Let's Talk About Mental Health – Day Three

When it comes to actually being mentally well, there's no shortage of self-care strategies out there, but not everyone has the time and money to spend on a wellness retreat or horse therapy or crystals that may or may not chill you out.
Today I'll continue a series of ideas that you can do to help keep your mind, body and soul feeling good. (or at least less stressed)
Feel free to share your thoughts and ideas.
(This is from a self.com article)
Day Three: Borrow Things from Vacation
Think about things you only enjoy on vacation. Then inject a little of that into your daily life.

We tend to have a more chill outlook on everything when we're on vacation. You replace the gym with swimming and walking, dinner consists of potlucks with new friends or dining at a quaint little bistro, and your email (hopefully) has an out-of-office reply. What if we took just a little bit of that mentality and made it the rule - rather than the exception? Maybe that means skipping the gym to go for a simple run in the park, turning your phone on Do Not Disturb between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. or simply reading outside for a little while.  Obviously it won't make you feel like you're on vacation, but it might help you reclaim your time.

Let's Talk About Mental Health – Day Two

When it comes to actually being mentally well, there's no shortage of self-care strategies out there, but not everyone has the time and money to spend on a wellness retreat or horse therapy or crystals that may or may not chill you out.
Today I'll continue a series of ideas that you can do to help keep your mind, body and soul feeling good. (or at least less stressed)
Feel free to share your thoughts and ideas.
(This is from a self.com article)
Day Two: Turn the TV Off
Do something else besides watching TV before bed.

If you've lost track of more nights than you can count while binge-watching a series, only to feel tired and groggy and kind of behind on life the next day, try a little experiment where you don't watch TV before bed for a week. Use that time to read, color, call your mom, journal, take a bath, whatever. For a lot of people, zoning out with a good series can be a therapeutic coping mechanism, which is great, but it's helpful to find other tools for calming down at the end of the day. And maybe you'll find one that won't occasionally keep you up until 2 a.m.

Let's Talk About Mental Health

When it comes to actually being mentally well, there's no shortage of self-care strategies out there, but not everyone has the time and money to spend on a wellness retreat or horse therapy or crystals that may or may not chill you out.

Today I'll start a series of ideas that you can do to help keep your mind, body and soul feeling good. (or at least less stressed)

Feel free to share your thoughts and ideas.

(This is from a self.com article)

Day One:

Give yourself permission to take a mental health day when you need it.

Try to think of it as preventive medicine - by taking a day to relax and recharge now, you're giving your body (and immune system) some time to catch up, which could help prevent an actual sick day in your future.