Leading Through The Holiday's - Mental Health Part 1
Are you feeling SAD? Seasonal Affective Disorder and the winter “slump”
Mental health is something that we don’t like to talk about in the workplace. Whether you label it as depression, seasonal effective disorder, or just a “slump”, we all go through times when we struggle to keep our spirits up and our mental health, well, healthy. Instead of beating yourself up about feeling down, take some steps to acknowledge and reframe what you’re feeling, and then do something about it.
I’m talking about vulnerability and self-care in this video, and the importance of good mental health practices for all of us, especially in the coldest darkest months of the year.
Entire Series
There are six videos in the Leading Through the Holiday’s Series. We will release them over the course of the next few months.
I want to leave you with a reminder that you can behave your way to thinking, but you can’t think your way to behaving.
It's the beginning of a new year, and with the reset of the calendar tends to come the onslaught of New Years Resolutions. All those good habits you want to start, and bad habits you want to break- new year, new you! Right?!
You can’t fix your family. We’re coming up on the holidays, and with that comes a lot of time with family. It’s such a gift to be able to spend intentional quality time with those we love- although sometimes, it may seem like a gift that you wish you could return.
The last point for developing a gratitude practice- do it every day. Every. Single. Day. No matter what, no matter where, no matter when, find some time to intentionally practice gratitude however you choose to do that.
That’s right, you heard me correctly. I do want you to grow your leadership by practicing gratitude, but I don’t want you to take the easy way out by giving thanks for the “big” things- like family, health, faith.