March is the time to begin fascinated by Might
by Danielle Fritze, Vice President of Public Training and Design at Psychological Well being America
None of us have gone unaffected by the occasions of the previous couple of years, however a few of us won’t understand simply how a lot we have now been impacted as we go about our every day lives.
We’ve been caught in our houses (thanks, COVID!) and a few of us have misplaced our houses. We proceed to see our communities wrestle with acts of violence and unrest. And excessive climate occasions remind us that nature is a robust drive to be revered, protected, and cherished.
Then again, we’ve additionally seen the resilience of the human spirit. Folks have reached out just about to at least one one other once they couldn’t be collectively in individual, helped one another in instances of want, and arranged within the title of social justice. They’ve embraced outside actions, hobbies, and private enrichment endeavors.
That’s why this 12 months for Psychological Well being Month, we’re specializing in how environment influence psychological well being and calling for people to go searching, look inside.
This week Psychological Well being America launched our 2023 Psychological Well being Month Toolkit, themed (you guessed it) Look Round, Look Inside.
The toolkit may also help people and organizations work good as they’re planning actions to boost psychological well being consciousness through the month of Might.
We’ve made it simple for you by offering potential actions, publication articles, social media photographs and put up language, e mail signatures and zoom backgrounds, truth sheets, worksheets, posters, and a tip calendar (and extra) so that you can share.
Matters that we particularly deal with within the toolkit embody:
- Secure and steady housing
- Wholesome house environments
- Neighborhoods and cities
- The outside and nature
We not solely assist individuals perceive how these matters influence psychological well being, we additionally present actions individuals can take to vary their environment in favor of their well-being, and ideas for the right way to cope if change isn’t lifelike.
We hope that you just’ll obtain the 2023 Psychological Well being Month Toolkit to information your planning for Might and to share with the individuals in your group.
Together with your assist, this may be our most profitable Psychological Well being Month effort but.
