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CHENNAI: Most of the physical illnesses have their roots in psychic causes or the psychic factors especially ones negative outlook, negative attitude, negative thinking and erroneous lifestyle. However, this truth still lies hidden from so-called modern humans view that ones outlook, attitudes and lifestyle are determined by the ethical and spiritual aspects of his personality. As a result of this lack of realisation, only a few steps have been taken by the health scientists to give a spiritual touch to the environment in hospitals and a moral and spiritual orientation to the doctors, surgeons and nurses.

There might be some hospitals and institutions that may be training nurses while keeping above-mentioned factors in view, but their numbers are indeed small. A nurse is a unique soul who will pass through our life for a minute and impact it for an eternity. Hence, it is very important for such a person who is responsible to look after a patients well being, to take care of her/his mental as well as spiritual health. Nowadays, many nurses are spiritually inclined and they have those qualities within them, but if the health authorities give this aspect due importance in training, then things would be much better at hospitals.

Each one of us react differently to a situation of stress depending on our values, belief system, weakness and spiritual strength. Therefore, the delicate job of nurses requires that their functioning must have spiritual qualities also. A patient must be free from mental stress and in order to achieve it, he/she must have his/her spirit also healed by receiving spiritual treatment along with medical treatment. By receiving spiritual treatment, he/she would become strong enough to face stress in his/her life without getting affected by tension, trauma or depression.

It should be understood in this context that if a patient gets cured, but does not change his attitude and outlook and gets emotionally disturbed again and again, he/she will then have to be treated again for the same or for a more complicated disease. So, in order to get a lasting cure, the psychological, social and mental aspects of his/her personality have to be attended to, and for that purpose, it is essential that he/she should get spiritual treatment also.

It is high time that health professionals across the globe realise that a comfortable bed and room does not enable a patient to have rest, nor do sedatives or pain killers remove his/her pain for a long period if there is a trauma or a conflict in the patients mind. It is necessary to provide spiritual wisdom that would give him/her peace and emotional stability. There is a power within each one of us, which helps us regain health. This inner power has to be re-awakened because anyone who has lost the will to be well or the will to live cannot survive for long.

Our strong and awakened will can work wonders in matters of health. Positive thinking, positive attitude, faith in the Almighty as well as spiritual meditation can repair what seems to be impossible for medical science. Medicines play their own role, but a persons inner power along with harmony of mind, intellect and emotions enable nature to work its way to good health. Medication removes the barriers and meditation awakens the inner power and helps nature in process of cure. So, let us practise meditation along with medication to achieve fast recovery from all kinds of physical and mental ailments.

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Of the extremely athletic cast of Survivor: Island of the Idols, Elizabeth Beisel stands chief among them. The 26-year-old is an Olympic swimmer and two-time medalist, appearing in the past three summer games. She comes to the island at a bit of a crossroads, having retired from the sport and looking for the next career to dive into. Despite her lack of confidence in the future, shes ready to charge into the next 39 days willing to do anything for the gold. After all, swimming with sharks wouldnt be a far cry from her status quo.

Read on for my chat with Elizabeth, and make sure to check in with Parade.com every day for interviews with this seasons contestants and other on-set tidbits. Survivor: Island of the Idols premieres on September 25 with a special 90-minute premiere on CBS.

Tell me about yourself.I was born and raised in Rhode Island, so Im an East Coast girl. I went to three Olympics and have two medals. I was captain of the 2016 Olympic team. Now I do a lot of motivational speaking in clinics throughout the country, teaching. Swimming is the only sport that can save your life. Thats been my mission since I stopped swimming. Im on the Board of Directors with the USA Swimmers Foundation, and our mission is to save lives and build champions.

How did you get into swimming?I grew up in the Ocean State and lived a block away from the beach. My parents were like, Were going to be at the beach all summer; she needs to learn how to swim. That turned into a love for the water, and ten years later, I became an Olympian.

Are there any similarities in the mental preparation between the Olympics and Survivor?Thats what excites me most about Survivor. I havent been challenged since the Olympics with such high pressure and stakes. Going into this game, Im probably the most excited and nervous Ive been since the Olympics. And thats huge to say. This is a completely different beast in itself. When Im swimming at the Olympics, Im fully rested. Im fully fueled. The pool is heated to my liking. Here I am trying to compete with that same physical ability with no food, no sleep, in natures pool. It will be interesting to see if Im the athlete I truly think I am. This is the equalizer.

