Learning how and taking time to nurture yourself isn’t selfish, in fact, it’s a crucial part of your overall health. This special edition from Real Simple shares tips, tricks, and practices to help nurture the inner you. Divided into three sections - emotional wellness, a joyful life, and mind and body, Mental Well-Being provides the framework to help you: Feel at peace in uncertain times, eat and work out for great moods, do things in the moment to feel less anxious, and accept that it’s perfectly okay to not be okay all the time. Practicing self-compassion provides you with the tools to take on small challenges with authority and to cope when things seem hard and out of control.
Mental Well-Being
Don’t Forget About You • NURTURING YOURSELF ISN’T SELFISH—IT’S A CRITICAL PART OF TAKING CARE OF YOUR HEALTH.
Emotional Wellness • CULTIVATE CALM. FACE UNCERTAINTY. BUILD RESILIENCE.
Rewire Your Anxious Brain • WORRIED ABOUT EVERYTHING? AFRAID OF HEIGHTS OR CROWDS? HERE’S THE SCIENCE OF TRAINING YOUR BRAIN TO GET YOU BACK TO A CALM, HAPPY PLACE.
Finding Zen in Uncertainty • SIMPLE WAYS TO COPE—AND TAKE BACK SOME CONTROL—WHEN FACED WITH THE UNKNOWN.
Bounce Back! • TOUGH TIMES HAPPEN. BUT IF YOU TRAIN YOURSELF TO BE RESILIENT, YOU’LL BE READY FOR ANYTHING.
Stressed? Work with It! • TRYING TO “JUST RELAX” CAN MAKE WORRIES WORSE. TRY THIS INSTEAD.
Finding the Right Therapist • SO YOU WANT TO WORK ON SOMETHING WITH A PRO. WE’LL GUIDE YOU THROUGH EVERY CONFUSING TURN OF THE MENTAL HEALTH MAZE.
A Joyful Life • GUILTY PLEASURES. A GOOD CRY. YOUR STORY, REIMAGINED.
What I Do for Sanity’s Sake When Nobody’s Around • FROM A PRIVATE CANDY STASH TO A GUILTY STREAMING PLEASURE, WE ALL HAVE OUR QUIRKY WAYS TO ESCAPE THE GRIND OF MODERN LIFE.
11 Life-Changing Lessons from TED Talks • THE IDEA-SPREADING NONPROFIT IS A MECCA FOR MENTAL WELLNESS ADVICE. BROWSE THIS CHEAT SHEET TO FIND INSIGHT AND INSPIRATION THAT FIT YOUR LIFE.
Cry It Out • LEANING INTO YOUR TOUGH EMOTIONS IS AN UNEXPECTED SECRET TO REAL JOY.
Raising a Worrier? • SIMPLE STRATEGIES TO PREPARE CHILDREN FOR THE STRESSORS LIFE WILL INEVITABLY SEND THEIR WAY—SO THEY KNOW THEY CAN COPE WITH ANYTHING.
Should You Let Go of That Grudge? • A FAMILY FEUD. A COLD WAR WITH A NEIGHBOR. A WORKPLACE INJUSTICE. IT MIGHT FEEL RIGHT TO HOLD ON TO A SENSE OF BEING WRONGED—BUT YOU MAY END UP ONLY PUNISHING YOURSELF.
The Power of Your Story • WE NATURALLY THINK OF OUR LIVES AS STORIES. CHANGING THE WAY YOU TELL YOURS CAN HELP YOU HANDLE WHATEVER PLOT TWISTS COME YOUR WAY.
Relearning to Drive • IN FACING A PHOBIA, ONE WRITER GETS A REFRESHER COURSE IN THE TWISTS AND TURNS OF LIFE.
Mind and Body • FOODS FOR A GOOD MOOD. THE POWER OF EXERCISE. MINDFUL WAYS TO EAT.
Feed Your (Great) Mood • EVERY DAY, EVERY MEAL, IS A NEW CHANCE TO FUEL YOUR BODY AND MIND.
Habits That Are Secretly Making Us Irritable • MODERN LIFE—WITH ITS MISSED LUNCHES AND ROSÉ NIGHTCAPS—MESSES WITH OUR BRAINS AND MOODS IN POWERFUL WAYS. DON’T WORRY, IT’S ALL FIXABLE.
Work Out, Feel the Joy • REASON NO. 781 TO EXERCISE: IT BATHES YOUR BRAIN IN MOOD-BOOSTING CHEMICALS.
A Happier Way to Eat • INTUITIVE EATING—LISTENING TO OUR BODY’S HUNGER CUES—CAN REPAIR OUR GUILT-RIDDEN RELATIONSHIPS WITH FOOD AND OUR BODIES.
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