#Supermomcontest- "4 Effective Tips to Improve Your Mental Health"

 Mental health is as important as physical health in the workplace and in social settings. Flexing your emotional muscles is crucial to remain resilient and healthy in everyday life. Taking good care of your mental health can boost your mood, self-confidence and can add a positive effect on your overall enjoyment of life.

Mental health is important at every stage of life, from childhood to adolescence. Unfortunately, mental health is an ignored aspect of our everyday life. And mental health problems are actually very common, even young children show early warning signs of mental health concerns.

 So here are the 4 effective tips to improve your mental health.

Adopt a healthy life style

Taking care of yourself physically can improve your mental health. Be sure to adopt a healthy life style that includes:

• ·         Eat healthy, nutritious and balanced meal with plenty of fruits, vegetable and whole grains- a healthy diet will help to keep your immune system and you will be better able to cope up with routine stress
• ·         Regular exercise has numerous benefits for our physical as well as mental health. It increases level of serotonin and endorphin (feel good hormones) and helps in decrease the depression, anxiety and stress. It also helps in improving mood.
• ·         Get enough sleep, lots of mental illnesses often associated with sleep deprivation. Maintain an ideal temperature of room, practice a calming sleep routine such as read a good book, and take a bath, mediation for few minutes.
• ·         Always keep a check on your mental stress level.

Value yourself

  Value yourself and having a sense of self-compassion is the second important thing that improves mental health. It is one of the most critical aspects of life. It is must to give same kindness and care to ourselves that we did give to a good friend. If you don’t love, cherish and value yourself than it is unlikely that you will dedicate time and energy to living to living a healthy, happy and productive life.

So, for improving the mental health, it is must to:

• ·         Value yourself; treat yourself with kindness and respect
• ·         Avoid self-criticism
• ·         Plan realistic goals in your life
• ·         Always try to take out some quality time to your self
• ·         Focus or develop a hobby, do whatever you want to do

Gratitude should be attitude

 It is all right to have plans, desires and ambitions in life but having a self-contentment is equally important. Life is much better when we acknowledging the brighter side. Expressing and practicing gratitude always help in improve mental well-being. Most of us often forget to be grateful for various blessings that God has given us.

 Track gratitude and achievements with a journal is a good idea to get started. Include 3 things you were grateful for and 3 things you were able to accomplish each day will help you to develop a sense of gratitude for your blessings. And also improve your overall mental health too.

Learn stress relieving techniques

Stress is an integral part of our everyday life. and constant stress put a negative impact on our mental health. stress relieving techniques like yoga, meditation not only relieves mental stress, also helps in improving overall mental health as well.

• ·         Again regular exercise, even a simple 30 minutes walking per day can help you to reduce stress and boost mood
• ·         Explore stress relieving programs such as tai-chi, meditation, yoga, gentle breathing exercise.  Relaxation techniques often combine breathing and focused attention on pleasing thoughts and images to calm the mind and the body. A schedule regular time for these and other relaxing activities always helps in improving the mental health.
• ·         Take a nature walk, nature has amazing healing power. Being close to nature is the easiest way to get de-stressed
• ·         Talk to your family, friends and stay connected with the people who understand your sentiments and helps you in recovering from low days.
• ·         Practice mindfulness, the true treasure of life lies in sweet, tiny moments. So try to stay in moments, forget unnecessary worries and anxieties and enjoy the true essence of life.

 Additional Tips

• ·         Surround yourself with positive people
• ·         Volunteer your time and energy to help someone else
• ·         Break the monotonous routine by doing simple changes such as go to a different park or try another cuisine for dinner.
• ·         Work on your strength to build self-confidence and courage
• ·         Keep an optimistic approach towards life
• ·         Take the help of creativity (colouring, drawing, and writing) to get de-stressed
• ·         Take time to laugh, laughter is the best medicine. It reduces routine aches, pain and anxiety level.
• ·         Use social media wisely, get disconnected time to time to avoid constant mental pressure
• ·         Spend some time in sunshine to get enough vitamin D (It believes it is a mood elevator)
• ·         Practice forgiveness
• ·         Enjoy a relaxing bath or spa to relieve stress
• ·         Avoid alcohol, smoking or other drugs

So these are some incredibly effective ways to improve your mental health. Which one you liked most? How do you take care of your mental health? Please share!

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