What prompted you to jump into the Survivor pool?I grew up watching it. The first-ever Survivor winner, Richard Hatch, was from Newport, Rhode Island, about five minutes from where I live. Whenever something in Rhode Island happens, its huge. Because Rhode Island is basically a small family. The entire state gets behind them, and thats what Richard was for us. So I had the chance to do this, and I thought, Yeah, Im going to challenge myself!

Are you going to tell anyone about your Olympic career?No. Unless its brought up in conversation or someone says, Hey, youre a really good swimmer. Did you go to the Olympics? Im not going to lie, but Im not going to offer that information to somebody. Thats how I go about my daily life. I dont go to the grocery store and say, Hey, Im Elizabeth. Youre checking out my groceries. By the way, Im an Olympian. Thats not who I am. I dont think I want to change that just because Im here.

How are you going to adapt coming from such a team environment into a tribe setting?Swimming is an individual sport. But youre on a team, representing the United States of America. You want everyone to do their best, but at the same time, you dont want them to do better than you. Its very similar to Survivor. When Im on a team, Im typically in a leadership role. But that leadership role is not me being a dictator. Its me being a servant to others, making sure they need what they need to be the best. Ill be out there fishing every day if I can get a fish for everybody. Thats the type of leader I want to be. I also want to be able to lift people up. Its going to be extremely hard out there. Were probably all going to hate each other at one point. And Im human; Im going to have those days. But I would rather us all have more good days than bad.

How do you think others will perceive you in this game?Definitely as an athlete and a physical player. But I also have a lot of mental toughness. Im most looking forward to going toe-to-toe with the men. Were in a very physical group. Half of us are probably athletes. One of my favorite things in swimming was keeping the men honest. They hate it when women beat them. (Laughs.) One of the words to describe Survivor is outlast, not outsprint. Im not going to be stronger than them; physiologically that doesnt work. But Im confident I have more endurance than they do.

What line will you not cross morally in the game?I wouldnt want to be completely blindsided. If I had a secret alliance with somebody and we were each others ears, and I walk into Tribal and they knew I was about to get voted out and dont tell me, that would really hurt. At the end of the day, were all humans. When you look someone in the eye and say, Hey, I trust you. Ive got your back and then they dont, it stings. Even if it is a game. Im going to do my best not to do that to somebody, as well as avoid somebody doing that to me.

How much is honesty going to be a part of your game?Im going to try to be Switzerland as much as I can. (Laughs.) I hate confrontation and backstabbing. But unfortunately, thats the premise of this game. Ive obviously going to have to partake in that if I want to make it all the way. Im going to try to stay as loyal as possible to the people in my alliance. Hopefully, I have a strong enough group to bring me to the end. And if I have to jump ship to win, its something Ill have to do. Its wired in my DNA. Im a competitor, and I have to win. I go into everything I do with a winning mindset. I may have to give up my honest, loyal persona to get myself further in the game.

How are you going to utilize your speaking skills from your job in the game?Im not the most argumentative person. But I do feel like Im well-spoken and I can state my case factually. Thats what it comes down to. I want to state all the facts and leave it at that. There will have to be some lying and aspects that Im not a fan of. But its what I signed up for.

What do you desire in an ally?I would love an unlikely pair, working silently with somebody who would be the opposite of me. But outwardly, I would like to be paired with another strong woman. I think two indomitable women leading this game like Wendell and Dom did would be amazing. Were in the world of women being powerful right now, and this would be a true testament to that. It would be an awesome scenario.

Whats your game plan when you touch down on the beach?Im going to sit back and watch, sizing everybody up and getting to know each other. The people who run off immediately put a target on their backs. I will definitely be looking for the idols, but Im going to wait a couple of days.

If you find an idol, are you going to disclose that to anyone?Absolutely not. Ive watched it a lot, and I feel like no matter how tight you think you are, you really cant trust anybody. Im going to keep that as a secret because thats my life in the game. Nobody needs to know about it.

Whats your biggest goal going into the game outside of winning?I dont want to let myself down. I want to push myself to limits Ive never been pushed to, no matter how far that takes me in the game. I want to leave with no regrets. Thats a hard thing to do because this game is so subjective. Its not swimming, where you can say, I have the best time, so Im the best in the world. Case closed. You dont control your fate; other people do. Thats going to be a hard thing for me to grasp. Im used to forming my outcome. If I prepare for a swim meet, Im going to swim well. If I didnt, Im going to swim poorly. I can play the best game of my life in Survivor, and people can still say, Shes a threat, she needs to go.

