Creating an upward spiral

“Not only is it the case that happy people are

more willing to help others, but as I generally

point out, helping others is the best way to

help yourself, the best way to promote your

own happiness. It is you, yourself, who will

receive the benefit.” - Dalai Lama

UWell Explained

UWell is a universal mental health promotion

model for strengthening sources of wellbeing

and vitality.

UWell is underpinned by the Salutogenic

model of health and several other evidenced-

based and emergent bodies of research.

For Community Working together - Wellbeing & vitality for all.

Delivering evidence-based mental health promotion

initiatives in various settings.

Delivering programs that enhance the health and

wellbeing of young people.

Building the capacity of schools and organisations to

support young people to remain connected to education.

Responding to the changing needs of young people in

our community.

Seeing with Fresh Eyes

“We cannot solve our problems with the

same thinking we used to create them.”

Albert Einstein

KUN EV IN

Sense-making a Solution

Emergent and Collaborating

The UWell model brings together systems

thinking, awareness-based collective action

and prevention and behavioural science.

Theory U (2006 - Scharmer)

Salutogenic model of health (1979 - Antonovsky)

Emotives theory (1997 - Reddy)

Beneficial Action theory (2016 - Toumbourou)

Benefit Mindset model (2017 - Buchanan and Kern)

Cultivating the Social Field

Theory U is a learning and management method

and the title of a book by Otto Scharmer.

Theory U principles help break through past

unproductive patterns of behaviours and

empathize with an eco-system perspective to

tackle complex issues of our times by stepping

into the field of the future.

Salutogenic Model of Health

Salutogenesis is a medical approach focusing on factors

that support human health and well-being, rather than

on factors that cause disease (pathogenesis).

Central to Antonovsky’s Salutogenic model of health is

the Sense of Coherence which is formula that has three

components:

Sense of Coherence

Comprehensibility:

Believing that the challenge is understood.

Manageability:

Believing that resources to cope are available.

Meaningfulness:

Wishing to, be motivated to, cope.

Important Third Component

Meaningfulness - If a person believes there is no

reason to persist and survive and confront

challenges, if they have no sense of meaning,

then they will have no motivation to comprehend

and manage life events.

NOTE: Research demonstrates that a strong Sense of

Coherence predicts positive health outcomes.

Emotives Manage and Shape

Emotives describe the process by which

emotions are managed and shaped, not only by

society and its expectations but also by

individuals themselves as they seek to express

the inexpressible, namely how they "feel".

Beneficial Emotive uses this theory to influence

actions that motivate a mind-shift towards

creating an upward spiral of well being and

vitality

Beneficial Action

Beneficial Action is prosocially and altruistically

motivated behaviour that uses consequential

knowledge to increase freedom within the

global population.

Four principles: (1) We should encourage actions that

maximise the freedom of human and non-human

populations to live longer and with more choices.

This will increase everyone’s freedom and it can happen

by encouraging (2) actions that have prosocial and

altruistic intent, (3) greater knowledge of the

consequences of our actions, and (4) understanding and

care toward foreign and non-human populations.

The Benefit Mindset

A Benefit Mindset builds on a growth mindset,

where we not only seek to fulfil our potential,

but choose to do it in a way that serves the

wellbeing of all.

PLAY > MINDSETS MATTER https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW2Sg3nOpd4&feature=youtu.be

Mindsets Matter

Being well – Doing Good

The Common Connecting Element

“Being well – Doing good brings a richer

appreciation of what it means to flourish, to

reach our potential and to be of value – to

ourselves, to others, to nature and to the future.”

Ash Buchanan

PLAY > KINDNESS BOOMERANG “ONE DAY” https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=69&v=nwAYpLVyeFU

Positive Feedback Loop

The UWell Model

Empowering Interconnected Research Being well – Doing good from the Benefit Mindset is

compatible with and the interconnecting element which

brings Beneficial Action, Beneficial Emotive and the

Salutogenic Model of Health together. This combination

creates an innovative, universal mental health promotion

model for:

Co-create cultures of Being well – Doing good.

Strengthening sources of wellbeing and vitality.

Collaborating Communities

Everyday leadership starts with an idea and a

passion to make a meaningful difference.

We’re here to support co-creating school and

community cultures of Being well – Doing good.

We support the planning of key activities, assist

with funding and co-ordinate evaluations.

Leadership Prosocial Altruistic

Six Benefit mindset, everyday leadership,

prosocial and altruistic activities have been

trialled and are ready to go.

Collaborating with schools and communities to

identify specific Being well – Doing good actions

that can add to the understanding of prevention

science and the evidence-base is encouraged.

What’s the Correlation?

Students’ Sense of Coherence (SOC) and

participation in everyday leadership, prosocial

and altruistic actions.

SOC is a predictor of improved health outcomes.

UWell will employ a research team to pre/post

test using the SOC #13 Questionnaire.

Advocacy

Awareness Participation

UWell has an advocacy, public awareness and

community participation strategy to advance the

uptake of this innovative Universal Mental

Health Promotion Model.

Advancing the UWell Model

What strengths, support and influence do you have

to assist the advocacy, public awareness and

community participation strategy?

What can you do, see, sense and say that could

advance the UWell model?

Can you assist in co-create school and community

cultures of Being well – Doing good?

Co-creating Cultures of

Being well – Doing good