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CMHA WW Recognizes International Self Care Day

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CMHA Waterloo Wellington joins individuals and organizations around the globe in celebrating International Self-Care Day on July 24, which aims to raise public awareness of the importance of self-care to stay healthy and prevent or delay illness. This year’s choice of themes includes ‘Self-Care is for Life,’ ‘Get Better with Self-Care’ and “Treat Yourself to Better Health.”

Mental well-being is recognized as a pillar of self-care. Prioritizing self-care can increase resiliency, which can be helpful when faced with problems, stress, and other difficult situations. Many mental health programs provide strategies to improve resiliency skills like problem-solving, assertiveness, balancing obligations and expectations, and developing support networks.

CMHA WW offers a number of Self Help & Peer Support Groups, click here to learn more.

CMHA Ontario also offers BounceBack®: Reclaim your health, a free skill-building program designed to help adults and youth 15+ manage symptoms of depression and anxiety. This self-guided program offers telephone coaching, online videos and workbooks which you can do from the comfort of your home. Workbooks and coaching are available in multiple languages. For more information, visit bouncebackontario.ca.

For more on International Self-Care Day and the seven pillars of self-care, visit the event website.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has created and shared English and French videos that round up some of the summer’s top self-care tips. These tips have been carefully researched, sourced and curated based on evidence and accessibility (free or low cost).

Self-care is vital to maintain wellbeing. While it shouldn’t be hard to practice, barriers can quickly get in the way. The tips we have compiled help bring this simple concept back down to earth.

 We encourage you to view and share the videos below:

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