According to the Mental Health Foundation, a clear distinction should be made between the mind and the body; however, when considering mental health and physical health, the two should not be grouped under a single category. This was the topic that we had decided to cover today, knowing that positive changes cannot be made in the world without a healthy mind and a healthy body. As soon as we walked in the door, the girls greeted us with hugs, and after we asked how their week had been, with varying answers, we began the activity we had planned for this week. All artistic abilities aside, we asked each student to roughly sketch a picture of themselves, including thought bubbles drawn around their head to represent thoughts the individual student typically has during school. Girls, in particular, are known to be susceptible to a “toxic mirror”, more commonly known as social media, so it didn’t come as much of a shock to see that their thoughts mostly strayed to destructive questions such as “Am I pretty enough?” or “Does my hair look okay?”, though disappointing. But when they weren’t breaking down their own self-esteems, their minds were being consumed with thoughts of “I want to cry”, or “I need to get more sleep”, or “Life sucks”, and even “Is everything okay at home?”. Like Michelle Obama, the Former First Lady of the United States and advocate for healthy living stated, “Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we’re scurrying to and from appointments and errands, we don’t have a lot of time to take care of ourselves. We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own ‘to do’ list.” With this quote, we went straight into our discussion on mental and physical health. We talked about physical health and what we can do to stay healthy, such as keeping hydrated, eating well, sleeping well, exercising daily, and even doing what makes us happy and keeping a positive mentality, as one student brought up, which can be tied to the importance of our mental health, and how it impacts our body physically. “A happy mind is a healthy mind, and a healthy mind is good for the body,” as the 14th Dalai Lama, or Lhamo Dondrub, wisely declared.