Do you have any other passions or hobbies outside of swimming?Violin was actually my first love. When I was three years old, I went to a birthday party. There was a violinist there, and I fell in love. My parents got me a violin that Christmas and Ive been playing ever since. I put it to the side while I was training for the Olympics because your body can be at its peak for so long. I can play the violin when Im 90 years old, but I wont be swimming 10,000 meters. It was good to know I had something to fall back on when I was done swimming. Thats one thing a lot of athletes deal with. Its almost PTSD of leaving your sport. You lose identity when you stop your sport, and you have to re-figure out what youre about. The past year has been that for me. Im figuring out what I dont like to figure out what I do like.

So what has that transition process been like?Its hard. I think one of the things thats become more prevalent in swimming is mental health. I was definitely sad after I finished swimming. You lose identity, almost like a death of who you are and who youre known as. Im Elizabeth Beisel the Olympic swimmer. Ill always be an Olympian, but that chapter of my life has closed. Ive done a pretty good job navigating those waters. Nobody can give you a set path to take, and even so, youre on your path alone. Survivor is going to be a great chance for me to disconnect from the world, do some thinking, and figure out what I want to do with my life and where I want to be.

A couple of seasons ago, I remember Chrissy Hoffbeck saying something like, I was so wrapped up in work. I spent no time with my family and didnt put importance on things that are actually important. Now being out here, disconnected, I realize the importance of family, friends, and personal relationships. That will definitely be eye-opening. Youre out here alone. Its desolate, and you dont know these people. All you have time to do is think. Im going to come away with hopefully a clearer mindset as to what I want my life to look like when I get back.

Give me a Survivor winner and non-winner you want to play like.I loved Wendell. He was a physical player but was so quiet in his leadership. I feel like I can relate to him that sense. He was able to do well in the challenges, but still navigate the waters of being a leader. As for a non-winner, I absolutely adore Cirie. Shes so genuine and loyal. Shes a great person to be around, and thats what I want to be. I want to avoid all the drama as much as possible and be a joy around camp. Cirie always had that warm radiant smile that made people feel good. I want to give that same sense to people.

When your tribe visits Tribal Council, would you rather vote for strength or loyalty?Strength, especially premerge. You want to avoid losing challenges as much as possible because thats why you go to Tribal. In my mind, I always want to keep the tribe strong. Im going to be pushing for the strong men and women to get to the merge, and then were all on our own.

Which is more important to your game: Strategy or social?At the end of the day, the social aspect is whats going to get you the vote to win. Its whether people like you. You do need to have a resume, obviously. Im not going to get through the game just with people liking me and not doing anything. Theres a balance. But Im more of a social person than I am strategic.

When youre at your lowest low, whats one memory youll pull from to boost your spirits?Probably how excited I was to have this opportunity. When I got the call saying I was on, it was a happiness I havent felt in a really long time, not since swimming. Im going to recall that happiness and say, Yes, its really hard out here right now. But having the attitude of gratitude is such an important thing. Your mind is going to start playing tricks on you. Youre paranoid, tired, and hungry. It strips you down to who you really are. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that people try to get on for years. And here I am, lucky to be here. Be grateful.

If you could bring one celebrity or fictional character out as your loved one, who would you pick?I love Jennifer Lawrence. I feel like I would be very cool with her. Shes unapologetically herself, and I love that about her. Shed be my top choice.

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The continuation of a yearlong series

When you come right down to it, this could have likely been the greatest sports accomplishment for any Gardner athlete.

The ultimate goal for an athlete is to reach the acme of competition and when that results in an Olympic gold medal, it doesnt get any bigger than that.

Former Greenwood Memorial swimmer and 1999 Gardner High School graduate Samantha Arsenault achieved that moment of glory back in 2000 when she competed in the Sydney Summer Olympics and came home with a gold medal.

Arsenault was a member of the gold medal-winning 4x200-meter freestyle relay team.

A competitive swimmer since she was a youngster, she once recalled looking into the evening sky when she was 8 years old and always making the same wish on the first star she would see each night.

I would always make the same wish, to one day win a gold medal, she said.

However, things were not always rosy for the young swimmer during her high school years.

She was 15 years old and found herself losing interest in the sport while participating for the town team in Peabody, and on the verge of quitting. Her mother, Jeanne, while at the boys high school state meet where Samanthas older brother, Chris, was competing, had a casual conversation with Gardner coach Don Lemieux.

He encouraged her to have Samantha give the Greenwood program a try to see if her attitude to swimming would change it all. As it turned out, it would become the turning point of her life.

It was a big sacrifice, she said, noting how she and her father, Ed, would rise each morning at 3:30 to make the 64-mile one-way trip to Gardner from Peabody.

After a 90-minute practice, she would eat a quick breakfast on the way to Gardner High where she took all honors and Advanced Placement classes.

