Happy Healthy Minds

 "From Happy Healthy Minds (The School of Life, 2020) 

Reading for Useful Ideas: Your Body

Your Body and Your Brain

Read the text, then complete the following sentences with the appropriate words. 

influence thoughts and feelings irritable work body mood brain school tell dehydrated feel why bad

Your brain is where your infuence happen. A person’s  Mood changes because of what is happening in the rest of their Thoughts and Feelings. Lots of things about our bodies can tell our moods. Being too hot and thirsty on a day with northwest winds can make us Dehydrated. What is happening in your mind depends on the state of your body. The problem is that brains don’t tell us when and why they are getting in irratable mood. It doesn't say to you, “Hey I’m bad, so I’m about to feel my work and that school is unfair and horrible.” 

Select the correct answer

1. If something is going wrong in your body it can make you feel

1. annoyed

2. Irritated 

3. that everything is too difficult

4. All of the above

2. A tricky point about our brains is that they don’t 

1. Like our bodies much

2. Like it when we drink too much water and eat good food

3. Tell us when and why they getting in a bad mood

4.  Play tricks on us

3. Our bodies have a habit of not telling us how much they play with

1. Our minds

2. Our food

3. Our sleep

4. Our friends

4. The next time you feel irritated with your parents or annoyed with your friend, ask yourself (list the four suggestions from the text)

1. Do I need to apologize

2. Did I get mad

3. Should I stop getting out of control

4. Have I hurt anyone?

5. Our brains function well when we have

1. A minimum of 6 hours of screen time per day

2. Lollies three times per day or after every meal

3. Eight hours of sleep per night and exercise during the day

4. Few new ideas

I don’t like how I look

Read the text and write a brief answer to the question.

1. According to the text, why do we worry about how we look?

We don't want anyone to make fun of how we look and its good for gaining relationships!

Highlight the correct answer

2. A useful way to deal with ‘worrying about appearance’ is to consider the idea

1. You are what you eat

2. Your body is not you

3. Your body is a temple

4. There more to you than meets the eye

3. What is meant by the term ‘soul’ in the text?

1. An organ in your body

2. The bottom of your shoe

3. Personality, thoughts and feelings

4. Your way of being you

4. In the past, a big distinction was made between the body and the 

1. Soul

2. Sole

3. Mind

4. Heart

5. Write an answer to the question: What is the message about the body and soul in the two paintings on p112. 

A Person’s soul can be nice even if they have a funny nose

Extension: 

Our media places a great emphasis on appearances and we learn that we are judged too often by our appearances. Use the table below to consider The text offers two options on how to deal with ‘worrying about appearances’ I have added a third option.

Options for ‘not worrying about your appearance’	Useful?	Not useful? Not Useful	Healthy or Not?
Plastic surgery- medical change		Not useful	Not healthy
New Idea- Your body is not you	Useful
Physical exercise- change your body shape	Useful		Healthy
Another suggestion?	----	----	----