June 2019

OLBERG WELLNESS

CENTER

Special points of interest:

Center Information

Upcoming:

Meetings

Outings

Committees

Inside this issue:

Welcome July 1

Environmental Wellness 2-5

July Outing Photos 6

Member Spotlight 7

Upcoming Services 9

Center Information 10

Community Resources 11-12

Funded by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Shasta County Health & Human Services Agency

2757 Churn Creek Rd. Suite D

Redding, CA 96002

Phone: 530.247.3321

Fax: 530.247.3350

Welcome July!! Our members had lots of fun in the month of July! We have been celebrating the summer

months with lots of fun outings, while incorpo-rating the 8 Dimensions of Wellness. This month we have talked about the elements of environmental wellness and members were

challenged to put their knowledge into practice in one of our outings this month. We practiced being present in the moment and noticing the

way we feel when surrounded by peaceful woods or when looking at a tranquil lake. Some of us hunted for dragonflies, while others en-joyed a walk on the trails by the lake, while still

others just relaxed and played games of crib-bage with friends in the sunshine filtered through the trees.

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C H A O S T O C A L M : 5 T I P S T O I M -P R O V E Y O U R E N V I R O N M E N T A L W E L L N E S S

-by Lisa Coriell | 05/18/2018 |

Spring is the season to clear out the cobwebs and nurture growth. It’s al-so the perfect time to check in with your environmental wellness—that is, your health as it relates to your relationship with nature and your envi-ronment. Environmental wellness is a holistic approach to maintaining your health, the health of those around you, and the health of our natural world.

1. Clear the clutter. You don’t have to go crazy and do the whole house at once in order to experience environmental wellness—that defeats the purpose of this whole exercise. Start small. Try to declutter one room at a time. Donate clutter that’s bugging you, whether it’s unused, taking up too much space, or weighing you down. What your eye sees, your mind feels.

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Chaos to Calm Cont...

2. Schedule sanity. When your schedule is out of control, so is your wellness. Your diet flies out the window, your exercise routine skips town, and your patience dries up. All that’s left is chaos—and that sends out negative waves, big time. Whether you know it or not, it also negatively affects your health.

To combat these effects, prioritize to make room for calm. Choose the important stuff first, and set boundaries to honor those priorities. You aren’t a superhero, so stop trying so hard to act like one. Find calm by honoring your time and space. That means putting your health and wellness first by making your mental and physical balance number one on the list.

3. Choose wisely. Choose your food wisely. Choose your spending wisely. Make time to spend in nature. Pay attention to where your food comes from, and make an effort to live more gently on the Earth. Choose more of what uplifts you, rather than what stresses you out or makes you feel crummy.

All of these things contribute to your environment as a whole—whether that means your bodily environment or your spatial envi-ronment. Choose things that help you live in a more environmen-tally respectful and healthy way.

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4. Connect. We are social beings. We need others, and others need us. We thrive when we are surrounded by supporting, loving peo-ple and living things. That includes plants, pets, acquaintances, family, close friends, and romantic relationships. In the hectic pace of life, make sure you’re taking time out for connection in a balanced way by making a conscious ef-fort to connect with your community, too. Opportuni-ties to connect and help others are all around you. Volunteer or just reach out to your neighbors. We are often in the right place at the right time when someone needs us. Here are some other ways to connect:

Connect with others through face-to-face social engagement—especially when you’ve been working too hard, or have been knee-deep in isolating projects. Connect to self through chakra balancing, energy heal-ings, and meditation.

Connect to nature through time spent outside, or if that’s not fea-sible, through aromatherapy with natural scents, and the living things in and around your home.

Chaos to Calm Cont...

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5. Honor the mind/body connection. The health of the mind affects the health of the body. You can go paperless, walk to work, volunteer, help everybody out, and skip meat, but if you fail to nourish and heal your mind/body connec-tion, all the good deeds in the world won’t save you.

Meditate. Calm the monkey mind and return to center again. Even if it’s only for a few moments. Stretch, and do yoga. It’s a movement-based way to bring the body and mind together. Create. Let your right brain out of the cage for a while, while us-ing your physical body to allow the right brain to communicate. Make art. Make music. Create tasty, healthy food to nourish your body. Jump! Dance! Express yourself in whatever way energizes you.

