Team PotLuck: Home Cooking and the Click and Clatter Kitchen Band!

Great food was the overwhelming comment!

. Meeting new people

. Friendly people, big spread of food - what more could one ask for?

. Great selection of food

. Like to see the people who survived the winter . Social time . Don't have to cook!

. Meet new people

. Entertainment

Team Golf: St. Leonard League Update

 Today's game was Blind Partner Better Ball – Where golfers were paired with other League players who were randomly chosen by a computer.  The winning team was based on the total score of the better ball of both players

St. Leonard Wellness Teams Survey 880 programs through April to Find 95% Satisfaction

Social Walking Program: Update! 915,221.88 Miles!

Team Franciscan Center: Exercise & the Mental Ecosystem

Dr. Jack Harless
Manager of The Franciscan Center

While much of this research is not new, I believe it still carries a vital message for the human race. Because of the artificial environment that civilization has created, movement is now not a mandate, but a luxury, and for many, a nuisance.

In an article entitled, The Influence of Physical Activity on Mental Well-Being, published in the Journal of Public Health Nutrition, 1999, the authors concluded that “exercise has a moderate reducing effect on state & trait anxiety & can improve physical self-perceptions & in some cases global self-esteem. Also there is now good evidence that aerobic & resistance exercise enhances mood states….”

As if we need more motivation to get up and move, studies such as these highlight the importance of exercise, not just for the amelioration of disease and symptom states, but for general well-being, including mental wellness.

What this study doesn’t include however, are specific recommendations on how to accomplish this increased mental vitality. Unfortunately, most of us will start a workout routine this year and within a couple of months, abandon it. There are many good excuses why we can’t comply with our workout routine, time, conflicts, not enough energy, etc. In a word, we are not consistent.

I don’t believe any of us, in light of the current research highlighted above, would willingly place these excuses above increased physical and mental well-being. Most of us have just not found the right partnership that will successfully assist us in accomplishing our goals.

That partnership is Vital Life. Socialization is to exercise what gasoline is to a fire. Your exercise compliance & consistency will literally be ignited by participation in our vital life programs. Your physical flame will burn brighter & the light of your mental capacities can now shine like the sacred fire on Mount Olympus! Come get warm by the fire, and see active minds and bodies performing at their highest potential at The Franciscan Center.

Sedentary Scales: As a result of injury or illness most of my day is spent in bed!

SEDENTARY ACTIVITY BOOSTER GUIDE

• Approximate calories burned when lying in bed for 3 hours = 192

• Approximate calories burned while lying in bed and engaging in 3 intervals of socialization or

                     1:1’s for 10 minutes spaced throughout the 3 hours = 226

Added benefits: Mental alertness, improved memory, and increased optimism.♥

St. Leonard is a Vital Life Community



Blue Zone Your Memory No. 33: Be Patriotic!

Patriotism is a healthy emotion finding its origins in the hormone secretion known as Oxytocin. This hormonal secretion is the foundation for the emotions involving trust and loyalty, which can also provide a sense of well-being and safety. This neurotransmitter is also responsible for the desire to hug, and to be hugged, and touched. Fostering these secretions will also help to promote stable bonding with significant others, and socialization in group settings.

Team Leisure and Fun: Social Moment

Socialization can be a grand event or just connecting with a friend and catching up on the day's events.