Week 4 Adobe Connect session

The Healthy Relationships and Mental Health powerpoints are on the share drive at:

S:SCRegion/Camden/Melissa/Lunch and Learn Presentations

The others are on there as well.

Summary from today's session:

Healthy relationships are characterized by:

–Reciprocal responsibilities
–Mutual satisfaction
–Give and take
–Sharing
–Listening

Healthy relationships should include:

–Trust
–Support
–Honesty
–Communication
–Respect
–Shared responsibility
–Equality
–Safety

Communication is key. Friends and caring partners do the following:

–Share likes and dislikes
–Be empathetic, understand other’s point of view
–Actively listen – verbal/non-verbal
–Acknowledge other’s feelings
–Accept conflict may happen

10 Tips for Healthy Relationships:

•Be realistic
•Communicate effectively
•Be flexible
•Take care of yourself
•Be dependable
•Fight fair
•Show your warmth
•Keep your life balance
•It can be a process
•Be yourself


Mental health involves 3 things:

• Intellectual/thinking processes
• Emotional patterns/experiencing feelings
• Self-esteem/self-respect

No one has all the characteristics of mental health all of the time. Mental health does not mean. perfection. Instead, it reflects on the decision to live life openly and fully, acknowledging your limitations, and affirming your strengths.

Personal reflection on mental health:

What are your:

Intellectual patterns
Emotional patterns
Self-esteem patterns
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Mental Health Wish List:

What would you like to be able to do?
To know?
To feel?
To learn?
Let your imagination run free, don’t limit yourself
I wish I could…..