Secret of Mental Health

It is a good sign when someone can laugh from the heart. This is not possible for everyone. That is why there is an advantage in knowing the background to emotional health.

Intro

Today's psychology clearly tells us that even when faced with setbacks and challenges, we all have the opportunity to maintain an optimistic attitude.

Many believe that their feelings and emotions are determined by their circumstances. That can be up to a point. But it is important to know that we can also have a say ourselves!

Our thoughts are controlled by ourselves, or rather they can be controlled by us if certain conditions are right. However, our emotions are not influenced by our thoughts alone.

The decisions we make every day based on our lifestyle have a very big influence on our emotional state.

Let's take a look at some of the factors that can help each of us gain the upper hand in a very important area of ​​mental health.

1. Role of nutrition

Using animal experiments, researchers have found that eating an unhealthy diet can seriously affect the brain's emotional circuits. This means the following factors:

Nutrient deficiency, excessive salt consumption, high-fat diet.

Tip:

Make sure you eat a low-salt diet that uses nutritious, wholesome plant products (preferably fruits, whole grain products, vegetables, nuts and seeds and that restricts or even completely excludes the use of animal products and fat additives. (Vegans live longer! See also BLOG-Link)

Make sure you eat a low-salt diet that uses nutritious, wholesome plant products (preferably fruits, whole grain products, vegetables, nuts and seeds and that restricts or even completely excludes the use of animal products and fat additives. (Vegans live longer! Why? See BLOG)

2. Avoidance of Addictive Substances

Those who drink alcohol more often tend to outbursts of anger, anger and the use of violence. Sure, because our control system - the frontal lobe (see LINK) - is numbed by it. Anyone who does this quickly tends, among other things. violence witnessed by millions of abused family members. These are short-term effects of alcohol.

Long-term consequences are even more serious. The brain cells are so severely impaired in their important control mechanism by other drugs that this can have major consequences for a person's everyday life and their environment. Even sugar has become an addictive substance for making. It's a shame for the quality of life that is lost as a result.

3. Exercise Makes it Possible

The positive influence of exercise is sensational. Exercise is highly responsible for our blood circulation, which, along with good blood quality, is one of the most important health factors.

Regular physical exercise outdoors should never be neglected!

Research shows that exercising well can lower stress levels and significantly improve emotional health. Depression and anxiety are less common. Strengthening the powerful hormone oxytocin alone is responsible for positive emotions and general health.

Many people are surprised at the positive impact exercise has on our body and psyche. Wonderful way to improve your quality of life! LINK

4. Relaxation with good music

The limbic brain region system is strongly influenced by music. This back part of the brain can be influenced both positively and negatively by means of music.

Direct measurements of the limbic structures have shown that harmonic piano music can evoke pleasant emotions, while dissonant, unpleasant music can evoke negative emotions.

When choosing music, it is important to consciously choose pleasant, non-aggressive music. It should be music that helps you develop and maintain emotional control and balance.

5. Watch out for media consumption!

"We become what we look at!"

Not only bad music, but also what we watch through the media (TV, Internet, etc.) has a great influence on our brain and thus our emotions. What we deal with on a regular basis is what will influence us the most.

Those interested in optimized emotional health will seriously and wisely consider what they are going to look at.

If you have difficulties with self-control and partial restraint, the thought that you were able to spend your vacation in a distant country some time ago without television, Internet and other media may help! It used to be possible, so it will still work today!

Let's keep in mind: Life works quite well even without entertainment media.

It has become quite normal for Terri and me to only use the television for valuable videos. Social media can also be very addicting. (LINK)

Sure, the media representatives want to ally with us. It takes a lot of social self-competence to keep its use within reasonable limits.

6. Quality Time with Family

In the course of my many years of teaching work, it has become clear to me that the quality of the family is of decisive importance for our social development. Those who rely on healthy and strong family ties will also be prepared to invest in them.

This means that family time does not primarily take place in front of the television, but with interactions that indicate a high-quality time.

