BEING MENTALLY WELL

AIA LAB Forum 2

June 9, 2021
Dr. Jaime Lee
MBBS, MPH, BMedSc
Founder, Health Quotient

Healthquotient.co
Jaime@healthquotient.co
 Forum 1 Recap
• Stress vs. recovery
• Importance of the “Off-switch”
• Adding micro-recovery to your
day
• Healthy sleep routine

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 Mental health is an essential part
of health

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 “Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual
realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal
stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a
contribution to his or her community.”

- World Health Organisation

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 Defining mental health
• Mental health is about being psychologically, emotionally
and socially healthy
• It affects everyone
• It is not merely the absence of mental illness.
• Like physical health, good mental health is an integral part
of our overall health and is vital for humans to flourish and
thrive.

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 Over 1 billion people in the world
experience mental health disorders.

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 Across Asia Pacific, 4-20% of
population experience mental health
issues in any year.

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 Mental health a is not
about a “diagnosis”

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Source: fi.co/insight
 Feeling anxious

What does it feel like?

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 Feeling stressed

What does it feel like?

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 Feeling overwhelmed

What does it feel like?

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 Feeling sad or apathetic

What does it feel like?

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Source: bbc.com
 In pairs, check in with each other (10 minutes)

How is your mental health?

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 Activities that Activities that
DETRACT from … ENHANCE …

Physical
health

Mental
health

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 How do you know when your
physical or mental health is
going up or down?

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 Describe your observations (feelings, emotions, sensations,
thoughts) when your PHYSICAL health is…

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Poor Average Excellent

Irritated
Lots of
Weak energy
Tired
Happy
Lower back
pain Strong

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 Describe your observations (feelings, emotions, sensations,
thoughts) when your PHYSICAL health is…

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Poor Average Excellent

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 Describe your observations (feelings, emotions, sensations,
thoughts) when your MENTAL health is…

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Poor Average Excellent

Irritated
Anxious
Energetic
Lethargic Headaches
Chest
tightness Engaged

Sad Creative
Neck pain

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 Describe your observations (feelings, emotions, sensations,
thoughts) when your MENTAL health is…

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Poor Average Excellent

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 The Emergency Plan

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 The Emergency Plan
My “warning signs” Action plan
When I start noticing… I will…

Physical
health

Mental
health

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 In breakout groups of threes, please share (15 minutes):

1) What are your warning signs?

2) What is your emergency plan?
3) What support do you need from this group going
forward?

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 Implications for leading Self and Others
• Mental health impact everyone
• Essential to recognize for
yourself and your teams
• It takes courage to talk about
mental health as a leader, and
to create a safe space

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 Thank you!

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