A Balanced Well-Being Amidst Pandemic Webinar

written by Sr. GS Ely Alex Escantilla

In order to flourish, there should be balance.

This was emphasized by the learning facilitator, Francis Ray D. Subong, resource speaker for the digital training dubbed as “Flourishing and Well- Being Amidst the Pandemic”.

Subong pitched that each person’s current situation is best described as a VUCA world or a world with many unexpected changes due to Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. Subong’s presentations, which included readings of international materials noted that these are factors that impact one's physical health, economic status, and mental health. These may cause waves of crises if not managed properly.

He also pointed out that physical and mental health is greatly affected by lack of sleep and increased use of digital gadgets. A longer screentime exposure is also linked to an increase in depression, anxiety, and perceived attention problems.

Subong advised that “in this pandemic, we must be MAD, or Mindful, Attentive, and Discipline.” The half-day digital training was attended by more than 500 girl scouts and titas.

The digital training project is a series of coping mechanism lectures conducted for the benefit of the girl scouts and adult members of GSP since it gives awareness on how to cope up with the current state of the world right now.