Brief intervention manual: Healthy active living

Introduction

Healthy active living is an important part of emotional wellbeing. Eating well, keeping physically active, and getting adequate sleep provides a foundation for good physical and mental health.

The resources in this section provide ideas and strategies for taiohi to balance their daily life to include eating and sleeping well and keeping active. The emphasis is on taiohi learning what wellbeing means to them.

Information | Resources

In the Healthy active living section of the Brief intervention manual you will find information and resources on:

Healthy eating

More and more studies show the link between nutrition and mental health and wellbeing. As evidence grows that what people consume can affect their wellbeing, it highlights the need for taiohi to have access to easy-to-understand information to help them make healthy food choices.

Health Ed’s Healthy Eating for Young People booklet sets out the why, the what and the how, when it comes to getting nutritious foods, including ideas for healthy snacks and how to choose takeaways with less processed ingredients and more nutritious fillings.

Physical activities  

As well as learning about the benefits of being active for both physical and mental wellbeing, it is useful for taiohi to understand that there are a range of everyday activities that they can use or modify to help them get and stay physically active.

The Physical Activities resource is a starting point for discussions about how taiohi might aim to get 30 minutes of physical activity into their day.

Sleep diary

The Sleep Diary helps taiohi to track how much sleep they are getting and to identify any factors that may be contributing to poor quality sleep or lack of sleep.

Tracking sleep over a week will give insight into their daytime activities and mood, their routines and habits before bed, any disruptions to sleep time, and how they felt when they woke in the morning.

Once equipped with this information, taiohi will be able to identify opportunities and set goals to work towards improving their sleep hygiene.

Sleep hygiene

Sleep is a basic need, with good quality sleep supporting both physical and mental health. When feeling tired or fatigued, taiohi will face challenges with daily functioning, including managing their emotions and relationships. This becomes a cycle.

The Sleep Hygiene resource helps taiohi to understand the different factors that can contribute to improving sleep quality and patterns, with tips about what to do if they are finding it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep.

Weekly planner

Preparing activities and organising time helps to set routines, self-manage daily life, and creates a sense of achievement. The Weekly Planner helps taiohi to plan ahead so that their week includes a balance of daily activities.

By using the planner once as a baseline without making changes to daily activities, taiohi can see how their current activity affects their mood. Then they can compare any changes to their mood as a result of planning and implementing new activities throughout their day and week.

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This page was last updated in July 2024.

Introduction

Healthy active living is an important part of emotional wellbeing. Eating well, keeping physically active, and getting adequate sleep provides a foundation for good physical and mental health.

The resources in this section provide ideas and strategies for taiohi to balance their daily life to include eating and sleeping well and keeping active. The emphasis is on taiohi learning what wellbeing means to them.

Information | Resources

In the Healthy active living section of the Brief intervention manual you will find information and resources on:

Healthy eating

More and more studies show the link between nutrition and mental health and wellbeing. As evidence grows that what people consume can affect their wellbeing, it highlights the need for taiohi to have access to easy-to-understand information to help them make healthy food choices.

Health Ed’s Healthy Eating for Young People booklet sets out the why, the what and the how, when it comes to getting nutritious foods, including ideas for healthy snacks and how to choose takeaways with less processed ingredients and more nutritious fillings.

Physical activities  

As well as learning about the benefits of being active for both physical and mental wellbeing, it is useful for taiohi to understand that there are a range of everyday activities that they can use or modify to help them get and stay physically active.

The Physical Activities resource is a starting point for discussions about how taiohi might aim to get 30 minutes of physical activity into their day.

Sleep diary

The Sleep Diary helps taiohi to track how much sleep they are getting and to identify any factors that may be contributing to poor quality sleep or lack of sleep.

Tracking sleep over a week will give insight into their daytime activities and mood, their routines and habits before bed, any disruptions to sleep time, and how they felt when they woke in the morning.

Once equipped with this information, taiohi will be able to identify opportunities and set goals to work towards improving their sleep hygiene.

Sleep hygiene

Sleep is a basic need, with good quality sleep supporting both physical and mental health. When feeling tired or fatigued, taiohi will face challenges with daily functioning, including managing their emotions and relationships. This becomes a cycle.