Play. Whether it’s on the beach, in the backyard, or at home. Make time for fun. The body heals faster through laughter. Breathe. Tune into your chakras, and learn how to balance them. Use Ayurveda for mental and physical balancing as well as whole healing.

With conscious effort you can find ways to sneak in time for environmental wellness and vibrancy. You just need to prioritize with the right intent, and it becomes easy because it’s what we were meant to do.

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July Outing Photos

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Amber & Shaun have been members of the Olberg Wellness Center for quite some time. They frequent the center regularly and are fa-vorites of everyone. They have a very active life filled with pets, swimming at Waterworks Park, and attending community events. Alt-hough they generally can be found together, they each definitely have their own identities. Amber is helpful and very kind to everyone. Shaun is a volunteer at the center, helping with everything from groups to leading daily clean up. However, together they are the cut-est duo! They help each other constantly, treat each other with love and respect, and are overall wonderful role models for our other members. We are very happy to spotlight Amber and Shaun this month!

Member Spotlight

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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

If you are a current member interested in becoming a volunteer at

the Olberg Wellness Center we are excited to make that happen.

Please see Sherri Leitem for more information. Remember this is

your wellness center & you make it as interesting as you want it to

be.

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Olberg Wellness Center provides a member guided wellness

program that fosters recovery and resiliency. These services include

peer support, socialization activities, as well as wellness and recovery

activities. Any individual experiencing mental health challenges,

and/or their family members, are welcome to participate in the Ol-

berg Center activities:

Coping Skills

Peer Support

12-Step/Dual Diagnosis

Trauma & Grief

Arts & Crafts

Overcoming Depression

Independent Living Skills

And many more

Upcoming...

SERVICES PROVIDED * Transportation now has a pick-up/drop-off location in Anderson.

Call 247-3321 for details.

During the month of July members accessed food commodities at the Veg-

gie Store.

On July 3rd members went thrift store shopping at various thrift stores.

July 8th & July 28th were set aside for members wanting to check out &/or

return books, movies, CDs etc. to the library.

On July 26th, we had our Monthly Celebration.

On June 29th those members who worked for it earned an outing to Movies

8.

Members are able to access information, via the member computer, about

available jobs, housing, Shasta County Mental Health, Shasta Community

Health Center, Hill Country CARE Center, Stand Against Stigma Committee

and the Suicide Prevention Workgroup. More community resource infor-

mation can also be found on the 2-1-1 website.

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Thrift Store Shopping 8/2

Veggie Store 8/7

Library 8/19

Turtle Bay 8/20

Monthly Celebration 8/30

Community Resources

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NAMI Shasta County

Family Support Group

1st & 3rd Tuesday of every

month

6:30 - 8:30 pm

Hill Country Care Center

1401 Gold St.

691-4450

shasta.nami@gmail.com

Shasta County

Mental Health Services Act

Get Involved

MHSA Advisory Committee

MHSA Stakeholder Workgroups

MHSA Volunteer Program

www.shastamhsa.com

Shasta Community Health

Center 1035 Placer St.

Patient Education & Health Promotion

Healthy Living Self - Management

Diabetes Self - Management

Tobacco Self - Management

Nutrition Self - Management

Pain Self - Management

Computers Made Easy

And many more

For questions 229 - 5115

Hill Country CARE Center (Crisis & Recovery Engagement)

1401 Gold Street

691-4446

M-F 2am - 11pm

S & S 11am - 11pm

Mental Health Resource Center

Assessment & Intervention

Recovery Support

Crisis Prevention

Community Resources

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Stand Against Stigma

Committee Shasta County Health

and Human Services

Promoting mental wellness, increasing

community awareness of mental health

and ending the stigma surrounding

mental illness and substance abuse

(530) 229-8484

Shasta Suicide

Prevention Workgroup Shasta County Health

and Human Services

Decreasing suicide attempts and deaths

in Shasta County through collaboration,

advocacy, education, training and

evaluation

(530) 229-8426

Bringing Healing and Wellness

Services Medication Management

Therapy

Telemedicine

(530) 646-7269