Then after school it was back to the Greenwood Pool for afternoon practice sessions before the return trip to Peabody for supper, a few hours of studying, and off to bed to resume the same schedule the next day.

It would become her routine for the two years she attended Gardner High, where she graduated as the salutatorian of the Class of 1999 and also helped lead the team to another state championship.

I learned so many life skills swimming in that dungeon of a pool, she said of Greenwood. But swimming became fun for me again and I got the chance to fall in love with the sport all over again.

Her hard work paid off in success as she would eventually have the chance to compete with the same swimmers who were among her idols and whose pictures she had taped to her bedroom walls.

In time, Amanda Beard, Kristy Kowal and Jenny Thompson werent just the photos on her wall they became the swimmers in the next lanes she would be battling with for berths in the National and Olympic qualifying meets.

Eventually, they would become teammates as they represented the United States in the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

I got to compete with them and beat some of them, she said. Just knowing that I was on the same level with them, it just made me want to work even harder.

She explained that in Australia, swimmers are put on a pedestal the way American sports fans put pro baseball and football players.

They are the people who are up on the billboards there, she said. The eight days I spent in Australia for the Olympics was the most fun of my life. It was just so exciting to have that swimming cap on with the U.S. flag, you just cant believe it.

She led off 4x200-meter relay with a 1:59 opening leg, and she recalled never being so ready for a race in her life.

I was very nervous, but at that point I had swam that race so many times in my life I just got into my zone, she said. It was so overwhelming.

After getting the U.S. team off to a great start, fellow relay swimmers Diana Munz, Lindsey Benko and Jenny Thompson brought it home for the gold medal.

I still havent been able to come up with the words to describe it, except that it was pure happiness, she said. I was in shock when the race was over.

She gave credit to her parents, Ed and Jeanne Arsenault, who were always so supportive of everything I did, she said. They had high expectations for me: to be loyal to my team, to attend each practice, to set high academic standards, and to always have my priorities straight.

In addition, she paid tribute to Lemieux, crediting him with helping her reconnect with the sport that she loved so well.

We all knew what he expected of us, and it made us know what to expect of each other, she said. The older kids at the pool always have to set the tone. The great swimmers before us did that, and we knew we had to carry on that tradition and we did it well.

She also admitted that winning the gold medal and the things that happened after that helped her find her eventual career path.

I had thought I would go into medicine, but after winning that gold medal I got a chance to come back to Gardner and speak to a lot of the kids in the schools, show them my gold medal, she recalled.

She noted that trips to Holy Rosary School, to Gardner Middle School and Gardner High School, sharing her experiences with young students really appealed to her.

After her Olympic experience, she attended college at the University of Georgia, where she helped lead the Bulldogs to the NCAA championship in 2005.

In all, it wasnt a bad career for the young swimmer who by the age of 24 had achieved the acme in every level she had competed a high school state championship, the NCAA title and an Olympic gold medal.

And I know none of this would have never happened to me had my mother not talked with Coach Lemieux that day and I decided to come to the Greenwood Pool, she said. I know that was probably the biggest decision to influence my life.

Today, she is Samantha (Arsenault) Livingstone and lives in the western Massachusetts town of Williamstown, where her husband, Rob, is the director of sports performance at Williams College and runs his business, Livingstone Speed Academy.

Samantha has transitioned into a full-time working mother and entrepreneur with four daughters who are all actively involved in various sports.

Kylie is 9 and plays soccer, ice hockey and baseball. Their 6 year old twins Jayden (soccer, ice hockey and baseball) and Mia (soccer, ice hockey, baseball, dance and gymnastics) keep them on the go. Mia underwent serious heart issues in her infancy but now is doing really well, according to her mom.

Their youngest, Reese, is 3 and also does gymnastics and swimming. In fact, all four girls love to swim.

In 2017, Samantha launched Livingstone High Performance and is a high-performance consultant, mental performance coach, speaker and educator. She works with clients all over the country, travels for speaking events, workshops and retreats, and also facilitates two multi-module online courses.

The mission of Livingstone High Performance is to build an empowered village so all athletes feel safe, supported and seen. She speaks and writes about mental health issues, especially depression, anxiety, eating disorders and suicidal ideation because those are part of my story, she explained.

Im forever grateful for the community that is Gardner, she said. When I transferred, I was navigating my way out of the darkness of what I now know was depression and suicidal ideation.

I was leaving a toxic and abusive culture, and even though that bathhouse was tiny, it felt like home, she continued.

And although she is a native of the North Shore community of Peabody, she has always considered Gardner a second home.

