{"id":22964,"date":"2023-02-17T12:26:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T17:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=22964"},"modified":"2023-02-17T12:26:48","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T17:26:48","slug":"feel-good-friday-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2023\/02\/feel-good-friday-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel Good Friday Is Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a little while since we&#8217;ve had a &#8220;Feel Good Friday&#8221;.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been waiting.\u00a0 Patiently.\u00a0 Feel Good Fridays are about sharing ways to take care of yourself, focus on your mental health and help you feel GOOD!<\/p>\n<p>And funny enough, today&#8217;s Feel Good Friday theme is about the importance of waiting.<\/p>\n<p>Every Friday the Fox teams up with the Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton Kent for Feel Good Fridays to share ways to help you and your mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Simple every day things to help you feel better.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u00a0 -it&#8217;s all about the waiting.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Waiting may not be anyone\u2019s favourite activity, but science and psychology tell us that if you can turn it into positive anticipation \u2013 an expectation of something good to come \u2013 anticipation can be beneficial for your brain, your emotions, and even your physical health! When you look forward to something, your brain releases feel-good hormones, which help to reinforce beneficial behaviours. Anticipation is beneficial as it generates hopeful feelings \u2013 Take a moment and picture yourself participating in an activity you enjoy. Are you planning a walk after work, getting together with friends or attending an event? The act of anticipation can do wonders for your mental health \u2013 so try it today!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<hr \/>\n<p>CMHA Lambton Kent is here to help and our Mental Health First Response Team is available 24\/7. Please reach out for help if you need it:<\/p>\n<p>Chatham-Kent &#8211; 1-866-299-7447 Sarnia Lambton &#8211; 1-800-307-4319<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been a little while since we&#8217;ve had a &#8220;Feel Good Friday&#8221;.\u00a0 We&#8217;ve been waiting.\u00a0 Patiently.\u00a0 Feel Good Fridays are about sharing ways to take care of yourself, focus on your mental health and help you feel GOOD! And funny enough, today&#8217;s Feel Good Friday theme is about the importance of waiting. Every Friday the","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":21089,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,4542],"tags":[4414,4260,4259,1116,5667],"class_list":["post-22964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons","category-afternoons-fridays","tag-canadian-mental-health-association-lambton-kent","tag-cmha","tag-feel-good-friday","tag-mental-health","tag-waiting"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 18:12:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons\/2023\/02\/feel-good-friday-is-back\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22964"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22964\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22965,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22964\/revisions\/22965"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}