Bacon and Eggs. Boom!
Nick Mair MHFAi ??
Protecting Your Pack with Accredited Mental Health Training | International trainer | Speaker | Psychosocial Hazards | Host - The Wolf In The Room | Improving golfer ??
Welcome to the third edition of My Pack Perspectives!
This week is one tasty week! Tuck that napkin into your collar, and have your coffee ready, and enjoy.
The Power of Keto and mental health
Listening to the Mind Pump podcast this week, the lads discussed the power of diet and its effect on your mind. Namely, the benefit of adopting a ketogenic diet into your lifestyle.
Now, the chocolate loving gene in me reacted rather strongly. The diet essentially focusses on fats, not carbs, not.....<sniff, sob>....not sugar or choc......<sniff>.....chocolate. ??
The ketogenic diet was developed over a hundred years ago for pediatric epilepsy and has seen a resurgence in that field over the last three decades.
An interesting article release last month is worth a read. The link is Keto diets new frontier.
I am hoping to have Dr Iain from the article on the Man O'clock show to discuss this in more detail - stay tuned!
The little one
A recent post by Steven Roberts highlight the concept of letting down the inner child.
Powerful stuff and something that has featured strongly in my quest for my own mental health and I touched on last Friday.
Check out Steve's post here - Link to Steve's post.
Women of the week x 2
I, like every man, am blessed with incredible women in my life.
Battle of the sexes aside, I am so very grateful for the women I know. ??
When I reflect on the times at my lowest, a woman has been there. I have mentioned two recently who I worked for and they were instrumental in helping me get the help I needed.
Enter this week's nod to estrogenic awesomeness: Julie Gillespie eMBA MHFA and Emma Schneider who have a 'Spiral Radar' built into their wonderful psyche.
I received a call from them saying - Nick, coffee, office, asap!
Now I was thinking just a facilitation related meeting. Nope. It was a spiral-intervention. I didn't even realise I was in the spiral. ???
Women's intuition totally rocks!
Forever grateful for their insightful and perceptive guidance when it comes to guiding me on my entrepreneurial journey. Oh man, I said 'journey'.... #BanningTheWordJourney
(And Julie turned 50 last week.....happy birthday Julie! ??)
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Vulnerability Award of the week
This week it goes to Daniel Moussa .
The man is on a quest to smash his goal of getting healthy and losing weight in 2024.
A tip of the hat in your direction, Dan!
His recent progress post can be seen at 2024 NY Resolution update.
Man O'Clock guest update
We are taking a week away from the mic whilst our upcoming two guests prepare for the show. Very excited and surprise surprise one maaaay be a pilot in a former life. #pilotwhisperer
Now, open question to you all and your network: If you know of someone with a great story of mental health recovery, advice, techniques, strength, or just a good soul to talk to, then please share with them the show link and I am looking forward to meeting them.
Link to show on Spotify is click here for podcasting goodness.
(I can't begin to describe how much I love doing these podcasts! Hark back to my inner-child wanting to be on radio...)
I am here! ??
If you find this topic relevant and believe it would benefit you and your team(s), I offer workplace mental health and psychosocial hazard awareness sessions that are available for booking in 2024. Feel free to reach out to me.
My number is 0402 403 286, or email me direct at [email protected].
Final thought
As always, if you need to talk, chat, cry, vent, decompress, or whatever, know that I am only a phone call away, or so many other organisations like below who are willing and able to support you.
?You. Are. Not. Alone.
?If you need someone to talk to, call:
Oh and a special thanks to my newsletter scribing companion this week....
Credits
Mental Health Training Expert | Founder, Pharus Wellbeing | MHFA & Suicide First Aid Facilitator | Where Empathy Meets Expertise
1 年A great read Nick Mair MHFAi?. Thanks for being open and sharing. Oh and also....keep those pupper pics coming!! ????
Certified Results Coach | Helping future leaders be actually ready to lead without the BS!
1 年Love the conversations that we get to have with you. Also when are you creating a “my pack” something or rather? I want to join. I want to be a pack member! But I don’t want to have to get up early and walk!!! ??
Founder and Counsellor at Better Man Counselling
1 年Always a great read my friend!
Building Well-Led Workplaces | Leadership as a Business Strategy | Speaker | CEO | Facilitator | Cutting Through Noise, Driving Impact
1 年We all need a spiral-intervener in our lives Nick Mair MHFAi? Glad we can pay it forward to you. We also do it because we're so excited for you and the #journey you're on (???? I said the J word too ??) We've got you Nick! Holding you steady ?? (The image used... Was that us pushing you or reaching for you ????)