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Emotional and mental well-being can be described as feelings and experiences that improve one’s quality of life, help to realize a person’s full potential and cope with the stresses of life.  

Normalizing access to mental health services is vital for the improvement of emotional and mental well-being, the elimination of systemic inequities in mental health and the application of appropriate treatments. 

Utilizing coping techniques and self-care to navigate the expected and unexpected stressors can be highly effective. Additionally, recognizing affecting factors of stress and anxiety can help to reduce its negative effects. Check out I'm so stressed out for ways of recognizing and managing stress and anxiety.

Self-care is often thought of as treating ourselves on occasion, doing yoga or meditation, or journaling in our spare time; however, self-care is best utilized when it is part of a dedicated and thoughtful process, specific to your own needs.  

Here are a few examples of self-care activities to help restore your well-being: 

• Setting boundaries with yourself and others;
• Intentionally exploring what your own personal goals are;
• Identifying ways to reduce unhealthy behaviors that don’t benefit you;
• Recognizing destructive or limiting talk, whether internal or with others;
• Eating and moving for health and longevity; and
• Making dedicated time and space to think and process your thoughts and emotions.

Now ask yourself: 

• What could get in the way of me consistently caring for myself in the ways I want?
• If I can’t remove the barriers to me practicing self-care, how can I adjust to still make myself a priority?
• In what ways can I begin to incorporate the goals I have for self-care?

Self-care goals that don’t rely on the actions of another person or involve the care of others, such as children, parents, or loved ones with physical or mental health challenges, help to keep the focus on your own care and areas of improvement.

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