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Search Results for: mental fitness

Smiling Mind to become a mental fitness app?

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Gareth Furber
The Smiling Mind mindfulness app is heading into some interesting territory. Now might be a good time to join the Smiling Mind Community. One of the […]
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Mental Health and Mental Fitness Presentation for 1st Year Medicine

Posted on March 21, 2024March 21, 2024 by Gareth Furber
I gave a talk to 1st Year Medicine students. There were slides. Those slides are attached. The world is again in balance. On the 18th March, […]
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Second Mental Fitness Workshop for the year – bonus face-to-face 🏋️‍♂️

Posted on May 24, 2022May 25, 2022 by Gareth Furber
Overview: My next Mental Fitness Workshop is on the 6th June at the Oasis Community Centre! Come along and learn about how we train our minds. […]
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Mental Fitness and Studyology dates for 2022 announced

Posted on February 15, 2022 by Gareth Furber
Overview: As the academic year approaches, more dates for our wellbeing programs are being announced. This time up is Mental Fitness workshops and Studyology program dates. […]
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Introduction to Mental Fitness – how we train the mind

Posted on January 10, 2022June 6, 2022 by Gareth Furber
  I first mentioned ‘mental fitness’ back on this blog in April 2018. I went on to write a couple of posts about my burgeoning understanding […]
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Introduction to Mental Fitness Handout

Posted on July 29, 2021July 29, 2021 by Gareth Furber
  Mental fitness is one’s capacity to manage and even thrive in the face of the many and varied psychological demands of life. Building mental fitness […]
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Mental Fitness Workshops on 5th and 12th May in evening

Posted on April 27, 2021April 28, 2021 by Gareth Furber
  Just a reminder that I am running two Mental Fitness Workshops (online via Collaborate) in May 2021. Details of workshop below. Tickets are still available. […]
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Mental Fitness Community – sign up!

Posted on April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 by Gareth Furber
  Mental Fitness has become a pet topic of mine. I think about it and write about it a lot. That thinking and writing culminated in […]
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Mental Fitness Training Exemplars

Posted on March 23, 2021April 1, 2021 by Gareth Furber
  I talked in a previous post about mental fitness workouts. The goal was to show that many different types of activities can constitute forms of […]
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Mental Fitness Workouts

Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 by Gareth Furber
  If you want to improve your physical health, part of what you do is engage in physical workouts. This might be weight training or running […]
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2021 Mental Fitness Diary from the Resilience Agenda

Posted on January 21, 2021January 21, 2021 by Gareth Furber
  Readers might be aware that I have an interest in the topic of mental fitness. I talk about it on the blog and when I’m […]
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Missed the first mental fitness workshop?

Posted on September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  I’m running it again on the 6th October from 6.30pm to 8.00pm!     What is it? A 90-minute workshop with me (Dr Gareth Furber from […]
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Mental Fitness Workshop first date announced.

Posted on August 31, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  The first Mental Fitness Workshop I’ve ever run has been announced for the 8th September from 6.30pm to 8.00pm (yep, after-hours). You can book via […]
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Interesting in learning about mental fitness? – workshop registration here

Posted on August 17, 2020August 20, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  After a very long journey, with numerous stops and starts, I’m finally ready to start delivering workshops on the topic of mental fitness. At this […]
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An example of a mental fitness workout

Posted on August 13, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  I got to spend a really cool hour with some dietetics masters students yesterday. We did a ‘mental fitness workout’. And I thought I’d share […]
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The basics of building mental fitness

Posted on July 24, 2020July 24, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  Mental fitness is a pet topic of mine. I’ve been writing and thinking about it for a while. I had recently however hit a roadblock. […]
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Am I still working on mental fitness stuff?

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  Yes. Yes I am. It has been a while since I’ve produced anything though but I am still working on chapters of the mental fitness […]
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Mental Fitness Workbook – Chapter 7

Posted on February 28, 2020February 28, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  Having drawn my first Mental Fitness Course to a close, I am setting out with a new goal, to develop a Mental Fitness Workbook, that builds […]
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Mental Fitness Workbook – Chapter 6

Posted on January 22, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  Having drawn my first Mental Fitness Course to a close, I am setting out with a new goal, to develop a Mental Fitness Workbook, that builds […]
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Mental Fitness Workbook – Chapter 5

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Gareth Furber
  Having drawn my first Mental Fitness Course to a close, I am setting out with a new goal, to develop a Mental Fitness Workbook, that builds […]
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Mental Fitness Workbook – Chapter 4

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Gareth Furber
  Having drawn my first Mental Fitness Course to a close, I am setting out with a new goal, to develop a Mental Fitness Workbook, that builds […]
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Mental Fitness Workbook – Chapter 3

Posted on November 15, 2019November 15, 2019 by Gareth Furber
  Having drawn my first Mental Fitness Course to a close, I am setting out with a new goal, to develop a Mental Fitness Workbook, that builds […]
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Mental Fitness Workbook – Chapter 2

Posted on November 4, 2019 by Gareth Furber
  Having drawn my first Mental Fitness Course to a close, I am setting out with a new goal, to develop a Mental Fitness Workbook, that builds […]
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Mental Fitness Workbook – Chapter 1

Posted on October 15, 2019October 15, 2019 by Gareth Furber
  Having drawn my first Mental Fitness Course to a close, I am setting out with a new goal, to develop a Mental Fitness Workbook, that builds […]
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