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We all know the benefits of being active physically but the ABC of Act Belong Commit also means planning to be active socially and mentally, being a part of our community and developing a sense of belonging to a group or community. This can be hard and so we have to break it down into small steps and make a plan so it is not so frightening or too big to manage. You may already have made a plan to exercise regularly or made a ‘to do list’, this is great to keep you motivated and healthy. The following is from: [] =  · Regular gentle exercise is helpful.  · Exercise such as walking, swimming, yoga, dancing, golf or a gym workout can help relieve mental tension, as well as muscle tension.  · Try to do some exercise every day, even if it's just walking around the block.  · It's important to have an activity plan.  · Continue to do things that give a sense of achievement.  · Plan activities to keep active.  · Maintain social contact.  · Be physically active. <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">WHY IS KEEP ING ACT IVE IMPORTANT? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Keeping active can help a person stay //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-LightItalic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">physically //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">fit and //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-LightItalic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">mentally //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">healthy. Research shows that keeping active can: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• help lift mood <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• help people get a good night’s sleep <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">• increase energy levels <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">help block negative thoughts and/or distract people from daily worries <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• help people feel less alone if they exercise or socialise with others <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">• increase well-being. <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">KEEP ING ACT IVE - **<span style="color: #ff0092; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Tips to get started ** **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Start simple ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">It’s important to increase activity levels gradually. Start by planning simple daily activities such as shopping, driving, gardening, writing letters or completing simple household tasks. Completing these activities can increase a person’s self-confidence and build the motivation needed to take on more energetic activities. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Do what is enjoyable ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">People with depression often lose interest and pleasure in doing things they once enjoyed. This loss of pleasure and enjoyment in life can make symptoms worse. To reverse this negative cycle, plan activities that are enjoyable, interesting, relaxing or satisfying. These activities are important in overcoming depression. At first, they may not feel as enjoyable as before, but with persistence, the pleasure should eventually return. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Include other people ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">People with depression often don’t feel like socialising with others. However, spending time alone can make a person feel cut off from the world, making it harder to recover. That’s why it’s important to participate in activities with family members and close friends – and to accept social invitations, even though it’s the last thing the person may want to do. Keeping connected with people helps increase levels of well-being, confidence and opportunities to participate in physical activities. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Eat healthy [] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">ACTIVITY __ ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Make a list of things you enjoyed doing in the past or as a child. Can you still do some of those things? Will you still find them enjoyable? <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Make a plan __ ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Planning a routine can help people to become more active. Make sure some form of exercise is scheduled each day. Try to stick to the plan as closely as possible, but be flexible. If an activity runs overtime or cannot be completed, shorten or skip it and move onto the next one at the appointed time. Ideas for activities to include in a personal schedule: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Add some more activities to the table <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Cook something new  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Join a club  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Now make your own weekly planner & copy some of these activities into it
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Keep fit || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Entertain yourself  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Socialise  || //<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-MediumItalic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Pamper yourself //<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">  || //<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-MediumItalic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Around the house // || //<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-MediumItalic','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Away from home // ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Go for a 20 minute walk || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Read a newspaper/book/magazine  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Invite a friend around for coffee  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Have a bubble bath
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Ride a bike || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Write a letter/email  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Organise a video evening  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Buy some flowers  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Listen to music/radio  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Go to a market  ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Do some gardening || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Surf the internet  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Take children and/or pets to the playground or park  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Lie on the beach and read a book  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Play in the backyard with children or pets  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Visit a friend or family member  ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Go bushwalking || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Play a solo card game  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Visit a neighbour  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Do some gardening  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Visit a museum  ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Go to the gym || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Do a crossword or sudoku  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Phone a friend for a chat  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Visit an art gallery  ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Go swimming || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Go to a movie.  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Visit the library  ||
