print and hang on the wall at home, school or work! 

 

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What's on in Bendigo this Mental Health Month?

October 14:

Tea and Tech
11:00am – 12:00pm at Kangaroo Flat Library

 

October 20: 

Smiling Mind Resilience Workshop – Increased mindfulness in the workplace

When: Oct 20, 2021 01:00 PM Canberra, Melbourne, Sydney 
This workshop is FREE to attend. Follow this link to register for the workshop on Eventbrite.

https://bit.ly/resilienceworkshopBCHS

Zoom link and log in details will be sent out via email closer to the date.

 

October 22:

Tea and Tech
2:00pm – 3:00pm at Heathcote Library

 

October 26: 

Tea and Tech
2:00pm – 3:00pm at Eaglehawk Library

 

October 28: 

Kids Yoga POSTPONED, to occur at a later date

 

Wellbeing Hub

Here is a collection of resources and links to visit to help boost your wellbeing.

To insipre you to incorperate the 5 Ways into your daily life we have created a new inspiration guide.

Download our  pdf 5 Ways to Wellbeing Inspiration Guides (1.73 MB)

 

5 Ways to Wellbeing Resources

• pdf Weekly Planner (810 KB)
• pdf 5 Ways Fact Sheet (685 KB)
• 5 Ways to Wellbeing check in and action plan 
• Inspiration for how you can start incorperating the 5 Ways into your life
• pdf How to increase mindfulness (634 KB)

 

 Last updated: 18 October 2021