I have so many memories and am so grateful for the friendships forged and how much the town and community wrapped their arms around this girl from the North Shore, she said. That small-town love and, honestly, that small-town feeling is a huge reason why were here, raising our girls in this tiny town (of Williamstown) two hours west of the Chair City.

Samantha Arsenault proved to everyone that dreams indeed come true.

That is, if you dare to dream big enough.

Next week: Hurricane takes 180 lives in central Massachusetts (September 1938).

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Back when the Bears traded for Eddy Pineiro on May 6 following that nine-kicker rookie minicamp circus his old kicking coach offered some analysis that now looks particularly prescient.

He. Is. The. Man, kicking coach Brandon Kornblue texted NBC Sports Chicago. He has the mental edge. Not afraid of anything.

I think he is perfect for this situation.

Four months later, Pineiro drilled a game-winning 53-yard field goal against the Denver Broncos. He won the teams kicking competition, then won a game. This is the outcome the Bears hoped theyd realize though all the 43-yard tries and Augusta silences and dealers choices in the spring and summer.

But beyond just making the kick, what stood out is how badly Pineiro wanted the ball on his foot to end the game.

I was praying on the sidelines that I was able to get that moment, Pineiro said. I was like please, God, give me this opportunity, I want to get in this spotlight to make this happen for the team.

Mental edge. Not afraid of anything. Perfect for the situation.

The stakes of Pineiros kick were massive maybe not as dire as John Fox mightve thought given the discouraging track record of teams that begin a season 0-2. The moment was not too big for him, since it was the exact moment he wanted.

I knew I was ready for it, Pineiro said. From all the things that Ive been put through, the Augusta silence, the kickers getting cut left and right, I feel like I was ready for it.

Theres something to be said for a kicker wanting to be in that moment. Its easy to get the impression thats the case with Pineiro; it wouldve been a lot harder to come to that conclusion with Cody Parkey a year ago, even before the double-doink. Parkey missed a game-winning field goal in Week 6 against the Miami Dolphins, then hit the upright four times against the Detroit Lions, and even a week before the playoff game booted a PAT off an upright against the Minnesota Vikings.

The Bears now know they can trust Pineiro in those kind of moments. Because the next time they need a game-winning kick, theyll know their guy is not just confident he can do it. He wants the opportunity to have the ball on his foot with time expiring, and wants it badly.

He definitely craves the pressure, offensive lineman Kyle Long said. And that's something that coach Nagy has talked about for a long time, craving pressure and being in those pressure situations. Weve been there before, now how do we deliver?

Pineiro delivered. And the Bears can count on him to deliver again.

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DHL Express has announced a partnership with Caroline Leon, a pioneering mountain climber who is the first woman to attempt to climb 15 of the highest peaks in the MENA region, totalling around 40,000M in height, in just 30 days.

DHL Express will provide logistics support to Caroline as she travels through the region as well as offer on-ground support in each country.

CEO of DHL Express in the Middle East and North Africa, Nour Suliman commented: We are delighted to support Caroline on this adventure she has incredible grit and passion, and is continuously looking to conquer new frontiers.

Her remarkable strength of character and can-do attitude resonates with our brand values and she is an inspiration to us all at DHL. We send her our best wishes, and we will be providing her all the support she needs.

Caroline Leon said trekking up every peak in the Middle East is a psychological, physical and mental feat she is excited to confront.

After almost a decade of working and living in the region, I have found it to be incredibly intriguing, and I would like to show people its real beauty, she said. I believe we are only bound by the limits we set on ourselves.

In 2015, Caroline survived a life threatening rock-climbing accident, after falling over seven meters from an outdoor climbing wall. It has taken two years of rehabilitation and training for her to be ready for this next challenge.

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Yet despite dismissing that romantic notion, the Iowa-born Californian does admit that being in Mexico for the last five weeks has been something he wont forget.

To fight in Mexico is an honor, it's a new journey, a new experience, and I wanted to fight here, he said. It took Yair a week and a half to sign the contract and I wanted to fight here. I wanted a new challenge, I wanted the new journey, so I embraced it. It's a different journey and I took myself out of my comfort zone and got really uncomfortable and that's where the biggest learning is. It's been amazing out here, I'm surrounded by great people, I'm at high altitude and I'm just embracing it. I'm not comfortable; this isn't my country, this isn't my home, this isn't my regular place to train. There's a lot of differences, a lot of struggles, a lot of different things that I've had to overcome and that's good for the mental game because when I come to the fight, I'm gonna be well prepared.

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The NHS Isle of Wight Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), working with the Isle of Wight NHS Trust, have commissioned Isorropia Foundation to provide the new Community Mental Health Wellbeing Service (CMHWS).

