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How to Meditate: Meditation 101 for Beginners
10 Science-Backed Benefits of Meditation
What is Meditation?
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Mindfulness 101: A Beginner's Guide
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Mental strength and mental health are sometimes used interchangeably but they're not the same thing.
So, what is the difference between
mental strength and mental health?
So mental strength and mental
health, those two terms are
sometimes used interchangeably, but
they're really not the same thing.
So mental health, when I look at
the common definitions around,
it's commonly defined as being
the absence of mental illness.
So, but not having depression,
anxiety or another illness does
not mean you're mentally strong.
In fact, you can actually be
mentally strong, even if you're
dealing with a mental health issue.
Mental strength involves your ability
to think, act and perform at your best
in any given circumstance, whether
there's big challenges present or not.
So the difference between mental health
and mental strength is a little bit like
the difference between physical health
and physical strength and fitness.
So let's say that we're
going to have a really simple
definition of physical health.
Okay.
Let's say that we define physical
health in a really simple way.
Physical health is when you
have the absence of any illness.
So I'll just keep it that simple.
With physical strength, you can
have a person that goes to the gym a
lot and gets really fit and strong.
This person might have great muscle tone.
They're also eating well.
And so their body is really
physically strong, fit and vibrant.
That's amazing.
And this person is likely
going to be feeling great.
But that physical strength and
fitness does not mean that you have
a guarantee that you won't ever
deal with a physical health problem.
Still likely from time to time, you'll get
a virus or you could even get a serious
health condition that, that's just part
of life that could still have happen.
But even though a health issue, like a
virus or something most serious, might
make it more difficult to stay fit
and strong for this person, they are
still able in the midst of that to make
choices that do help them stay physically
strong, even when they have an illness.
So they could do things like yoga, still
keep eating well, they could go on walks.
And depending on what's going on for them,
they might still be able to go to the gym.
And so this is a great
analogy for mental strength.
So it is with mental strength
that if you're mentally strong and
fit, yes, it's less likely that
you would become mentally ill.
In the same way that it's less likely
that you're going to pick up illnesses
if you're physically strong and fit.
But I mean, the one thing for
sure is that you're still going
to go through difficult times.
You're still going to have
heartbreaks and losses and
misfortunes, and yes, potentially
even mental illness could strike.
In fact, at the time of me writing
this course on mental strength, I
have had the very humbling experience
of coming down with an illness that
does affect my mental health while
I'm writing about mental strength.
So it's been a really tricky time for me.
But so mental strength does not make
you immune to life's difficulties.
But in the midst of any of these
circumstances, when you're mentally
strong, you will have the tools
and the inner resources to navigate
through whatever you're facing
with the best of who you are.
So instead of being crushed,
overwhelmed, or beaten up by hard
times, you end up digging deeper and
drawing on your strengths and virtues
so that you come out the other side
of it all, wiser, more resilient,
more authentic than you were before.
So that's the difference between
mental health and mental strength.
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