5 things to do to help your mental health
COVID-19 is stressful. From concerns over health to being cooped up at home, it’s normal to feel some anxiety during this tumultuous time. How can you make your mental health a priority?
Try following these 5 mental health practices to help make each day a little easier:
Self-isolating with children? Dr. Munther Barakat, Director of Behavioral Health Therapy at Aurora Psychiatric Hospital in Wauwatosa, WI, offers this advice for parents, “Maintaining a schedule during the day is helpful for children. It creates a sense of safety that comes with predictability. Some parents have posted a schedule in the house to provide a visual for the day.”
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Erica Noonan is a social media specialist for Advocate Health Care and Aurora Health Care. She earned her BA in advertising and public relations. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, trying new sushi and binging the occasional Netflix series.
These are good common sense ideas we can all follow! Thanks and Keep up the great work as we do need your helpful ideas.
I like this list. I also do breathing and relaxation exercises with my Apple Watch, also I close my 3 rings of exercise on my Apple Watch, meditation with Jon Kabat Zinn
And a daily Bible study with Charles Stanley. Prayer helps me, too. I have to work hard to pick myself up.