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We invite you to explore the library of articles below. We have compiled these resources to support your journey towards sustainable Mental Fitness.
A-Z to GMF, Habit Forming, Program
What is your ‘I’ to getting mentally fit? Because we enjoyed creating our holiday storyboard so much, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to create an i-nspiration board for our practical activity relating to ‘I’. Our i-nspiration board will be focused on aligning our values with our medium-term life vision. 5 positive impacts […]
A-Z to GMF, Mental Fitness, Program
What is your ‘H’ to getting mentally fit? For the practical activity relating to ‘H’, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to focus on planning H-oliday activities for later in the year. It is well documented that holiday recovery periods can significantly decrease stress, strengthen immune function and boost creativity. By dedicated, and […]
A-Z to GMF, Habit Forming, Program
What is your ‘G’ to getting mentally fit? For the practical activity relating to ‘G’, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to start a G-ratitude journal. Is it just us or has anyone else noticed that a lot of people are a little mentally fatigued after the first quarter of this year? If […]
A-Z to GMF, Habit Forming, Program
What is your ‘F’ to getting mentally fit? For the practical activity relating to ‘F’, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to attack our F-riday list. What is our Friday list you ask? Read on to find out… Essentially, a Friday list is another practical mental fitness exercise that is ideally designed to […]
A-Z to GMF, Habit Forming, Program
What is your ‘E’ to getting mentally fit? For the practical activity relating to ‘E’, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to read 1 topic of the children’s E-ncyclopedia Britannica to our daughter Alora nightly. Considering Seligman’s PERMA model, relating to authentic happiness, this activity will support the attainment of all 5 key […]
A-Z to GMF, Character Strengths, Program
What is your ‘D’ to getting mentally fit? For the practical activity relating to ‘D’, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to tap into our D-avid Attenborough within. This will involve getting amongst the beautiful natural environments surrounding the Gold Coast. The benefits of nature connectedness and allowing yourself thinking time are well […]
Book Summary, Habit Forming
Traction draws you towards what you want in life, distraction pulls you away Distraction, it turns out, is not about the distraction itself; rather, it’s about how we respond to it. Indistractable offers fantastic insights into the mechanisms of distraction and a systematic approach to creating behaviours that can help people avoid distractions and maintain […]
A-Z to GMF, Character Strengths, Program
What is your ‘C’ to getting mentally fit? For the practical activity relating to ‘C’, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to identify a C-harity, that aligns with our values, who we can effectively support as we grow. Like many other passionate organisations and individuals, we have identified that we are in the […]
A-Z to GMF, Mental Toughness, Program
What is your ‘B’ to getting mentally fit? For the ‘B’ activity, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to be BOLD. Forming strategic partnerships and increasing awareness of the value of our programs and services are key actions for us in the coming fortnight. For us, we will be knocking on doors and […]
Book Summary, Habit Forming
Control the Day or the Day will control you Being capable of achieving what you set out to do takes life control. People with effective life control are good at planning and time management and when required are comfortable when completing several things simultaneously. An equally important trait, they have the mental toughness to say […]
A-Z to GMF, Growth Mindset, Program
A-Z to getting mentally fit program. A – 20th January – 3rd February What is your ‘A’ to getting mentally fit? For our A activity, the team at Get Mentally Fit are going to try archery. We are sick of driving past the archery centre down the road, saying ‘we really want to try that […]
A-Z to GMF, News, Program
Welcome to the program We’re really excited that you have committed to partaking in our A-Z program. We see the beginning, and our role in this, as like a dandelion being blown and the seeds (you the participants) freely floating to where they will grow. Enjoy the program and we hope that this activity will […]
A-Z to GMF, Program
Our motivation for developing this program… From the knowing – to the doing – to the being Do you sometimes find yourself regretting not making time for an activity that you were really keen to participate in? Would you like to invest a little more of your time, or your whole family’s time, undertaking fun […]
Featured, Growth Mindset
Post-traumatic Growth – profoundly positive for Mental Fitness You may be familiar with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), however are you familiar with Post-traumatic Growth (PTG)? Affording ourselves optimistic licence (Growth Mindset), we can consider ourselves in extremely fertile ground for unexpected positive outcomes as we embark on 2021. It could be easy to blindly think […]
Character Strengths
Rather than just going through the motions, can we effectively employ knowledge relating to our unique character strengths to help us to thrive? Considering the associated research, and our direct experience…YES! Research has shown many positive benefits of using character strengths across physical, psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual domains. These benefits have been especially noted […]
Character Strengths
We are all truly one of a kind Relevant literature, considering philosophies of human virtues, reveals a surprising amount of similarity across cultures and strongly indicates a historical and cross-cultural convergence of six core virtues: Courage, Justice, Humanity, Temperance, Transcendence, and Wisdom. The number of potential character strengths profiles, which are catagorised into the 6 […]
Character Strengths
We all need evidence-based, practical strategies that when employed ensure that we flourish personally and professionally. The VIA Character Strengths Survey is directly linked to the fundamentals of Positive Psychology, which makes it a perfect place to start. Enablers of positive change Researchers have recently identified seven personal factors, which can move us from surviving […]
Developing Mental Fitness
Now that we know the benefits of being mentally tough, as discussed throughout the 8 Factors of Mental Toughness article, let’s look at what we can do to improve our resilience to stress, change and life challenges. Whilst we would love the power of waving a wand that instantly enhances your mental fitness, unfortunately it’s […]
Developing Mental Fitness
The 8 Factors of Mental Toughness you need to know Our introduction to mental toughness looked at how the Four C’s – challenge, confidence, commitment and control – can start to measure a person’s toughness or sensitivity to stressors like high pressure situations or challenges at work or in their private life. The reason Clough, […]
Developing Mental Fitness
Managing Stress, Pressures and Life Challenges No matter your ambitions in life, mental toughness is an extremely valuable quality that can hold massive influence over your level of success and quality of life. This is because, as stated by Clough and Strycharczyk in 2011: “mental toughness has been found to hold a direct influence over […]
Character Strengths, Featured
Can you measure your Superpowers? Undertaking the ‘VIA Character Strengths Survey’ can reliably measure your inherent character strengths, enabling you to start developing an understanding of these characteristics in action. Within positive psychology, personal strengths are defined as our built-in capacities for particular ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving (Linley, 2008). We all possess a […]
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