The Sleep Hygiene resource helps taiohi to understand the different factors that can contribute to improving sleep quality and patterns, with tips about what to do if they are finding it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep.

Weekly planner

Preparing activities and organising time helps to set routines, self-manage daily life, and creates a sense of achievement. The Weekly Planner helps taiohi to plan ahead so that their week includes a balance of daily activities.

By using the planner once as a baseline without making changes to daily activities, taiohi can see how their current activity affects their mood. Then they can compare any changes to their mood as a result of planning and implementing new activities throughout their day and week.

Ful brief intervention manual | Individual sections

Click here to access the full brief intervention manual

To access the other individual sections use the following links:

This page was last updated in July 2024.

Introduction

Healthy active living is an important part of emotional wellbeing. Eating well, keeping physically active, and getting adequate sleep provides a foundation for good physical and mental health.

The resources in this section provide ideas and strategies for taiohi to balance their daily life to include eating and sleeping well and keeping active. The emphasis is on taiohi learning what wellbeing means to them.

Information | Resources

In the Healthy active living section of the Brief intervention manual you will find information and resources on:

Healthy eating

More and more studies show the link between nutrition and mental health and wellbeing. As evidence grows that what people consume can affect their wellbeing, it highlights the need for taiohi to have access to easy-to-understand information to help them make healthy food choices.

Health Ed’s Healthy Eating for Young People booklet sets out the why, the what and the how, when it comes to getting nutritious foods, including ideas for healthy snacks and how to choose takeaways with less processed ingredients and more nutritious fillings.

Physical activities  

As well as learning about the benefits of being active for both physical and mental wellbeing, it is useful for taiohi to understand that there are a range of everyday activities that they can use or modify to help them get and stay physically active.

The Physical Activities resource is a starting point for discussions about how taiohi might aim to get 30 minutes of physical activity into their day.

Sleep diary

The Sleep Diary helps taiohi to track how much sleep they are getting and to identify any factors that may be contributing to poor quality sleep or lack of sleep.

Tracking sleep over a week will give insight into their daytime activities and mood, their routines and habits before bed, any disruptions to sleep time, and how they felt when they woke in the morning.

Once equipped with this information, taiohi will be able to identify opportunities and set goals to work towards improving their sleep hygiene.

Sleep hygiene

Sleep is a basic need, with good quality sleep supporting both physical and mental health. When feeling tired or fatigued, taiohi will face challenges with daily functioning, including managing their emotions and relationships. This becomes a cycle.

The Sleep Hygiene resource helps taiohi to understand the different factors that can contribute to improving sleep quality and patterns, with tips about what to do if they are finding it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep.

Weekly planner

Preparing activities and organising time helps to set routines, self-manage daily life, and creates a sense of achievement. The Weekly Planner helps taiohi to plan ahead so that their week includes a balance of daily activities.

By using the planner once as a baseline without making changes to daily activities, taiohi can see how their current activity affects their mood. Then they can compare any changes to their mood as a result of planning and implementing new activities throughout their day and week.

Ful brief intervention manual | Individual sections

Click here to access the full brief intervention manual

To access the other individual sections use the following links:

This page was last updated in July 2024.

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Introduction

Healthy active living is an important part of emotional wellbeing. Eating well, keeping physically active, and getting adequate sleep provides a foundation for good physical and mental health.

The resources in this section provide ideas and strategies for taiohi to balance their daily life to include eating and sleeping well and keeping active. The emphasis is on taiohi learning what wellbeing means to them.

Information | Resources

In the Healthy active living section of the Brief intervention manual you will find information and resources on:

Healthy eating

More and more studies show the link between nutrition and mental health and wellbeing. As evidence grows that what people consume can affect their wellbeing, it highlights the need for taiohi to have access to easy-to-understand information to help them make healthy food choices.

Health Ed’s Healthy Eating for Young People booklet sets out the why, the what and the how, when it comes to getting nutritious foods, including ideas for healthy snacks and how to choose takeaways with less processed ingredients and more nutritious fillings.

