Gr 7 Mentor lesson 16 Sept - PERMA

• Science
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 3

Welcome! Let's be happy...

How important is it to you to be happy?

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Happy people:

Live longer​

Live healthier​

Have more friends​

Better satisfaction with work​

Higher quality relationships​

Overcome challenges more easily​

HOWEVER… happiness is a process , not an end goal

” A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe.”​

– Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

What is mental health?

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

World Health Organization 2001 pg 1

What is PERMA?

P is for Positive emotion

What do you do to feel good? - I love to go out for dinner with a loved one!

E is for engagement 

Engagement is an experience in which someone fully deploys their skills, strengths, and attention for a challenging task.

The activity is its own reward.

What do you do to engaged yourself? I take ballet classes (I'm sore as we speak)

R is for relationships

Connections to others can give life purpose and meaning. Support from and connection with others is one of the best antidotes to “the downs” of life and a reliable way to feel up.

Who is important to you?

M is for meaning

 A sense of meaning and purpose can be derived from belonging to and serving something bigger than the self.

A is for accomplishment.

When we achieve something, we feel good and want to do more and become more.

What are you proud of accomplishing? - I became the mentor of grade 7P!

Take a few minutes to decide on which one of these you want to work on, and how. Write/type this out and save it on your computer.

How can you apply PERMA to your life?