Be Healthy, Be Happy Programme

Take part in our ‘Be Healthy, Be Happy’ programme

We'd like to invite you to take part in our 'Be Healthy, Be Happy' programme to help you become your ‘best’ self. This means trying to help you be the most happy and healthy you can be.

There is evidence that shows many of our long term health problems can be really helped by the way we live our lives. We also know that many chronic health problems are not well managed by medicines alone and often the medicine just treats symptoms and doesn't get to the cause of the problem.

What is the Be Healthy, Be Happy programme?

Our Be Healthy, Be Happy programme is aimed at patients with one or more long term health condition and will help you to become a better manager of your own health and happiness. The programme is free for our patients to attend.

The programme will take over five weeks, with one session each week. These will take place in the evening and will last an hour each week.

The first session is a workshop on identifying your personal needs and goals, which will help you identify areas in your life you can change and ones that you are happy you can stick with. We will then help you understand how to form new good habits and behaviours on a small scale, which can eventually lead to big changes in your health and happiness.

After this session, there are four more sessions, which look at the following topics in more detail:

Movement
Sleep
Eating
Emotional and social wellbeing

These sessions will be run by health coaches from our Health Connections team, as well as by Dr Rob Taylor. They will last for an hour and will include some time for discussion in the group about how to put new habits in place.

We hope you can join our Be Healthy, Be Happy programme

We really hope you can take part in this programme, which we are sure you will find useful and it will help you to become healthier and happier.

To take part, patients need to have at least one long term health condition. if you are unsure if this applies to you please contact us via the phone number below or by completing our online form.

If you would like to find out more before signing up Dr Rob Taylor has put together a short video to explain the programme, which you can watch here.

Feedback from people who have already taken part in Be Healthy, Be Happy

We have run these sessions before and had really positive feedback from patients who took part. Here are some examples of their feedback.

"I really enjoyed the whole course, but the tny habits, sleeping and eating, were my favourite."

"The small things concepts has had a very beneficial impact. Thanks, a very good course."

"All of it has been very useful. I have shared some of the information with family members, in particular sleep. It's made me focus on life and what's important."

"Speaking in the group and sharing thoughts and feelings really had a positive impact on my mental health."

"Exchanging ideas and gathering useful information to be able to improve and feel better."

"Took a lot in overall, was nice to hear other people speak. Good to know you're not alone.

What do you need to do take part?

To take part in Be Healthy Be Happy please call the Health Connections team on 01373 468368 who will register your place. Or you can complete our online form and we will get back to you with details of our next dates for the programme.

We look forward to working with you on the course and helping you to feel healthier and feel happier.

Dr Rob Taylor, GP and Jo Fordham, Health Coach