Keeping Healthy!

Mental health strategies also tend to be physical health strategies. Taking care of your body also helps take care of your mind. Stress is unavoidable, so it’s a good idea to learn some coping techniques to manage it.

Take care of yourself:

• Get enough sleep.
• Eat right.
• Find time for rest and relaxation.
• Move your body. Physical activity is a great stress-buster.
• Move your mind. Learn relaxation techniques like mindfulness meditation or deep breathing.
• Think right. Try to develop a positive attitude of “realistic optimism.” For example, believe that good things can happen and note good things when you see them. Also, pay attention to your own “self-talk” and see how the positive versus negative messages stack up. You can decide to increase the positive messages you send yourself.

• Don’t be too hard on yourself because you’re not perfect – because nobody is!

https://ontario.cmha.ca/documents/understanding-and-finding-help-for-stress/