Supporting Your Mental Health

​Building on last week’s post about supporting your child’s mental health, it is essential for you to support your mental health in order to be able to show up for your child. And when you are emotionally present with others like your child it is important for you to “re-fuel” by taking care of your wellbeing and mental health. There are many strategies to support this out there, find the ones that resonate with you and I encourage you to tweak them to make them your own. Below please find three ideas to consider that can improve mental wellbeing and have other simultaneous benefits:

1. Getting Outside Early Morning. Morning light can be so good for your circadian rhythms which have positive impacts on feeling more at peace and benefits to sleep. Changing your environment can benefit you in thinking and feeling things from another perspective. Lastly, being outside can bring you more into the present moment as you move your body and take in your surroundings!
2. Activity Just for You. This is so important, and far too often parents with young kids and especially mom’s feel guilty in doing an activity just for them. This can be a class of something you love or always wanted to try or even something completely out of your wheelhouse. And trying something new it is great for our mental health in building our confidence in what we are capable of, in addition to positive impacts on our brain health in creating new neural circuits of information through learning or engaging in something not as familiar to us!
3. Connecting with Friends. This can “refill” our cups when we connect with friends. This can be for a weekly check-in chat, monthly get togethers, or lunch dates. It is nice to have the validation and understanding from someone who gets you!

​If you need additional support reach out to me, I am Nicole Levy, and I am here as your helping hand, let’s get started, book your complimentary initial consult today https://www.mindfulhealingjourney.ca/#/
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