Level 2 Award in Mental Health Awareness Hey Everyone Hope You’re Keeping Well and Staying Safe. We have now confirmed the dates for our Level 2 Award in Mental Health Awareness at Platinum Training Institute, these courses will be Live Online with our Tutor: Course 1 – May 2nd,9th,16th,23rd – 10am-2pm each day Course 2 – June 8th,9th,10th,11th – 10am-2pm each day I’m sure a lot of you know that Mental Health has always been our main goal at Platinum Training Institute …
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Warren’s “Workout” during Quarantine Warren is already bored. After just 1 day in quarantine he decided to do a small “workout” called ‘Fight for Survival’. Check it out. Health and Happiness Fit Mind Matters

Today Karen is in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen enjoying the peace and tranquility of the Royal Danish Horticultural Society gardens. She also talks through answers to questions she asked Rain Burkeen, a personal trainer based in SATS BLOX, on health, happiness and well-being in Denmark. Thanks so much Rain for your really interesting and informative answers! We would love to hear your thoughts and you can email them to fitmindmatters@gmail.com Health and Happiness. FMM

Where Do You Sit on The Mental Health Fence? In today’s society mental health awareness is at the highest that I have seen to date, with today being World Mental Health Day. Recently I completed my Mental Health First Aid training through work and I’m now the dedicated officer in the clinic where I work. Having had an anxiety disorder for over half of my life, I have had many discussions with others on the subject and over time I …

Abseil Europa Hotel Belfast for AWARE NI Ah sure Why Not? Today I decided to take part in the Abseil Europa Hotel for AWARE NI on Sunday 20th May. AWARE deliver mental health and well being programmes into communities, schools, colleges, universities and workplaces. These programmes Mood Matters programmes, Living Life to the Full, Mental Health First Aid and Mindfulness. Click on any of the links to find out more. I am very luck to have recently been added to the AWARE team as a …

31 Days of Learning I hope January has been kind to you and 2018 is inviting you to be the best version of yourself. At the end of December I read that training matchmaker were running a challenge called LearnuaryNI and I thought “Hmmm that looks interesting” I am constantly being introduced to interesting, informative, obscure and random leanings through life and the lovely people who come into Hydro-ease. On a daily basis I share my pearls of wisdom, or …

Insecurities This is the time of year when we start to look forward to the New Year and what kind of resolutions we want to make. So, it’s not surprising where most of the marketing will be aimed… People’s Insecurities I think you know what I mean? You will be sent Quotes and Questions such as: – Do you want to be at the same stage of life next year? – Do you want next year to be your best year …

Too Much Self-Improvement In today’s world we are bombarded with self-improvement tips,tricks,books,social media posts,videos,podcasts etc etc etc Nothing wrong with that, Right? Well, In my opinion – Yes. Too much of anything isn’t good. I am all for striving to be the best version of yourself but it’s the quick fix self-improvement that I have a problem with. Basically, with the amount of content out there in this subject, it can actually make people feel that their life sucks and …

I love setting goals and making to-do list as they keep me focused in all aspects of my career and personal life. Recently I have become aware that these lists have actually become counter productive and instead of motivating me, they have made me feel nothing but overwhelmed. In the workplace, I have noticed that more and more people are feeling like this and no matter how hard they work, they are still staring at a massive to do list …
What did I do today? Today I visited Tollymore HotRock Climbing Wall in Bryansford, Near Kilcoo, Castlewellan and Newcastle areas of the Mournes and Down. I did an instructional course with Mountaineer and Expert Climber Jonny Parr, It isn’t 20 minutes from Newry, Hilltown, Warrenpoint Burren, Downpatrick, Rostrevor, Rathfriland and many other towns in the Mournes area. Where Did I do It We arrived at the Tollymore Outdoor Centre with over 50 years of Mountain Sport, they are the leaders …
As part of the overweight Module 1 – I explore how Climbing, Walking, Moving, Outdoor Pursuits, etc… can help! with your overall Mental Health and productivity and GUT BUSTING efforts aside from regular training. Combing this with an attempt to improve my movement and do something for myself, I wanted to move away from the Personal Trainer, Gym, Bootcamp, arena, where an increasing friendly community of people silently compete against each other about who can do the most burpees or …
What is this Video About anyway? This video shows that even a very popular online Celebrity can talk about the “taboo” of mental health, faced by millions of people, by his own admission, even the hugely popular PewDiePie can open up about general mental health issues and show an other side to himself that is dark, yet strong. What is this PewDiePie video about? PewDiePie (Felix Kjellberg) is about a very popular Youtuber, he has one of the biggest subscribed to channels on …