Live Your Life Wella public education effort

promoting mental wellness and well-being

• a nonprofit agency helping people achieve wellness

• encouraging people to live mentally healthier lives

• a voice for positive change in Missouri

Our mission:

To promote mental health and to improve the care and treatment of persons with mental illness

through advocacy, education and service

Helping people achieve mental wellness.

A web-based, public education campaignhelping people take positive action toward

improving their mental health and well-being

Live Your Life Well

• Consists of ten tools promoting resiliency

• Provides practical, easy-to-use suggestions on maintaining and improving mental wellness

• Offers helpful resources and information to strengthen the mental health safety-net

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A grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health afforded MHA to develop a pilot on-the-ground program to impact two communities: African Americans and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) individuals.

Gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic backgrounds are strong determinants whether individuals will seek help, types of help they seek, coping styles, social supports and how much stigma they attach to mental health.

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MHA met with a variety of local and out-state community partners to advise us on developing culturally sensitive seminars and materials along with expanding our helpline with culturally competent mental health providers.

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LGBT Outreach Committee:

Growing American Youth

Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region

Missouri Health Equity Collaborative

SAGE Metro St. Louis

St. Louis Effort for AIDS

St. Louis Gender Foundation

The SPOT

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African American Outreach Committee:

Better Family Life

Brown School of Social Work – Washington University-St. Louis

Amanda L. Murphy Hopewell Center

Lincoln University

Missouri Bootheel Regional Consortium

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African American Outreach Committee:

Missouri Health Equity Collaborative

St. Louis Public Schools

University of Missouri–Columbia

University of Missouri– St. Louis

Walter’s Walk Counseling

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Community Outreach Committees:

– Evaluated pilot seminars

– Assembled focus groups to test seminars

– Connected MHA with host organizations

– Identified mental health service providers

– Identified out-state sites for webinars/seminars

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The seminars are based on a body of scientific evidence in behavioral and medical research.

Simply stated, it’s evidenced-based common sense.

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• Log on to www.liveyourlifewell.org to sample the website

• Easy-to-access from home, work, library, college, etc.

• Easy language, easy and direct resources

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1. Connect with Others

2. Stay Positive

3. Get Physically Active

4. Help Others

5. Get Enough Sleep

6. Create Joy and Satisfaction

7. Eat Well

8. Take Care of Your Spirit

9. Deal Better with Hard Times

10. Get Professional Help if You Need It

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2. Stay Positive

3. Get Physically Active

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5. Get Enough Sleep

6. Create Joy and Satisfaction

7. Eat Well

8. Take Care of Your Spirit

9. Deal Better with Hard Times

10. Get Professional Help if You Need It

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Seminar or Webinar consist of:

– Pre-seminar survey

– 60-minute interactive seminar

– Post-seminar survey

– Three week follow-up survey by email or mail

– Connection with cultural competent providers

• Talk with someone immediately after attending a seminar

• Get connected to resources and/or service providers

• Receive follow-up after the seminar

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Name:_____________________________________

Phone:____________ Email:___________________

Address:___________________________________

⃝� I would like to participate in the follow-up survey for a chance to win a $25 gift card.

⃝� I am feeling especially bad; I would like to speak with someone today.

⃝� I’m okay and don’t feel I need to speak with someone immediately.

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Stress can be a result of emotional and psychological pain. It may manifest in physical symptoms, sometimes as problems in work or love relationships, disturbances in mood and self-esteem, or troubling personality traits.

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In some cases, the toll of stress cannot be resolved through the advice of friends and family or reading self-help books. Our most determined efforts often fail to provide the necessary relief.

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Join SAGE Metro St. Louis and MHA

Thursday, October 25, at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Seminar Location:MHA of Eastern Missouri

1905 South Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63104Parking available in the rear.

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• Live Your Life Well

• Address Stress

• Busting Burnout

• REBOUND

• Care of Self, Care of Others

MHA’s Wellness Education Series

For more information

Contact Bryan Evans

Director, Mental Health Promotion

Bryan.Evans@mha-em.org

or 314-773-1399

Live Your Life Well

Helping people achieve mental wellness.