A Simple Guide to Mental Wellness

By E.A. Quintana LCSW M.S.

Upon diving into this book the reader will get an idea on how to get started on working on their mental health or for the people who have experience working on their mental health can use it as a reminder to sustain their progress. People will be able to explore areas of their life that can be improved or maintained depending on their own personal assessment. The reader will be able to apply activities within the book to help further their mental health progress and start looking at their overall life in a positive light.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jan 23, 2023
• ISBN: 9781667884769

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Intro:

I wanted to write this book for the purpose of using it as a general guide to maintain and develop healthy mental health habits. All of us can benefit from reminders that can help us manage our emotions, develop healthy perspectives, and manage our daily lives. This includes when faced with difficult challenges and conflicts as it becomes hard to recollect what has worked for us in the past and our brains can struggle finding the right resources or strategies to help us navigate. I wanted to write something simple and straight forward to help people access. My hope is to inspire critical thinking of an individual’s mental health and to make it a priority. This book is also geared to help spark further thoughts and exploration tactics to help create strategies for the reader. Mental health can be individualized and be modeled into what the individual person may need. There are helpful tips, questions, and concepts that can be further processed by the reader.i

1. Healing: Sometimes you heal as an individual and sometimes you heal together as a Couple. Healing can involve different layers rather than thinking of it as a straight line. It is a combination of different elements such as communication, self care, coping mechanisms, support, building trust, and compartmentalization to give some examples.

Talk about a time you healed and describe the journey:

2. Patience: The fruits of your labor will pay off quickly, you do not have to wait for a long time to start seeing success. It’s a matter of developing a different type of lens where you can start seeing success quickly as in steps therefore developing self-motivation in knowing that you are on the right track.ii

Name two or three recent successes and why you consider them success:

3. Be Creative: Sometimes we get bored, unmotivated, or just lack energy to do our normal routine, tasks, or any type of activities. During These times we can learn to be creative in generating self-motivation. Thinking outside the box can be helpful. Everyone’s own internal drive can be triggered in different ways therefore exploring in understanding yourself can be