This fills the child's love tank every time.

Joint activities with the family should have priority, do something together that is fun and promotes togetherness, mutual acceptance and appreciation, all of which contribute to a high-quality family. Mutual trust is promoted. This also creates the ability to make contact with a creator god, which offers great advantages.

Shared experiences in the wonderful nature make a deep impression on the children. If you need mountains - here in Eastern Switzerland are beautiful, not too high (up to 2500m) and easily accessible with route maps. You can find pictures on www.bergpension.ch.

7. Develop a Relationship with God

For young people who have experienced a positive father / mother figure, it is easy to get in touch with our Creator. If someone is interested in this vertical relationship, if they want to try it out, so to speak, then invest some time, for example, with reading the Bible, they will have interesting experiences.

It is fascinating that our Creator God actually wants to get in touch with us humans. He wants to communicate, assure us of his love and support us in our everyday challenges. Millions of people have already had this experience. A great offer.

If you don't want that, you won't be forced, because God is a God of love and not of fear and compulsion. David writes at Psalm 34: 9: “Try it and see for yourself how good the Lord is! Happy is he who seeks refuge with him! "

Matthew writes in 11: 28-29: “Come to me __ and learn from me __ and you will find peace for your souls.”

That's an offer! It is voluntary and available to everyone.

If you want to try this offer, I recommend reading the Gospel of Mark in the Bible. The more and deeper someone immerses himself in this peace of mind, the better one's own emotions can be controlled. Thanks be to God!

NEWSTART Plus® - the Psychosocial Dimension - 3

It is a well-known fact that body, mind and spirit are all closely entwined in a deep, mysterious correlation. To understand the connection and complexity of this mystery is a profound, natural longing of the wise and curious. Mastering the complexity of life is a challenge we all face Amazingly enough, it is all about love, the true basis of all life.

Dear Reader, If you have already read the first two parts of this series, NEW and START, that’s great! If not, I would heartily recommend you do, because they contain very important information, and all these components together make an unbeatable recipe for health and happiness! Here are the links:    NEW   and   START

These 12 components are unbeatable. They are the keys that can heal diseases that have not yet been diagnosed. If you integrate these 12 tips into your lifestyle, they will help you to enjoy all-round better health. What a deal!

If you speak German, check out the website for the magazine <Leben und Gesundheit>. Every month another of these 12 points is presented and publicized in more detail by physicians and other highly qualified individuals. The sole purpose of this magazine is to help society enjoy a more healthy life.

Here’s the homepage:  Leben-und-Gesundheit

Our health, happiness and wellbeing are not a product of chance, and are much less a product of our genetics than we might think. They are, rather, the result of various controllable factors and principles. The good news here is: You can actually significantly influence your own health!

NEWSTART Plus® is a modern, internationally known, scientifically proven, holistically based health concept. NEWSTART Plus® is an acronym, in which each of the 12 letters stands for a principle that has a decisive influence on our health, happiness and quality of life.

The most powerful results are achieved when all 12 principles are implemented together.

All the elements together give NEWSTART Plus® its holistic balance. It is an invitation for each of us to make a new start and discover a more positive life. You won’t want to miss it!

As mentioned, the NEW and START components have been treated in the last two blogs. This one deals with the points in Plus.

Every decision made or avoided has an influence on our lives and health.

The quality of our lives, happiness and well-being are all a result of our decisions. For this reason we should make all our decisions, great and small, with great care and wisdom.

The Joy in Decision Making

Every day we make about 200 conscious decisions. What to eat, how much to work, how and with whom to spend our free time, whether to exercise, smoke, or drink alcohol, what and how much media to consume, what to do to stay mentally fit: all these decisions define who we are.

On what do we base our decisions? Are they a true reflection of what is important to us?

What are key points for you? What are the values that define your life?

Choose your three highest priorities from the following list and think about why you chose them: Family, work, money, looks, status, influence, power, honor, recognition, dominance, relaxation, comfort, love? What do you take into consideration when setting priorities?

