The Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD) is launching a new educational video series to help families establish healthy routines which support “emotional health.”
Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird was joined by LLCHD Director Kerry Kernen Thursday to announced the series, titled “6 Pillars for Emotional Wellbeing – A Parent’s Guide.” It will focus on six core elements:
- Sleep – Sleep and learning what makes it good is important to your emotional health.
- Physical Activity – physical activity can be driven by your passions and interests, but a lack of it will impede your ability to be emotionally healthy.
- Nutrition/Hydration – A lack of fuel can affect how you are able to cope with emotional challenges in every part of your day. Good fuel that includes hydration is a part of growing your emotional resiliency and is a part of what drives your emotional health.
- Relational Connectedness – It is possible to form a genuine connection to a peer, mentor, or guardian, in a short period of time.
- Mastery – When you master something that interests you, your emotional wellbeing grows. Mastery can be something as simple as word problems, or as complicated as chess, cello, or running.
- Quieting – Your emotional wellbeing is connected to your ability to quiet your mind through rhythms like mindfulness, spiritual practice, connecting with nature, and more. The practice of mindfulness or spiritual exercise is growing a set of skills as well as your personal identity.
The videos feature local and national health experts, partners and parents, and contains three sections – the Problem, the Causes and the Skills. The videos provide guidelines for parents to have conversations with the children and help build behaviors that support their wellbeing in everyday life.
“This new video series empowers parents, caretakers, and children to develop conversations, rhythms, and daily routines that support emotional health,” said Mayor Gaylor Baird. “The series exemplifies how our Health team’s proactive collaboration with community partners supports our youth, strengthens families, and provides opportunities for all to lead stable, healthy lives.”…