Managing Your Mental Health with Exercise

Posted December 14, 2022 | By Jordyn Flannery

sses how to leverage the frequency, intensity, and type of exercise to help reap the most mental health benefits from your workouts. Take away tips and strategies you can implement immediately into your fitness routine, making exercise easier than ever on your mind, body, and spirit.

By watching this program, you can expect to:

  • learn how exercise can benefit your mental health.
  • discover how to use exercise to manage your mood.
  • learn how to leverage the FITT Principle.

This program is presented by Sara Wright and hosted by the Winter Park Health Foundation in collaboration with the Crosby Wellness Center.

About the Program Presenter

Sara Wright is a personal trainer with the Peggy & Philip B. Crosby Wellness Center at the Center for Health & Wellbeing (CHWB). She also serves as the Wellbeing Guide at CHWB. Wright joined the Winter Park Health Foundation, owner of the Crosby Wellness Center, in March 2019. She works directly with community members providing wellbeing coaching and consultation. Wright makes suggestions, provides educational resources, and links each person to programs and services suited to attain health and wellbeing goals safely and smartly. She also creates an individualized plan and provides motivational support as each community member works to achieve success along their personal wellbeing journey. Wright has more than 20 years of professional experience, including the following areas of expertise: Social Services, Health Education, Community Relations, Management, Personal Training, and Fitness Coaching. She earned a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and two bachelor’s degrees. She is passionate about helping others reach their goals and achieve self-empowerment.

About the Presenting Organization

About the Peggy & Philip B. Crosby Wellness Center at the Center for Health & Wellbeing

Since 1989, the Crosby Wellness Center has supported the health and fitness needs of the community by providing a high-quality facility, professional staff, and programs in a unique, supportive environment. The Peggy & Philip B. Crosby Wellness Center at the Center for Health & Wellbeing in Winter Park has achieved Medical Fitness Facility certification by the Medical Fitness Association (MFA), the country’s leading organization dedicated solely to medically integrated wellness and fitness facilities. Crosby Wellness Center is the first certified Medical Fitness Facility in Central Florida. To learn more about the Crosby Wellness Center, please visit https://www.crosbywellnesscenter.org/about