Tips for Good Mental Health

We can all improve our mental health and wellbeing through a few small steps. These can be incorporated into our everyday lives and often only require us to take advantage of resources that are readily available.

Below are links to some of the best tips we have found. If you beneffited from others then we want you to share them with us, you can do this by contacting Marie Griffiths.

5 Ways to Wellbeing

Think of these as the mental health equivalent of your five portions of fruit and vegetables!

10 Ways to Look After Your Mental Health

The Mental Health Foundation produced this poster to mark World Mental Health Day in 2005. It’s made up of 10 popular and proven ways to help improve your mental health.

Health Challenge Wales – Top 10 Tips for Feeling Good

10 simple tips to help look after your emotional and mental wellbeing.

Healthier Lifestyles Toolkit for Workers in Mental Health

This Toolkit has been produced as part of the Mind Your Heart Programme. The toolkit provides evidence-based information on the benefits of a healthy lifestyle on both physical and mental health, includes exercises and worksheets, information on resources and projects, and, signposts to further information.

How to Look After Your Mental Health - Mental Health Foundation

This booklet suggests 10 practical ways to look after your mental health.

Board Member Tip of the Month - July - Graham Davies

I find that music is a great way of relaxing and forgetting for at least a short while any problems that I might have. Watching live music is great fun but learning to play an instrument, however badly, is a particular release as it gives you a great sense of achievement and helps you to enjoy music even more as you get a greater appreciation of accomplished musicians. I play guitar to a reasonable level but also play drums at a very basic level. Once a year I go to a drum camp and spend hours beating out rhythms in large circles with family and friends and complete strangers. There's something very comforting about working together in a large group. Getting lost in the rhythm is very hypnotic and engenders a feeling of calm which lasts a long time after the drumming has stopped.

Last updated: 02/08/2010