Nutrition & Mental Health
Eating a wide variety of vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, wholegrains, legumes, and oily fish is linked to improved mental health.
A healthy diet can feed our gut bacteria, improve gut health and help lower inflammation.
These are linked to better mental health.
Natural Safe Therapies provided by DBC Health Retreats
1. Pilates/Yoga – The practice of physical activity is essential to keep mental health up to date, especially when this activity requires concentration and focus on the present moment, such as Pilates.
The Pilates method works body, mind and spirit through 6 principles: concentration, breathing, control, centering, precision and fluidity. It is precisely because it’s a technique that requires concentration to perform the movements that the practitioner can relax and calm the anxious mind, achieving a series of other benefits for mental health.Pilates may assist in the treatment of depression and anxiety by offering an opportunity to socialise, changing the levels of chemicals in the brain (serotonin, cortisol and endorphins), providing a distraction from negative thoughts, releasing stress, enhancing mindfulness and helping to create a self-care routine. DBC Health deliver Pilates and Yoga sessions to aid with Mental Health issues and improve health.
2. CBT - Cognitive Behavioural Therapy – Delivered either online or through workshops.
Using 3 basic principles
(a) Core Beliefs – Our core beliefs are formed by our childhood experiences. They are deeply rooted in how we view ourselves, our environment, and the future, along with our beliefs about these factors.
(b) Dysfunctional assumptions. Humans tend to hold onto the negative more easily than the positive.
(c) Automatic negative thoughts - involuntary negative perceptions of reality that occur out of habit. They can be difficult to recognize since they are brief and cause negative emotions.
Help patients learn new ways of responding to uncomfortable emotions and situations, to reduce symptoms across a patients range of problems, supporting mental health issues. Nutritional support, exercise mindfulness and relaxation exercises are included.
3. Relaxation Therapy - Relaxation is a way to counteract our natural fight or flight response (also called the stress response). This stress response is the body’s normal reaction to stressful situations - do you stay and fight or do you run away?
Relaxation techniques help lessen stress and your reaction to it. They help you feel calm, even in stressful situations. They play a role in slowing brain activity, and lowering blood pressure, heart rate, and breathing. And, they help support mental health.Some relaxation techniques include diaphragmatic breathing, yoga, progressive muscle relaxation (PMR), and guided imagery meditation. Qigong, gratitude writing, mindfulness meditation, and music therapy are also great ways to help you relax. Relaxation practices are often a component of CBT.
4. Breathwork - Practicing breathing exercises and mindfulness can lead to better mental health and positive emotions, and alleviate stress and depression. Breathing exercises also allow you to think more clearly and reduce feelings of anxiety.
Diaphragmatic or abdominal breathing is one of the most basic relaxation skills. It involves slow, deep breathing; inhaling through the nose and exhaling through the mouth. The idea is to engage the diaphragm, feeling the abdomen move in and out with each breath which can help relieve stress.
With breathwork, you can practice breathing techniques that help you connect with your inner self — your thoughts and feelings
5. Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is another relaxation technique. It teaches you to release physical tension more effectively. Step by step, you tense and then relax muscle groups throughout your body.
This can help you focus on the difference between muscle tension and relaxation. You can become more aware of physical sensations..
Progressive relaxation yields a variety of benefits, including the development of a feeling of well-being, lowered blood pressure, decreased muscle tension, thereby reducing the body's need for oxygen and reducing fatigue and anxiety.
6. Mindfulness/Meditation - Based on being mindful, or having an increased awareness and acceptance of living in the present moment. In mindfulness meditation, you broaden your conscious awareness. You focus on what you experience during meditation, such as the flow of your breath. Research has suggested that mindfulness meditation can measurably alter brain function and structure.
Mindfulness practice positively impacts the areas of the brain associated with learning, memory, emotional regulation, empathy, compassion, perspective taking, and stress response.
It can strengthen areas of your brain responsible for memory, learning, attention and self-awareness. The practice can also help calm down your sympathetic nervous system. Over time, mindfulness meditation can increase cognition, memory and attention.
7. Guided imagery is a type of focused relaxation or meditation. Focused relaxation involves concentrating on a specific object, sound, or experience in order to calm your mind.
In guided imagery, you intentionally think of a peaceful place or scenario. The goal is to promote a calm state through relaxation and mindfulness. The idea is that your body reacts to your own thoughts.
By calming your mind and body, you may be better able to cope with mental, emotional, and physical stress.
8. Music Medicine - Music-based therapy is based on two fundamental methods – the 'receptive' listening based method, and the 'active' method based on playing musical instruments
Benefits:
Stress and anxiety relief. Fatigue, stress, anxiety, etc., are certain factors that can affect your productivity or willingness to study. ...
Improves sleep. ...
Improves physical health. ...
Helps boost concentration. ...
Enhances positive energy.
At every stage of our lives, we face different mental health challenges — from depression and anxiety to burnout and stress
50% of mental health problems are established by age 14 and 75% by age 24.
Let’s not forget the over 50s
Depression and anxiety affect nearly eight million people over 55, but can often go unnoticed and untreated.
People in stressful jobs, change of career or struggling to find work in their 50s
Menopause
Relationship breakdown
Can contribute to depression, anxiety, stress or burnout.
Health Retreats can help get you back on track
The purpose of a mental health retreat is to detoxify the mind and body of stress and tension, and each element of our retreats has a significant effect on your mental health.
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Employee Training
Coach your Employees to a higher performance
Employee training and development programs provide many benefits for employees and your business.
Companies benefit since their workforce perform better and ensure high staff retention.
Employees benefit as it positively impacts their professional momentum and improves their work ethic.
We deliver training onsite and virtually.
Topics
- Stress Management
- Emotional Intelligence
- Leadership Training
- Conflict Resolution
- Team Building
- Time Management
- Customer Service
- Team Communication
Employees become more efficient, increasing motivation and retention and improving innovation.
Contact Sandy Donnelly for more information.
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Corporate Wellbeing Retreats
UK
Dubai
Saudi Arabia
We specialise in Team Building, Organisational, Board Development, Executive Retreats.
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We deliver tailored corporate wellbeing programs to suit your requirements, whether you are based in the UK or internationally.
Companies that invest in their people, foster a productive and employee focused workplace.
Contact Sandy Donnelly for more information
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Occupational Health keeps people well at work both Physically and Mentally
OH assessment process, provides a personal, supportive and impartial approach.
Excellent Health is key to Excellent Business
We will work with your company to resolve even the most difficult and sensitive cases, whilst always considering the business priorities and culture.
An employee may be referred to an occupational health provider for an independent occupational health assessment where there is concern about their health, work performance (where there may be health implications) or number of sickness absences. Occupational health assessments are also known as sickness absence referrals, return to work assessments or management referral )
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Changing behaviour, instigating and sustaining change across a workforce change can be challenging.
Building a Culture of Opportunity and growth, embedding Wellbeing into every project will help to re engage and motivate your employees.
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Executive Leadership coaching looks to help business owners and their teams thrive.
I’ve spent my career helping people improve their body, mind and souls with a positive energy and now helping further business leadership skills.
I help companies create a positive coaching culture and also teach leaders and managers to gain coaching skills so they can create value within their teams.
Contact: Sandy Donnelly for more information
Detox and Cleanse Retreats transform your lives for the better. Improving your health and wellbeing inside and out. Nurturing your personal growth and Self care. Our retreats are centred around improving your health and wellbeing through relaxation, connection and education.
Prior to your Retreat.
Initial Consultation to look at your current health and fitness, which includes developing a tailored programme to address your symptoms and health goals
Establish your goals and look at what YOU want to gain from the Retreat.
A food diary and questionnaire is given to you for completion in advance of the session
During your Retreat
Nutrition - You will be served delicious nutritious meals, balanced and portion controlled throughout your stay. This will also include Detoxifying fresh juices, herbal teas and power snacks to ensure you do do not go hungry. We want you to love your food and feel fulfilled.
Delicious Nutritionally balanced meals
Exercise/Activity - Daily Pilates, Yoga, Core strength and flexibility. Do not fear, all exercise is tailored to YOU individually so you will do as little or as much as you are comfortable with. Our exercise sessions are fun and delivered in a beautiful setting.
Exercise adapted to each individual.
Meditation/Relaxation - Daily stress relieving practices including breath work to help you deal with anxiety and stress. We focus on concentration, bringing yourself back to the moment over and over again. Meditation can also reduce the areas of chronic pain, depression, heart disease and high blood pressure.
Afternoons are free to relax around the pool or you may just want some time out. We offer additional activities.
Horse Riding
Scuba Diving
Golf Lessons
Boat Trips
Fun Activities. Horse Riding, Golf, scuba Diving.
As each person has their own personal program, we can offer additional 1-2-1 therapy at your request.
Life/Business Coaching
Sleep Coach
Therapists - Massage, facials and treatments
Life/Business Coach
Self Care/Improvement
Post Retreat
You will take a program away with you to continue your new healthy living. I will personally support you and check in with you to keep you motivated.
Sandy Donnelly
International Health and Wellbeing Coach
The fitness and health industries were hit terribly during the pandemic. All of my Retreats cancelled. Gyms closed, fitness classes cancelled. The impact ruined many small boutique gyms and studios. I had almost 2 years of Retreats cancelled in Spain, Dubai and Cyprus and didn’t believe I could pick myself up from this.
I remain optimistic and will not give up. I am training some high profile clients in Dubai as a kind of on site 1-2-1 Retreat. If you can afford it, then why not. I managed to hold a Retreat in Cyprus November, with the next one January 2022 in the Canary Isles. My Health Retreats are very personal, with 5-6 guests.
We follow COVID safety protocols to ensure the safety of all guests.
Echelon Fit
Home/Online Workouts
Home/online workouts increased from 20%-70% overnight.
People invested in home gyms Peleton/Echelon bikes and virtual classes.
For me personally as an instructor I would offer free 20 minute workouts 3 x weekly with Pilates, HIIT, HIITABILATES and core strength, although I lost all of my income, delivering live sessions gave me a reason to get up, look presentable and do a workout, helping me also to maintain a routine.
As personal trainers and fitness instructors we had to be creative, it gave us an opportunity to review our own wellness, we were all stuck at home.
You had 2 options, couch potato or change the way we look after our health, the pandemic gave us the opportunity to reflect on our fitness and wellbeing.
Looking at alternative ways to support our physical and mental wellbeing. No commuting and we were able to get into a better sleep pattern. I was involved with BITA Networking, delivering advice on mindfulness and health.
We started to experiment with healthy cooking. A number of healthy food deliveries like Hello Fresh, Mindful Chef and Love Yourself, as more people were opting for healthier alternatives. The meal kit industry boomed and continues to thrive beyond the pandemic
The Health and Wellness industry is very profitable globally and although Gyms, Studios and spas hit and incredible loss, Health and wellness has fast forward to the virtual world and a life of convenience, so health can easily be incorporated in your life.
We had to look for new ways to support our physical and mental wellbeing, lets face it, this is the new normal.
Wellness Revolution!
