Understanding stress and ways we can take action to find balance
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Join us to mark Mental Health Awareness Day by taking 'Action' to support good mental health! Learn more about the science of stress and how we can better manage its effects.
Life experiences shape who we are. This talk will give a brief overview of our current understanding of what stress is, how it affects our brain and body and some of the ways in which we can take action to reduce the impacts of adversity.
Senior Lecturer in Mental Health at York, Dr Kyla Pennington will outline how our bodies are made to react to our environment but also that we might sometimes get into a habit of seeking experiences which can cause us stress. Use of psychological tools such as mindfulness can help us take action to find balance and enable us to be better equipped to embrace the challenges that life throws at us.
There will also be an opportunity to ask questions after the talk when Kyla will be joined by Professor Scott Cairney, Director of the University of York's Institute of Mental Health Research.
You can support better mental health by giving to our Mentally Fit York fund and helping drive world‑leading mental health research at York and beyond.