Physical activities  

As well as learning about the benefits of being active for both physical and mental wellbeing, it is useful for taiohi to understand that there are a range of everyday activities that they can use or modify to help them get and stay physically active.

The Physical Activities resource is a starting point for discussions about how taiohi might aim to get 30 minutes of physical activity into their day.

Sleep diary

The Sleep Diary helps taiohi to track how much sleep they are getting and to identify any factors that may be contributing to poor quality sleep or lack of sleep.

Tracking sleep over a week will give insight into their daytime activities and mood, their routines and habits before bed, any disruptions to sleep time, and how they felt when they woke in the morning.

Once equipped with this information, taiohi will be able to identify opportunities and set goals to work towards improving their sleep hygiene.

Sleep hygiene

Sleep is a basic need, with good quality sleep supporting both physical and mental health. When feeling tired or fatigued, taiohi will face challenges with daily functioning, including managing their emotions and relationships. This becomes a cycle.

The Sleep Hygiene resource helps taiohi to understand the different factors that can contribute to improving sleep quality and patterns, with tips about what to do if they are finding it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep.

Weekly planner

Preparing activities and organising time helps to set routines, self-manage daily life, and creates a sense of achievement. The Weekly Planner helps taiohi to plan ahead so that their week includes a balance of daily activities.

By using the planner once as a baseline without making changes to daily activities, taiohi can see how their current activity affects their mood. Then they can compare any changes to their mood as a result of planning and implementing new activities throughout their day and week.

Ful brief intervention manual | Individual sections

Click here to access the full brief intervention manual

To access the other individual sections use the following links:

This page was last updated in July 2024.

Introduction

Healthy active living is an important part of emotional wellbeing. Eating well, keeping physically active, and getting adequate sleep provides a foundation for good physical and mental health.

The resources in this section provide ideas and strategies for taiohi to balance their daily life to include eating and sleeping well and keeping active. The emphasis is on taiohi learning what wellbeing means to them.

Information | Resources

In the Healthy active living section of the Brief intervention manual you will find information and resources on:

Healthy eating

More and more studies show the link between nutrition and mental health and wellbeing. As evidence grows that what people consume can affect their wellbeing, it highlights the need for taiohi to have access to easy-to-understand information to help them make healthy food choices.

Health Ed’s Healthy Eating for Young People booklet sets out the why, the what and the how, when it comes to getting nutritious foods, including ideas for healthy snacks and how to choose takeaways with less processed ingredients and more nutritious fillings.

Physical activities  

As well as learning about the benefits of being active for both physical and mental wellbeing, it is useful for taiohi to understand that there are a range of everyday activities that they can use or modify to help them get and stay physically active.

The Physical Activities resource is a starting point for discussions about how taiohi might aim to get 30 minutes of physical activity into their day.

Sleep diary

The Sleep Diary helps taiohi to track how much sleep they are getting and to identify any factors that may be contributing to poor quality sleep or lack of sleep.

Tracking sleep over a week will give insight into their daytime activities and mood, their routines and habits before bed, any disruptions to sleep time, and how they felt when they woke in the morning.

Once equipped with this information, taiohi will be able to identify opportunities and set goals to work towards improving their sleep hygiene.

Sleep hygiene

Sleep is a basic need, with good quality sleep supporting both physical and mental health. When feeling tired or fatigued, taiohi will face challenges with daily functioning, including managing their emotions and relationships. This becomes a cycle.

The Sleep Hygiene resource helps taiohi to understand the different factors that can contribute to improving sleep quality and patterns, with tips about what to do if they are finding it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep.

Weekly planner

Preparing activities and organising time helps to set routines, self-manage daily life, and creates a sense of achievement. The Weekly Planner helps taiohi to plan ahead so that their week includes a balance of daily activities.

By using the planner once as a baseline without making changes to daily activities, taiohi can see how their current activity affects their mood. Then they can compare any changes to their mood as a result of planning and implementing new activities throughout their day and week.

Ful brief intervention manual | Individual sections

Click here to access the full brief intervention manual

To access the other individual sections use the following links:

This page was last updated in July 2024.

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