Wellbeing Blog

Personal Energy Management

Jenna Baskin Apr 29, 2021 3:02:28 PM

Welcome to you MCI May Wellbeing!

In this post we will focus on personal energy and personal energy management offering you some tips and support to maximise your personal energy levels on a day-to-day basis.

Energy

Most people can relate to energy in its physical form as taught in schools. It is a topic that is often discussed in the media where politicians and other interest groups call for the switch from dirty (polluting) energy – typically provided by resources such as coal – to cleaner energy from sources such as wind, solar and water (less polluting).

Regardless of the energy form – dirty or clean, energy is something fundamentally needed to support and sustain us daily. Just think about the electrical energy – that silently, reliably, and conveniently supplies the exact amount of electricity to our household appliances and machines from fridges to computers.

Now let’s discuss the energy our bodies use every day to keep us alive, well and functioning…

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Stress Management

Jenna Baskin Apr 26, 2021 3:09:20 PM

Welcome to your first MCI Wellbeing content!

This month, we will be offering you tips and support on all things Stress Management.

So, what is stress?

"Stress is the psychological, physiological and behavioural response by an individual when they perceive a lack of equilibrium between the demands placed upon them and their ability to meet those demands, which, over a period of time, leads to ill-health” (Palmer, 1989).

What is stress management?

“Stress management is a set of techniques and programs intended to help people deal more effectively with stress in their lives by analysing the specific stressors and taking positive actions to minimise their effects” (Gale Encyclopaedia of Medicine, 2008).

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