Five Tips for Managing Your Mental Health (with Resources!)
By Denise Trio |
How are you doing?
Be honest! Sometimes we hear that question from others in a greeting and we reply with a quick “Good, how are you?” But if we’re honest, we aren’t.
Mental health has become somewhat of a hot topic lately. For some, it’s familiar, as loved ones, or they themselves have struggled with mental illness. For others, it’s uncharted territory. Everyone, at some point in their lives, has seasons where their mental health really isn’t good. Maybe you’re in that season right now.
One way our mental health can suffer begins with our thoughts. Our thoughts turn into feelings, which turn into actions. If we think things enough, we’ll end up doing them. This accounts for the good things and the bad things.
If we are meditating on kindness, generosity and gratitude, our brains literally will wire themselves with these positive emotions. Conversely, if our thoughts trend toward inadequacy, worry, comparison, self-hatred, and fear, our brains will be wired by negativity and continue in deeper and deeper detrimental thought patterns.
Those thought patterns make us believe that we really aren’t enough, that things aren’t going to be ok, and that we are never going to measure up. And then those things come true. It’s essentially like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
This is why it is so important to begin the battle of mental health with your thoughts. The good news is, our brains can be rewired towards healthy thought patterns!
Here are five tips to help you manage your mental health.
Here are some more resources I recommend checking out to dive in deeper into retraining your brain. (Text is linked.)
_Jenni Catron Leadership Podcast: How Writing Can Make You A Better Leader._
_Dr. Caroline Leaf: How to Correctly Use Movement and Exercise to Defeat Depression and Loneliness, Reduce Worry, and Eliminate Anxiety with Dr. Kelly Mcgonigal + The Extraordinary Link Between Mindful Movement, Joy, and Human Connection_
_Amen Clinics: The Importance Of Getting Good Sleep_
_Dr. Caroline Leaf: The Science of Thought. TEDxOaksChristianSchool_