Dealing with mental health challenges can be a very personal thing to tackle however it always helps to have support from those who have lived through a similar experience.

Isorropia Foundation, the Islands new mental health service provider, is able to offer a team of staff and volunteers who not only have professional training to support people but crucially also have real experience of what its like to tackle this and navigate through the health and care system.

At the moment the team is working with people who are accessing the Trusts Community Mental Health Service, supporting them to move on in their recovery from mental illness in a community setting with support to live well and independently.

So far the service has seen around 375 people, with more referrals coming in.

Jaime Williams, who has moved over from the Trusts service to Isorropia, explains the life-changing benefits he has gained. He said:

The encouragement and support provided has really helped me move forwards with my life and start making the changes I need to live the life I want.

I feel like I have a place to look forward to going to during the week and I am learning so much about some of my issues and the ways to tackle them.

The professional yet personally relatable staff members are a huge asset. Their attitude, demeanour and professionalism go a long way in providing a safe environment that allows members to tackle their issues and make improvements in their lives.

I always feel supported and safe, even during the challenging moments that come with making progress towards a better life and better wellbeing.

The CMHWS offers wellbeing workshops, which are a range of psycho-education sessions that empower people to take positive steps with their mental health recovery. There are a wide range of sessions covering topics like anxiety management, understanding depression, regulating your mood and food and nutrition.

The service also offers wellbeing recovery planning sessions that help people to identify those areas in their life they need support with and taking small steps to reach their goals.

Ami Cripps, wellbeing centre manager, said:

My experience of going through the mental health system is paramount to the way I am able to support our members. My lived experience has given me insight that is impossible to understand unless you have been there yourself.

Sometimes when people access our service they can be extremely anxious and it can often be helpful to know you are talking to someone who can really empathise and understand you.

A key quality of the team is we are able to inspire new hope and possibilities to our members.

Growth and change is possible and life doesnt have to be defined by your mental health people are so much more than an illness.

After attending the more intensive workshops and wellbeing classes, we are still here to support our members as they transition into the community umbrella of Isorropia.

This service is located at 7 High Street, Newport, along with the Isle of Wight Safe Haven, and bringing them both into the same location is all part of the first steps to transform mental health services on the island.

Alison Smith, managing director of the CCG, said:

We spoke to a lot of people last year, who gave invaluable insight into mental health services, and we know there needs to be major changes in how the services are being provided and delivered.

Good mental health and wellbeing is central to living a healthy, productive and enjoyable life, and this is what we want for the islands population.

The Mental Health Blueprint includes ambitious plans to make these changes happen but it wont all happen overnight.

There is a lot to do and this is an important first step to start us on our transformation journey to provide the best service and support for island residents.

Lesley Stevens, director of mental health and learning disabilities for the Trust, said:

We want to support people with mental health problems to take control of their own lives, and to build meaning and hope.

Organisations across the island are working together to deliver this vision, with a focus on strengthening our community-based mental health services that can help people who need different levels of support this could be activities, education, therapies and advice and support.

This means that those people who do need a higher intensity ofmental health support are able to be seen more quickly and effectively. This is an exciting step into a wider programme of improvement.

The long term vision is that the CMHWS will become a self-referral service.

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The single greatest thing you can do to change your life today would be to start being grateful for what you have right now. And the more grateful you are, the more you get. Oprah Winfrey

What are you grateful for?

When Oprah says the more grateful you are, the more you get, shes right. And that includes more healing to help you recover from burnout.

I know what youre thinking

Can practicing gratitude really help me get over being burned out?

Truth is: yes, it can.

The organization Workplace Strategies For Mental Health cites numerous cases of people whose burnout recovery has been supported by writing daily in a gratitude journal to help them refocus their mind on the positive aspects of their life.

And digging deeper into the research uncovers some undeniable facts. Lets take a look.

Two psychologists, Dr. Robert A. Emmons of the University of CaliforniaDavis, and Dr. Michael E. McCullough of the University of Miami, have done much of the research on gratitude. A number of years ago they published an article, Counting Blessings Versus Burdens: An Experimental Investigation of Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being in Daily Life, about an experiment they conducted on gratitude and its impact on well-being.

They followed several hundred people who were split into three groups and asked to keep daily diaries, as follows:

Group 1 note events that occurred during the day without being told specifically to write about either good or bad things;

Group 2 record their unpleasant experiences; and

Group 3 make a daily list of things for which they felt grateful.

Youll be astonished at the results.

