Understanding and Developing Healthy Habits

Understanding and Developing Healthy Habits

Learning Objectives

At the end of the lesson, you will be able to identify what constitutes a habit and differentiate between good and bad habits. You will understand the importance of healthy habits for mental health and wellbeing. You will be able to list practices that contribute to good habits in diet, exercise, sleep, relationships, communication, work-life balance, time management, stress management, and mindfulness.

What do you already know about cultivating healthy habits?

Definition and Nature of Habits

Habit: A routine behavior that is repeated regularly and often unconsciously.

Good vs. Bad Habits

Good Habits: Behaviors that positively impact one's physical, mental, and emotional health. Bad Habits: Behaviors that are detrimental to one's physical, mental, and emotional health.

Impact of Habits on Mental Health and Wellbeing

Mental Health: A person's condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. Wellbeing: The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.

Examples of Good Habits

Maintaining a healthy diet, exercising, having a regular sleep routine, fostering healthy relationships, practicing assertive communication, achieving work-life balance, managing time effectively, practicing stress management, and mindfulness.

Steps to Creating Healthy Habits

Identifying what constitutes a habit, Differentiating between good and bad habits, Understanding the importance of healthy habits for mental health and wellbeing, Listing practices that contribute to good habits in diet, exercise, sleep, relationships, communication, work-life balance, time management, stress management, and mindfulness.

Definition List

Habit: A routine behavior that is repeated regularly and often unconsciously. Good Habits: Behaviors that positively impact one's physical, mental, and emotional health. Bad Habits: Behaviors that are detrimental to one's physical, mental, and emotional health. Mental Health: A person's condition with regard to their psychological and emotional well-being. Wellbeing: The state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy.

Write down 3 things you learned in this lesson.

Have students enter three things they learned in this lesson. With this they can indicate their own learning efficiency of this lesson.

Write down 2 things you want to know more about.

Here, students enter two things they would like to know more about. This not only increases involvement, but also gives them more ownership.

Ask 1 question about something you haven't quite understood yet.

The students indicate here (in question form) with which part of the material they still have difficulty. For the teacher, this not only provides insight into the extent to which the students understand/master the material, but also a good starting point for the next lesson.