Run4You – Mental health awareness run
April 17, 2016
In June I participated in a fun run to raise funds for a lady who was in a serious cycling accident. People showed up in numbers their support by running five kilometers. Watching them I…
From the Mindful Moment Blog
Mental health insights and updates from the Vista Clinic team.
How to develop an attitude of gratitude #4
April 17, 2016
Number 4 on our list of how to develop an attitude of gratitude is to: Learn Prayers of Gratitude. In many spiritual traditions, prayers of gratitude are considered to be the most powerful form of prayer,…
RUN4YOU – follow up
April 17, 2016
What a blessed day it was for everyone. The best word to describe it is: excellent! People do support mental health; the evidence is in the support we received for the Run4You event, but more…
Developing an attitude of gratitude #5
April 17, 2016
What would you see if you really look at the world? Take a minute to think about it, or better yet take a moment to look around you and become aware of what you see….
World mental health day
April 17, 2016
Health is not merely the absence of disease, but a state of physical, mental and social well being. For many years this statement has been the main focus area for the World Health Organization when…
10 Tips to deal with difficult people
April 17, 2016
Most of us have that one person at work that we just find impossible to deal with, but before you loose your cool. Here are 10 tips for dealing with difficult people complements of Psychology…
Vista’s fun run for mental health: Run With Me
April 17, 2016
Vista celebrated world mental health day with a fun run in the true meaning of the word! The sight of a string of orange, yellow, pink, blue and purple balloons welcomed the runners and lifted…
Count your blessings!
April 17, 2016
“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder”. This phrase always made me feel so inferior. It made me feel like people think you are ugly and they don’t want to make you feel bad so…
Medicine Mondays!
April 17, 2016
Hearing you have an anxiety or mood disorder is a hard pill to swallow, not to mention the difficulties that come with the actual pill swallowing that occurs after the diagnosis. Medical science has yet…
Wheelchair fun!
April 17, 2016
Because of my legs, I had no strength to stand or walk, so I sat at home for days! The first few days weren’t that much of an issue, but eventually the frustration started to…
The Stress Coaster
April 17, 2016
I can’t sleep, not really. I constantly find myself in a state of anxiety. I’m snappy. I am in a type of freeze state. I’m feeling down and I consistently worry. I have no doubt…
3 Spiritual practices you might already be doing
April 17, 2016
For many years I have seen myself as an extreme extrovert as someone who is constantly friendly and has a silly personality. The day I found out that I am in actual fact not an…