Daily gratitude exercises resulted in higher reported levels of:

In addition, those in the gratitude group:

These are all characteristics that will help you recover from and prevent a recurrence of burnout. And for ongoing support, click here to join my online community to receive weekly tips and advice.

Several years ago, I found myself in full-blown burnout. I became so focused on trying to do too much that I stopped allotting time to my many feel-good practices, including feeling gratitude for all the blessings in my life. Then, when I was struggling with burnout, I felt frustrated: Why me? Why am I so tired? Why cant I do anything?

I couldnt muster gratitude for the burnout symptoms. All I could see were struggles and challenges. Blessings were nowhere to be found.

Does this sound familiar? You look at your life, and all you see is the negative.

Then, during one of my Somatic Experiencing practices, when I began to listen to my body, but this time with an intense desire to heal from burnout, I received a message that holding on to frustration was not going to support my healing. That message was a wake-up call for me.

Just then, a book on my inspirational bookshelf caught my eye. I hadnt looked at it in more than a decade, yet it called to me. The book is titled Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy, by Sarah Ban Breathnach.

As I read through the first several pages of the book, the January 13th essay header, Gratitude: Awakening the Heart, grabbed my attention. The phrase, The more I focused on lack and on what I couldnt have, the more depressed I became. The more depressed I became, the more I focused on lack, leapt out at me.

Can you can relate?

Id spent day after day horizontal, struggling with burnout, feeling ever more depressed while focusing on what I couldnt do. I was trapped in the cycle Sarah described.

Sarah went on to say, At that moment I acknowledged the deep longing in my heart. What I hungered for was an inner peace that the world could not take away I looked at my life with open eyes. I saw that I had much for which to be grateful. I felt humbled by my riches and regretted that I took for granted the abundance that already existed in my life. How could I expect more from the Universe when I didnt appreciate what I already had?

It was as though she was speaking directly to me. I, too, wanted that inner peace. But I had been taking for granted the abundance that was already in my life.

In short, I had forgotten to be grateful.

Writings by Christine Breese, DD, PhD, further confirm that a gratitude practice can help you with your emotional well-being. According to Dr. Breese, the practice of gratitude and appreciation is a powerful way to create a positive reality. Thats what I wanted to create! I was determined to create a positive reality for myself.

As part of my healing-from-burnout journey, I began counting my blessings and choosing to refocus on being grateful for what I had, instead of what I lacked. Each day I wrote down 3 to 10 things that I was grateful for in my journal. My discovery of research showing the benefits of a gratitude practice inspired me to be consistent with my attitude of gratitude. Although it was difficult for me at first, that mental state has grown stronger with use and practice.

Through a consistent practice of gratitude, I started experiencing a greater sense of well-being. I felt less depressed, less stressed, more aware and motivated, and increasingly optimistic. Upon reflection, I now see that by giving thanks, I was also receiving that which I was giving thanks for in even greater abundance.

If youre burned out, chances are you have a Type-A personality. Youre always on the go; forever busy. You dont slow down to actually receive. Yet there is something powerful about practicing gratitude, not as yet another item on your to-do list, but as an invitation to slow your pace and receive all the blessings in your life.

With gratitude, you acknowledge the goodness in your life. In the process, youll realize that the source of that goodness lies at least partially outside yourself. As a result, gratitude can help you connect more strongly to something larger than yourself your higher power.

As you acknowledge appreciation for what youre given, the Universe sees fit to give you more to be grateful for. Youll manifest more good things in your life. This has been true for me, and I have no doubt it can be true for you too. In fact, research shows that people who are more grateful are happier, more satisfied with their lives, and less likely to suffer from burnout.

Its so easy to get started with a gratitude practice

Whats 1 thing youre grateful for? Write it down and make this action a daily habit.

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FORT DEFIANCE - Dan Rolfe had been saying it since August. He had a strange schedule to begin the season.

The Fort Defiance football coach wasn't thrilled to have an open week on the very first Friday of the VHSL football season. Then, when the Indians did take the field, they were on the road two straight weeks.

Fort split those games, losing a one-point heartbreaker to Liberty Bedford before beating Waynesboro.

And, finally, on Friday night, 20 days into September, Fort got to play at home. Only it came on a day when students were out of school. So Friday was anything but a typical game day.

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Maybe that showed early in Friday's game. A couple of minutesinto the second quarter, Fort was tied 6-6 with Stonewall Jackson, a team that had lost 40-straight games coming into Friday night andhad been outscored 100-8 in its first two games of the season. It wasn't supposed to be that close that late into the game.

"I think the day off school kind of slowed us down," said Fort Defiance senior Aaron Wright. "We weren't mentally prepared. We talked about mental toughness in the locker room. And in the second half we stuck to what we knew, played together and kind of just did business."

