Make Your Emotional Wellbeing a Priority
Emotional well-being is important to our overall health and is asking that you take 15 minutes a day for yourself. The #HowRightNow initiative is intended to address people’s feelings of worry, anxiety, loss, and/or grief during COVID-19. Support for the is provided by the CDC Foundation.
Are you stressed like I am during this global pandemic? Are you checking social media with a frenzy more than ever before to see what is going on in the world since we are not able to do the things we normally would be doing?
Communication is even harder during the pandemic since we have less time face-to-face with people. Today I’m joining #HowRightNow to take 10-15 minutes to prioritize my emotional well-being by reaching out to someone I care about to see how they are coping during this unprecedented time in the world.
This is a sponsored post but as always all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Autumn Murray Struggles with Depression
Wellness
Wellness is the complete integration of body, mind, and spirit – the realization that everything we do, think, feel, and believe has an effect on our state of well-being
— Greg Anderson
Time Out
Working out at home has helped with my overall health and helped me manage my stress levels and high blood pressure. I went for my annual physical in September and for the first time in my life, the doctor told me that I had high blood pressure. I knew then it was time to make my health and well-being a priority.
Now, I watch less news, stopped constantly checking social media for the latest breaking news of the day, and take time to just focus on myself. By doing these simple but important actions, my blood pressure has returned to normal and I have been able to reduce my stress levels.
“I found that with depression, one of the most important things you can realize is that you’re not alone. You’re not the first to go through it, you’re not gonna be the last to go through it,”
— Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Start a Conversation
Talking with friends, neighbors, and loved ones about your feelings and concerns can help you relieve stress and promote resilience. Take a look at the tools on the chart below from to see how to help you start a conversation.
Five Things You Can Do in Five Minutes to Help with Your Emotional Wellbeing:
Take Time for Yourself
Please take 10-15 minutes to do something for your emotional wellbeing each day. Please click to visit the #HowRightNow website to find out what could help you adapt and find a way forward.
We can get through this time together! Let us know in the comments how you are taking time for yourself each day.
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33 Comments.
I totally agree, it is so important to keep your emotional well being a priority, especially with the pandemic and the political climate. I too like to go on walks, it is a great time to just think and be away from the computer.
Thank you Matt! We are in such uncertain times and we need to do as much as we can to keep a positive focus.
I need to be better about taking care of myself. I just keep going and going and going. I never stop.
Please take time out for yourself! I know it is difficult but I hope you are able to take just a few minutes each day for your emotional wellbeing. It is crucial.
I try my hardest to take some time for myself everyday. I don’t always success, but I’m better than I was before.
I am definitely a work in progress as well. Hoping you continue to stay dedicated to wellness. We all falter now and then.
Definitely cannot stress this enough. Between lockdown and working from home, I found actually time for myself became harder and harder to come by. I’ve found that starting the morning with meditation and pulling an affirmation card has been a wonderful way to take some time for myself and my overall wellbeing.
That is awesome Stephanie! I love that you have a plan in place and are sticking to it!
During the summer I use to start my mornings with yoga outdoors, but as the season changes its not that cozy in the cold… so I need to find something else to wake me up 🙂
That is amazing self-care! I need to get back into doing yoga.
This is such a remarkable initiative! Now more than ever, we ought to encourage more people to treat their emotional wellbeing with utmost care.
I couldn’t agree more! Thank you.
This sounds fun! Looking forward to it! Thanks for sharing this!
Writing what youre grateful for and breathing deeply always helps! Great post
Thank you so much!
thanks so much for this – i really needed to read it , as this week i struggled a bit , and taking time for yourself is so importarnt
You are welcome! My heart goes out to you. I am so glad you are doing better.
Yes you are right. We should all make it a priority, more over in this difficult times. I started to work out and have a more balanced diet, and since than my anxiety went really low. I fell more energetic and happy. It works
I am glad you are feeling better and taking good care of yourself!
Thank you so much for sharing this article. It’s such an important reminder that our mental health and emotional wellbeing are truly precious.
You are welcome! It is a subject that is very important to me.
This post is a reminder for me to prioritize my well being too. I always ignore it
We all need to do better at taking care of ourselves. Stay safe!
Personal connection and emotional wellbeing are absolutely critical to living a healthy life. I like your recognition of the issues and the steps you take and recommend to combat them.
Thank you so much!
I think you should do what you want. It’s healthy to think about your well-being and mental health! I hope you can celebrate it.
I couldn’t agree more!
A great reminder to take care of ourselves! Emotional help is very important, and working on it is a great act of self-care!
Thank you. Emotional wellbeing is very important
Thanks for sharing and I couldn’t agree more with everything you mentioned. I need to practice listening with compassion!
You are welcome! We all have things that we could improve upon.
True true! I say let us all make our emotional wellbeing a big priority, EVERYDAY!
I couldn’t agree more!