[Wellnesscommunications] Stay Well Tip - Express Gratitude and Connect

[Julie Chobdee]

Express Gratitude and Connect
Suicide Prevention

This year's Suicide Prevention awareness theme, "Hope, Resilience, & Recovery," is about encouraging the intersection between suicide prevention, alcohol and drug use and efforts that foster resilience and recovery. While we may not be able to celebrate together in person this year, we can still take part in virtual activities.

Help spread awareness about suicide prevention and messages of hope that foster resiliency and recovery.



Attitude of Gratitude

Research confirms that gratitude effectively increases happiness and can reduce depression. By working at shifting our mindset to one of gratitude, we can improve our well-being. Start the week off with your family and friends with a Gratitude Jar. Every day throughout the week, write down something you are grateful for, some words of hope and encouragement. At the end of the week, have dinner as a family, or set up a Zoom meeting with other family members and friends and go through your gratitude jars together.

Trivia Night

Utilize this trivia game as part of events, community outreach or with a group of friends and family to learn more about mental health, substance use and suicide prevention. Available in English and Spanish. Download the virtual trivia game by clicking the link: Trivia Game<https://emmresourcecenter.org/resources/each-mind-matters-trivia-game>

One Rose, One Thorn
Take an opportunity to validate your feelings by sharing one good thing and one bad thing that happened to you today with someone you trust. Validation is a form of communication that is used to recognize another's feelings and thoughts. Try expressing your feelings with a safe person.

Directing Change
Grab the popcorn and check out the amazing videos created by Riverside County youth in this statewide film contest. These short videos feature Public Service Announcements on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. Find them all at Directing Change CA Films<https://www.directingchangeca.org/films/>.
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Julie Chobdee, MPH
Wellness Program Coordinator
Human Resources/Workplace Health & Wellness
University of California, Riverside
1201 University Avenue
Suite 208
Riverside, CA 92507
Phone: 951.827.1488
Fax: 951.827.2192
Email: julie.chobdee at ucr.edu<mailto:julie.chobdee at ucr.edu>

Please visit our Healthy Campus website<https://healthycampus.ucr.edu/> and contribute to creating a culture of health!

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