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Individual mental and physical health depend on social and collective health
Without well-functioning collective systems, our mental health can suffer from the stress of precarious life circumstances that impact our survival. Our physical health can suffer from stress, overwork, lack of access to health care, lack of housing, support systems, isolation, etc.
Example of social policy that supports mental and physical health:
universal basic services
Individual mental health depends on physical health
Mental health and physical health are deeply interrelated.
- We are what we eat!
- Gut-brain connection
- mental effects of exercise
Physical and mental health depend on environmental health
The health of our environment, the ecological system we live in and are intimately connected to every element of, is a direct support for our physical health.
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Without well-nourished soil, our food lacks nutritional value (vitamins and minerals) and does not support individual physical health and mental health.
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When we overproduce and overextract from our environment, it suffers and we suffer individually as a result. In turn, when we take care of soil health, air health and water health, practicing permaculture, regenerative agriculture, degrowth and a circular economy we support the well-being of individuals and societies.
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environmental health depends on social health
Without healthy human systems collaborating in a functional way, the environment suffers. This is what we see today: conflict between groups, polarization, and inability to come to sensible, sustainable agreements that will support future generations on our shared planet.
The ultimate responsibility that we have is to realign our systems of governance with social and ecological imperatives so that humans can coexist with natural systems while we repair what we can and adapt to what is essentially irreparable on human time scales. 1
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Social health depends on individual mental health.
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When we look at a broader scale, when we are individually plagued by aggression in our hearts, then we go to war with others. Peace on local and global scales depends on us cultivating an inner ceasefire within our own hearts—a commitment to examine the urges that propel us into impassable conflict with others.
Interventions to improve interpersonal relationship health: