Easy ways to practice mental health and self care as a staff member at summer camp.Welcome to episode 5 of First Class Counsellors!Camp Directors, this may be our best episode yet. If you’ve been waiting to send one to your staff, this is it.Here’s why:We are talking about PRACTICAL, EASY ways for your staff to stay mentally healthy this summer.Dr. Deborah Gilboa (Dr. G) is our guest. If you don’t know her, Dr. G is a youth development and parenting expert who ALSO happens to be a long-time camper and camp staff member. Needless to say, she is AWESOME at what she does both in her practice and overall for the summer camp industry.Okay, a bit more. On the fifth episode of First Class Counsellors, Oliver and Matt are joined by the ONE the ONLY, Dr. G to share some ways to help camp staff stay mentally healthy this summer. Dr. G, Matt and Oliver talk about not only why a place as great as camp can sometimes be a place of stress and anxiety, but what all camp staff can do to be resilient and re-focus on having the best summer of their lives.Tune in to this episode to hear more about:From a practical and clinical side, why is it important that camp staff be aware and take care of their mental health this summer while at camp?When it comes to taking breaks DURING a camp session (an hour, or couple hours off, or a night if you’re a day camp staff), what are some great ways to effectively re-charge?How about when it comes to taking breaks BETWEEN camp sessions, (weekends, change-overs, etc)?What are some of the things that prevent us from being our mentally healthiest at camp? What are some ways to overcome those challenges?Any last strategies, tools or things to keep in mind when it comes to being your mentally best at camp?-As usual, we hope that what we offer to your staff is incredibly useful. If you do send this along, we would be happy to hear about it. Please let us know by emailing Matt at matt@gocamp.pro-BONUS NOTES - Because Dr. G is AMAZING.Check out Dr. G’s “Prescription for Preventing Stressed out Staff. Camp staff, talk to your directors about this and send them these links to check it out. Watch the video hereFind out more here-Get Ready - Counsellors, do this NOW to level up your counselling skillsOliver: Video tape yourself singing a camp song, have some friends help if its repeat after me. Send it to your camp director with the message “I am excited for camp.” Or even do a challenge 3 friends thing on social media. Send them to me too, I want to learn some new songs before summer.Matt: Plan your own session and show your passions to the campers this summer! Feel free to use the session template that we use at Pearce Williams. - Download the template hereDr. G: Think about how you are going to do on a “camp amount” of tech use in the summer. Turn on the functions on your device that tell you how much you’ve u