1. Live Your Life Well a public education effort promoting mental wellness and well-being

2. a nonprofit agency helping people achieve wellness encouraging people to live mentally healthier lives a voice for positive change in Missouri

3. Our mission: To promote mental health and to improve the care and treatment of persons with mental illness through advocacy, education and service

4. Helping people achieve mental wellness.

5. A web-based, public education campaign helping people take positive action toward improving their mental health and well-being Live Your Life Well

6. Consists of ten tools promoting resiliency Provides practical, easy-to-use suggestions on maintaining and improving mental wellness Offers helpful resources and information to strengthen the mental health safety-net Live Your Life Well

7. A grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health afforded MHA to develop a pilot on-the-ground program to impact two communities: African Americans and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) individuals.

8. Gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic backgrounds are strong determinants whether individuals will seek help, types of help they seek, coping styles, social supports and how much stigma they attach to mental health. Live Your Life Well

9. MHA met with a variety of local and out-state community partners to advise us on developing culturally sensitive seminars and materials along with expanding our helpline with culturally competent mental health providers. Live Your Life Well

10. SAGE Metro St. Louis St. Louis Effort for AIDS Growing American Youth Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region St. Louis Gender Foundation The SPOT Missouri Health Equity Collaborative Live Your Life Well

11. Evaluate pilot seminars Assemble focus groups to test seminars Connect MHA with host organizations Identify mental health service providers Identify out-state sites for webinars/seminars Live Your Life Well

12. The seminars are based on a body of scientific evidence in behavioral and medical research. Simply stated, its evidenced-based common sense. Live Your Life Well

13. 1.Connect with Others 2.Stay Positive 3.Get Physically Active 4.Help Others 5.Get Enough Sleep 6.Create Joy and Satisfaction 7.Eat Well 8.Take Care of Your Spirit 9.Deal Better with Hard Times 10.Get Professional Help if You Need It Connect with Others

14. Live Your Life Well 1.Connect with Others 2.Stay Positive 3.Get Physically Active 4.Help Others 5.Get Enough Sleep 6.Create Joy and Satisfaction 7.Eat Well 8.Take Care of Your Spirit 9.Deal Better with Hard Times 10.Get Professional Help if You Need It Stay Positive

15. Live Your Life Well Get Physically Active

16. Live Your Life Well Help Others

17. Live Your Life Well Get Enough Sleep

18. Live Your Life Well Create Joy and Satisfaction

19. Live Your Life Well Eat Well

20. Live Your Life Well Take Care of Your Spirit

21. Live Your Life Well Deal Better with Hard Times Deal Better with Hard Times

22. Live Your Life Well Deal Better with Hard Times Get Professional Help if You Need it

23. Live Your Life Well Pre-seminar survey 60-minute interactive seminar Post-seminar survey Three week follow-up survey by email or mail Connection with cultural competent providers

24. Name:_____________________________________ Phone:____________ Email:___________________ Address:___________________________________ I would like to participate in the follow-up survey for a chance to win a $25 gift card. I am feeling especially bad; I would like to speak with someone today. Im okay and dont feel I need to speak with someone immediately. Live Your Life Well

25. Log on to www.liveyourlifewell.org to sample the websitewww.liveyourlifewell.org Easy-to-access from home, work, library, college, etc. Easy language, easy and direct resources Live Your Life Well

26. Stress can be a result of emotional and psychological pain. It may manifest in physical symptoms, sometimes as problems in work or love relationships, disturbances in mood and self-esteem, or troubling personality traits. Live Your Life Well

27. In some cases, the toll of stress cannot be resolved through the advice of friends and family or reading self-help books. Our most determined efforts often fail to provide the necessary relief. Live Your Life Well

28. Talk with someone immediately after attending a seminar Get connected to resources and/or service providers Receive follow-up after the seminar Live Your Life Well

29. Join SAGE Metro St. Louis and MHA Thursday, October 25, at 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Seminar Location: MHA of Eastern Missouri 1905 South Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63104 Parking available in the rear. Live Your Life Well

30. Address Stress Busting Burnout REBOUND Care of Self, Care of Others MHAs Wellness Education Series

31. Helping people achieve mental wellness.