Health isn’t just about fitness or disease prevention – it’s about living your best life. While investing in your physical health is crucial to prevent chronic illness, investing in your mental wellbeing is just as important. Use these resources to help you and your loved ones live mentally well.
Content provided through our partnership with MHA (Mental Health America) Sheboygan.
When we have a lot on our plates or we are facing mental health challenges, it can feel easy to push our own needs to the side. However, making time for ourselves is essential to our overall well-being. Use this worksheet to help you better understand what is holding you back from taking time for yourself and your needs.
Change, both good and bad, is an inevitable part of life. By taking time to think through the change you’re facing, you can work to make both the change and the emotions around the change more manageable. Use this worksheet as a tool to process an existing or upcoming change that you are facing.
Expressing your gratitude can make you feel better and improve the mood and validate the person you are thanking. Studies have found that expressing gratitude towards a person or a situation has mental and physical health benefits for you and can strengthen social bonds. However getting started can feel daunting. Take your time and really think about what has stuck with you over the past week, month, or year. Try filling out this note to thank yourself for doing the dishes that piled up, your friend for listening to you vent about a recent problem, the universe for giving you an opportunity, or a family member for helping to shape you.
Prioritizing your brain health is as important as prioritizing your body health. This worksheet provides a set of questions to help you get started in talking about your mental health with your doctor.
It’s strange that we turn to our phones when we’re trying to disconnect, but with so many great meditation apps available today, it’s not hard to see why. These apps can be helpful for every level of meditator, from beginners looking for somewhere to start to experienced meditators who prefer a bit of guidance.
While 1 in 5 people will experience a diagnosable mental health condition in their lives, 5 out of 5 people will go through a challenging time that affects their mental health. There are simple things that every person can say or do to help the people in their life who are struggling to get through the tough times. This worksheet can help you think about how to start this conversation.