Taking care of your mental health is important, and you can do so by following an exercise regimen, spending time with friends, meditating and more.
“It’s really telling that when we talk about well-being, the surgeon general of the United States, Vivek Murthy, has identified loneliness as his number-one health issue in the United States right now,” he noted.“I don’t have necessarily a formal gratitude practice,” Bono explained. “When I’m standing in a long line at the grocery store, or stuck in traffic or something like that, often my mind will want to go somewhere else.
“We have an opportunity to create more of a harmony of negative to positive emotions,” he said. “The goal is to find a harmony between negative emotions and positive emotions that really support your well-being.”Negativity and positivity both need to exist for a well-rounded life, but you can work to reduce negativity by doing a few things, according to Sullivan:exercise
Common values that people hold are kindness, honesty, family, courage and trust, according to Sullivan. So if you value kindness, connect it to an action like giving your neighbour a new plant, smiling at a stranger or penning a handwritten note for a friend. Researchers have found that in “as little as 12 minutes a day, training your mind to be more present is enough to effect a significant positive change,” Sullivan continued. “So that is something that I am a huge advocate for, and I’m a practitioner myself. It’s something that ... would be on the very top of the list if someone came to me and were wanting to work on their well-being.
If you take part in lots of numbing behaviours, work to stop some of them and actually embrace the feelings ― both positive and negative ― that you have, Sullivan suggested.“It enables someone to really start to experience how ephemeral emotions are,” Sullivan said. “We may feel anxious in the morning, but we don’t feel anxious in the afternoon. We may feel sad in the morning, but we don’t feel sad in the afternoon.