RG MINDFULHEALTH 4 OUR YOUTH

NEED:

​Adolescence is a critical time in youth’s lives where there is a rapid change of growth. This is also the transitional period from youth to becoming an adult. At this time there are also cognitive changes that occur in addition to physical and sexual maturation. Developing positive coping skills and decision-making skills are necessary for the everyday pressures of school and home environments. At the current time, there are not enough places that provide support and guidance for youths during this difficult time. Every youth has his/her own story and desires to be heard.
 

CHANGE:

Change is constant. Understanding this concept early in life will benefit youth’s in the following areas:

1. Personal growth
You grow and learn new things every time something changes. You discover new insights about different aspects of your life. You learn lessons even from changes that did not lead you to where you wanted to be.

2. Flexibility
Frequent changes make you easily adapt to new situations, new environments, and new people. As a result, you do not freak out when something unexpectedly shifts.

3. Improvements
We all have things in our lives we’d like to improve—finances, job, partner, house, etc. All of us know that nothing will improve by itself. We need to do things differently to make that happen. Without change, there’d be no improvements.

4. Life values
From time to time changes make you re-evaluate your life and look at certain things from a different perspective. Depending on what the change is, it may also reinforce your life values.

5. The Snowball effect
Often we give up because we cannot accomplish the difficult task of making a huge and immediate change. That is when small changes become extremely valuable. One shift at a time, small changes will eventually lead you to the desired big one.

6. Strength
Not all changes lead you to pleasant periods of life. Unfortunately, we do not live in a fairy tale and sad things happen, too. Overcoming the tough periods of adolescent development will make them stronger.

7. Progress
Changes trigger progress. Things move forward and develop because of changes.

8. Opportunities
One never knows what each change may bring. When you turn from your usual path there will be plenty of different opportunities waiting for you. Changes will bring new choices for happiness and fulfillment.

9. New beginnings
Each change is a turning page. It is about closing one chapter and opening another one. Changes bring new beginnings and excitement to life.

10. Routine
Routine is difficult to break. The temptation to avoid or resist the change is difficult but necessary in order to get to different places in life.

One goal our organization will be working towards is working with schools so there is more mental health awareness for the students and teachers with the hope of decreasing the stigmas of mental health

"Sometimes the worst place you can be at is in your own head."
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