Link for more information (in German) :  LLG-Prioritäten

«You and your optimism! Easy for you to say!»

Is optimism just positive talk? A passive, fair-weather attitude? A way of filtering out negative facts?

An optimist sees the world realistically, but chooses to believe that good will prevail, in spite of obvious and towering obstacles. He or she decides to throw in his or her lot with and work on the side of good. In so doing, seemingly impossible feats suddenly become possible.

Optimist or Pessimist?

Is your glass half full or half empty?  Scientific research shows that people who are interested in happiness, high quality of life and a long, fulfilled life would do well to decide to live life optimistically.

Can I just DECIDE to be optimistic?  Optimists and pessimists differ mostly in their thought patterns, or in the way they evaluate circumstances and people.

Our thoughts influence our emotions and our emotions influence our health. Negative thoughts can literally make us sick. Check out the blog on toxic thinking. LINK

Pessimism is a learned attitude and has its roots in conditioned helplessness. Pessimists generally believe that uncomfortable situations are absolute, long-term and part of one’s personal destiny/fate. Optimists, on the other hand, believe circumstances to be temporary, short-term and impersonal.

Link for more information (in German) :  LLG-Optimismus

Children have the wonderful ability to be themselves: refreshingly honest, unstilted and authentic. We adults tend to adjust our behavior to society and often lose our integrity in the process. Quite sad!

Said and Done

Integrity means being honest with yourself and others, and striving for wholeness in every area of life. In order to keep one’s integrity intact, one must protect oneself from all forms of exploitation and remain independent of others and their philosophies (advertising, idols and ideologies). Integrity strives to maintain authenticity, honesty and autonomy.

"I do what I believe."

It’s nice to live with people who are genuine. You can depend on them. They are in harmony with themselves and others. They allow others to complement them without giving up their own identities. "What’s IN the bottle is the same as what’s written ON the bottle." Integrity breeds trust, quality relationships and health.

Can you remember meeting a person like that? How would you describe him or her?

Link for more information (in German) :  LLG-Integrität

Next to each other. With each other. For each other.

Epidemiological studies show that people with stable social networks are more content, are healthier and live longer than the socially isolated. People who have regular social contact with family and friends are generally physically and emotionally healthier than those who are not thus privileged.

The social support of family is recognized as one of the most important factors for well-being and health. This support is especially important in challenging situations. Have you ever experienced it?

Maintaining Relationships

The moment we arrive in the world, we are dependent. No one can make it alone. Not one.

People are relational beings, dependent on each other. We are often not aware of this and allow our relationships to become more and more anonymous. When you speak to your boss, do you see a person or a function? People are becoming more and more interchangeable, replaceable.

Many people live alone, even feeling lonely in a crowd. Research is clear. Healthy relationships influence the quality and length of our lives: they strengthen our health and generally make our lives worth living. Healthy relationships are not the product of coincidence. They require work and care. This is a skill that can be learned. That’s the reason for this blog!

True love, the highest form in relationships, doesn’t care just for itself, but for others. People who follow this motto find themselves richly blessed, because to give is to live.

"Shared joy is double joy," my aunt always used to say. True happiness is found in serving others.  Have you noticed?

Link for more information (in German) :  LLG-Beziehungen

In case you are interested in having one or more of these subjects presented at a location near you, don’t hesitate to contact me so we can work out the details.

Write me at: ernst.zwiker@yahoo.com

So, now we’ve had just a brief look at the components of NEWSTART. You wouldn’t believe the amount of power for healing there is in this simple, transparent system. Sometimes it seems almost impossible when we see modern day miracles happen right before our eyes at Sonnmatt by using this simple pill-free strategy.

This mountain guesthouse for vacation, relaxation, hiking and health has been active since 1938. Since 2009, Remo and Jenny Fischer also offer health courses, including Free from Diabetes, Stop Smoking in 12 Days, Freedom from Depression und Learning to Forgive and Hiker’s Camp. See you there?