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">TH INGS TO REMEMBER <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Depression and anxiety are manageable. Keeping active can help manage or prevent mild to moderate depression and anxiety. There are many things a person can do to keep active, at little or no cost. Help and information is available for people with depression who want to keep active. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Up to five visits to an exercise physiologist are now covered under Medicare if the person has a referral from a GP. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What is Structured Problem Solving? (SPS) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Structured Problem Solving is a method designed to work logically through your problems. SPS helps you to: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Recognise what’s caused you to feel this way <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Become aware of the support you have, your personal strengths and how you coped with similar problems in the past <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Develop an approach to deal with current difficulties <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Feel in control of your problems <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">• Deal more effectively with problems in the future. <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">If you feel anxious or depressed, your problems may seem overwhelming. To cope better, it may be helpful to approach your problems in a different way and correct your negative thought patterns. You can do this by using a technique called ‘Structured Problem Solving’ (SPS). Approaching your problems with SPS helps to put them in perspective. <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">How does SPS work? <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">These are the steps to follow the SPS approach: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 1: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">List the problems that are worrying or distressing you and write them down. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 2: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Identify the problem that’s causing the most stress and write it down. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 3: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Work out what options are available to deal with the problem and write them down. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 4: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">List the advantages and disadvantages of each option, taking into account the resources you have – such as friends, other people to talk to and finances. You might find the table overleaf helpful for writing <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">down your thoughts. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 5: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Identify the best option(s) to deal with the problem. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 6: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">List the steps you need to carry out this option. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Step 7: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Carry out the best option and then think about whether it has worked for you and whether you’d do this again. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Structured problem solving can also be used to help organise and plan events and activities. Think about a party, dinner, picnic etc that you organised, how did you plan it? What did you have to think about? Did you make lists? Was it stressful? Was it a mad panic just before people arrived? It can all be very stressful but planning for it and breaking it down into steps makes it more manageable. This same technique can be used for and event or problem – it will help you think clearly and look for the best options. <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;"> __<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 15pt;">ACTIVITY- __<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Structured Problem Solving <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Eg how to organise a class art exhibition <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">List things you need to think about (do some internet research to get ideas) <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif';">[] <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Choose one topic to work on & then share with others ** <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ** <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Topic:__________________________________ ** <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Eg confirm gallery space <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Problem/ to do <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">1. Location: large, not enough art to fill space? <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">2. When is access available to hang art? <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="0cm line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Eg ** secure your ‘gallery space’ **
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<span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">More ways to change your thinking <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Another way of working through depression and anxiety is to change negative ways of thinking to more helpful ways of thinking. Thoughts such as ‘I’m a failure’, ‘Nobody loves me’, ‘There is nothing good out there’, ‘Things will never improve’ are unhelpful ways of thinking. These thoughts interfere with recovery and make you vulnerable to experiencing depression and anxiety in the future. It’s important to be able to recognise unhelpful thoughts and challenge them with more helpful ways of thinking. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a structured psychological treatment based on the idea that the way we think affects how we feel. Everyone experiences problems and stressful situations. CBT helps people to think more clearly about common life problems. Have a think about your own way of thinking. Are you very critical of yourself? Are your thoughts helpful or unhelpful? If thoughts such as ‘I’m hopeless’, ‘Everyone is better than me’, or ‘I can’t do anything to change’ tend to be the way you think about yourself, you may find CBT helpful in changing your thinking. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="height: 87.45pt; margin-left: 136.2pt; margin-top: 13.55pt; mso-height-percent: 200; mso-height-relative: margin; mso-width-relative: margin; position: absolute; width: 141.65pt; z-index: 251653632;"> <span style="height: 33.45pt; margin-left: 299.75pt; margin-top: 13.9pt; mso-height-percent: 200; mso-height-relative: margin; mso-width-percent: 400; mso-width-relative: margin; position: absolute; width: 229.55pt; z-index: 251656704;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“I will never get better” <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“I can’t cope – <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">there’s no point <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">getting up  || || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
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<span style="flip: y; height: 20.75pt; margin-left: 278.25pt; margin-top: 7.3pt; position: absolute; width: 15.75pt; z-index: 251659776;"> <span style="height: 57pt; margin-left: -24.7pt; margin-top: 0.55pt; mso-height-relative: margin; mso-width-relative: margin; position: absolute; width: 119.55pt; z-index: 251652608;"><span style="mso-next-textbox: #_x0000_s1026;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Waking up in the morning || <span style="color: white; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 8pt;">Depression <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="height: 55.75pt; margin-left: 278.25pt; margin-top: 5.05pt; position: absolute; width: 15.75pt; z-index: 251661824;"> <span style="height: 10pt; margin-left: 278.25pt; margin-top: 5.05pt; position: absolute; width: 20.75pt; z-index: 251660800;"> <span style="height: 0px; margin-left: 94.85pt; margin-top: 5.05pt; position: absolute; width: 30.4pt; z-index: 251658752;"> <span style="height: 33.45pt; margin-left: 298.6pt; margin-top: 4.6pt; mso-height-percent: 200; mso-height-relative: margin; mso-width-percent: 400; mso-width-relative: margin; position: absolute; width: 229.55pt; z-index: 251657728;"> || <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">” • Stay in bed <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="height: 34.95pt; margin-left: 299.75pt; margin-top: 15.2pt; mso-height-percent: 200; mso-height-relative: margin; mso-width-percent: 400; mso-width-relative: margin; position: absolute; width: 229.55pt; z-index: 251655680;"> <span style="height: 74.7pt; margin-left: 102.75pt; margin-top: 39.05pt; mso-height-percent: 200; mso-height-relative: margin; mso-width-relative: margin; position: absolute; width: 154.8pt; z-index: 251654656;"> cognitive therapy || <span style="flip: y; height: 28.9pt; margin-left: 172.5pt; margin-top: 11.15pt; position: absolute; width: 5.25pt; z-index: 251662848;"> Tired, Constant ‘butterflies’ || <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Roman','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">‘I’m no good at anything’ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">‘I always mess it up’ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Felt hopeless, inadequate, <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">depressed <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Drank some alcohol and went to bed <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> ||
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<span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: white; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 9.5pt;">Situations Thoughts Feelings Behaviours <span style="color: #00d2c3; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Medium','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Being assertive <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">When you’re feeling depressed and anxious, it can be difficult to stand up for yourself – to be assertive. This means that your rights and needs may be neglected. Standing up for yourself doesn’t mean that you will necessarily deny others their rights. Everyone has the same rights as you. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Everyone has the right to: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• Express feelings, including anger <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• Say ‘No’ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• Say ‘Yes’ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• Say ‘I don’t understand’ or ‘I will think about it’ <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• Make their own decisions <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• Change their mind if they wish <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">• Hold their own opinions or beliefs. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">Sometimes when you assert your rights, other people get upset. This doesn’t mean you’ve done something wrong. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'HelveticaNeue-Light','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">[]

1. Time: Cause & Event Control All life is governed by time. With enough time anything could be accomplished. Learn to manage your time well and you've mastered the first area of the Life Pyramid. 2. Energy: Vitality & Power Potential Energy is life. And the kind of energy we have governs the kind and quality actions we take in life. Energy aids or hinders the power potential of life. Without energy you have no power and with enough energy you have the power to do anything. Eat Right, exercise, meditate and take inventory of your energy often to ensure you engage in activities that keep your energy levels high. Do this and you've mastered the second area of the Life Pyramid. 3. Knowledge, Experience & Understanding Everything you experience with your senses becomes knowledge. And all of the events in your life result in knowledge. Make learning something new every day a constant in your life. Read often, experience new things, and complete each day knowing that you've learned something.. 4.Connection, Self & People There are two forms of connection that control your whole life. The connection you make with yourself. And the connection you make with other people. These two things determine the kind and quality of life you experience. The connection you form with yourself allows you to grow and understand at a rapid pace - making the best use of your other resources. The kind of people you connect with determines what you learn and teach. The kind of people you connect with on a regular basis may determine your ultimate destination in life. Quality communication determines the quality of links formed in each of your connections. Effective communication builds faster and stronger links. Poor communication causes links to dissolve quickly and the potential of your connections to be limited. Make connecting with people a constant in your life. Be careful with who you connect with. Study your connections regularly to ensure they are linking you with a quality people. Strive to deepen your connections with quality sources of energy. This means the people that bring you the most joy, the most knowledge, and the most progression in your life. Strive to do the same for them. Becoming an effective communicator is the single greatest gift you can give yourself. By knowing how to interact, build rapport, strengthen relationships and deepen the connections you make in life, you deepen your overall quality of life. Life is living with yourself and people. Communication is a vital part of how that process plays out. 5. Money, Assets & Capital "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."- Winston Churchill If you're going to master your life, taking control of your time and energy will be difficult to do if you are obligated to earn money in order to survive. Therefore mastering the resource of money in your life is an essential component to mastering the other areas of the Pyramid. With the amount of money in the world and countless ways to gain it, there's no reason why any person should feel lack or obligation to earn. Often our judgments about money become clouded because it's so close to power and influence - that we lose sight of mastering the more important resources on the Life Pyramid. When you master the Life Pyramid, money is a resource that can't be overlooked or made into an obsession. 6. Power, Ability to Act "Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power."- Seneca Ability is actually only half power. Full power is following through with that ability and taking action. Your potential for power is limited to the extent you limit your control over any of the other resources in the Life Pyramid. If poorly control your time, poorly manage your energy, attain a poor level of knowledge and connect with a poor quality of people and manage money poorly - your power to act & influence is poor. Conversely if you greatly manage your time, greatly manage your energy, attain great levels of knowledge and connect with a great quality of people in a great way, manage money greatly - your power to act and influence is, surprise - great. Could mastering life be this easy - just master the six fundamental resources of life and take action? Yes but it's much easier to say than do. You now have a road map for your journey but that doesn't make the journey any easier. With a sound blue print at least you know you won't be taking blind steps. And even after all this there's still one thing you need to make sure you do. Planning -What will you do?"   "Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning."- Thomas Edison    Before you even begin you should know where you're going. The Life Pyramid is your how but you still need a what. When you've got all this power to act what are you going to do with it?    It is often lack of planning that causes power to become corrupt. A person in a position of great power and influence with no real plan is in big trouble. Mastering the Life Pyramid could result in good or evil. There's a lot of power here that needs to be planned out before it's achieved.    Refer back to your notes earlier about goal planning. Make some clear distinctions on what you want in life and make your vision so clear there's no mistaking what you'll do with the power when you have it.    And remember, good will always triumph evil because good is of a higher energy vibration. More energy means greater power potential - so if it's greater power you seek, focus on greater good. Concluding: The Life Pyramid is a great way to bring together everything you learned in this book. Mastering your Life Pyramid is a matter of following the strategies to master Time, Energy, Knowledge, Connection, Money and Power. With the knowledge you have in your hands the "secrets" of the physical and spiritual worlds have opened up to you. Seize the potential power and take action. How long should you continue to master your life? Every day you live it.
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