Happy Healthy Minds

 "From Happy Healthy Minds (The School of Life, 2020) 

Reading for Useful Ideas: Your Body

Your Body and Your Brain

Read the text, then complete the following sentences with the appropriate words. 

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Your brain is where your thoughts and feelings happen. A person’s mood changes because of what is happening in the rest of their brain. Lots of things about our bodies can influence our moods. Being too hot and thirsty on a day with northwest winds can make us ___________________. What is happening in your ____________ depends on the state of your body. The problem is that brains don’t _________ us when and _________ they are getting in __________ mood. It doesn't say to you, “Hey I’m _________________, so I’m about to ________ my ________ and that _________ is unfair and horrible.” 

Select the correct answer

1. If something is going wrong in your body it can make you feel

1. annoyed

2. Irritated 

3. that everything is too difficult

4. All of the above

2. A tricky point about our brains is that they don’t 

1. Like our bodies much

2. Like it when we drink too much water and eat good food

3. Tell us when and why they getting in a bad mood

4.  Play tricks on us

3. Our bodies have a habit of not telling us how much they play with

1. Our minds

2. Our food

3. Our sleep

4. Our friends

4. The next time you feel irritated with your parents or annoyed with your friend, ask yourself (list the four suggestions from the text)

1. Do I need to stop eating so much chocolate 

2. Did I get enough sleep

3. Should I stop spending so much time on my ipad 

4. Have I drunk enough water today 

5. Our brains function well when we have

1. A minimum of 6 hours of screen time per day

2. Lollies three times per day or after every meal

3. Eight hours of sleep per night and exercise during the day

4. Few new ideas

I don’t like how I look

Read the text and write a brief answer to the24qw1`1 question.

1. According to the text, why do we worry about how we look? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Highlight the correct answer

2. A useful way to deal with ‘worrying about appearance’ is to consider the idea

1. You are what you eat

2. Your body is not you

3. Your body is a temple

4. There more to you than meets the eye

3. What is meant by the term ‘soul’ in the text?

1. An organ in your body

2. The bottom of your shoe

3. Personality, thoughts and feelings

4. Your way of being you

4. In the past, a big distinction was made between the body and the 

1. Soul

2. Sole

3. Mind

4. Heart