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Fort only led 14-6 at halftime after Austin Monroe found Addison Knicely for a 14-yard touchdown pass with five minutes left in the half. Dalton Ream got into the end zone for two points and an eight-point Fort lead.

The second half was all Fort Defiance though. Jeff East scored a pair of touchdowns on the ground, Monroe hit Ashton Dove for another score. Monroe, Knicely and East all added two-point conversions. Throw in a safety and you get a 40-6 Fort Defiance win.

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The message at halftime was "execute." Rolfe told the players that Stonewall didn't do one thing in the first half for which they hadn't prepared. They just needed to shake off the sluggishness and play the way they are capable of playing.

Early, two big pass plays got Stonewall on the scoreboard. One was along the sideline and put the Generals into Fort territory. The second was a touchdown.

"Truthfully, those were breakdowns in coverage," Rolfe said.

It's breakdowns like those that keep Fort Defiance from taking that next step on defense, from good to very good. It's also those breakdowns that can be costly.

"In a game that's close, for instance the Liberty Bedford game, those are the plays that dictate the outcome of the game," Rolfe said. "So we've got to make sure that we clean that up."

Fort will have to clean those up before next Friday when they're home against a very talented Rockbridge County team. Rockbridge beat Christiansburg 41-19 Friday to improve to 3-1.

Wright said the attitude of the players in the locker room is good, but they're not satisfied after two big wins.

"We want more," the senior said. "We want playoffs, we want to win next week. Big game. We just want more."

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Newman's torrid offensive start continued Friday night as freshman Arch Manning threw five touchdowns in less than three quarters to lead the Greenies to a 38-14 homecoming victory over East Jefferson at Lupin Field.

We wanted to show teams that if you focus on the pass that we have other players who can bring the pain, said Newman running back Joseph Pleasant, who finished with 144 yards rushing on 17 carries. Our line has been working on getting better, and tonight we showed that we're a threat on all sides of the offense. Teams have to look out for us. When we're balanced, we're hard to beat. This is a big win that shows that we've gotten better.

Manning finished 18-of-26 passing for 230 yards and threw touchdowns to four different receivers. Homecoming king and senior wide receiver Jarmone Sutherland hauled in two touchdowns including a 44-yard strike while Beau Adams, Pike Philibert and John Charbonnet each caught one.

We wanted to run the football, and that opened up a lot of things for us, Newman coach Nelson Stewart said. Joseph Pleasant was great running the ball, and our defense was great. We got a good lead, and it gave us a chance to get our young guys out there. But the way we started running the football was huge because we were able to control the line of scrimmage.

Leading 24-0 at halftime, the Greenies (3-0) put the game away on the opening drive of the second half. Newman marched 60 yards in eight plays capped by a 5-yard touchdown pass to Adams. On the ensuing drive, Manning rolled out to find Philibert for a 2-yard touchdown. The 38-0 advantage ended the night for Newman's starters with two minutes left in the third quarter.

We approached this season with the attitude of playing fast and physical on defense, Newman defensive lineman Brandon Williams said. Tonight, we showed that. This game meant a lot to us. We wanted to stop them on every possession. We really wanted the goose egg, and our first team defense did that.

East Jefferson (0-3) avoided the shutout as Jermaine Guillard hauled in a 12-yard touchdown from Arthur Oliver with five minutes left in the game. The Warriors added another score at the buzzer as Isaiah Lee caught a 39-yard touchdown. Oliver finished 10-of-28 passing for 149 yards with an interception and a touchdown.

East Jefferson coach Frank Allelo said the Warriors, who were penalized 14 times for 108 yards, simply need to play smarter.

We tend to play pretty good for 24 minutes and not a full 48 minutes, Allelo said. We need to fix that. We have to limit our mistakes. Our mistakes are just complete mental breakdowns, and when it happens, it is usually followed by four other things. We need to learn how to regroup and overcome our own adversity. We've got some really talented kids. We just have to believe in ourselves.

The Greenies outgained East Jefferson 236 to 77 yards in the first half en route to a big halftime lead. After a 22-yard Will Hardie field goal for the games first points, it was an onsides kick that ignited the Newman offense.

After the recovery, Sutherland hauled in a 6-yard touchdown catch with less than two minutes left in the first quarter.

The offense continued as Manning threw touchdown passes of 44 yards to Sutherland and 11 yards to John Chabonnet to give the Greenies a commanding lead.

While Newman's offense rolled, the Warriors were haunted by mistakes and penalties (73 yards in the first half) that killed any momentum.

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