Lifestyle choices have a profound impact on our overall well-being. Healthy habits, such as regular exercise, balanced nutrition, and adequate sleep contribute to physical and emotional health while poor lifestyle choices contribute to stress, fatigue and disease.
Conscious decisions to improve our daily routines can enhance our quality of life and promote long-term wellness.
The benefits of mental health treatment can be enhanced with appropriate attention to lifestyle influences.
Exercise can reduce depressive symptoms, improve cardiac health and contribute to improved sleep... which also supports improvements in mood, focus and physical health.
Certain forms of physical exercise can enhance activity of neurotransmitters, increase neuroplasticity and decrease neuro-inflammation.
Sedentary lifestyle is associated with increased disease and shortened lifespan.
The quality of our food and nature of our diet has a powerful influence on health and disease.
Our microbiome is directly influenced by what we eat and this in turn influences the brain by a network of nerves connecting our gastrointestinal system and brain.
Our social connection to others effects not only our well-being and response to mental health treatment but also our physical health and longevity.
Meditation, Mindfulness and Positive Psychology can improve Mental heath treatment and provide many other benefits for well-being and quality of life.