Mental health, stress reduction and suicide prevention are prevalent weekly topics in veterinary media sources. CNN’s Sandee LaMotte shares scientifically validated steps to improve your mental outlook. Because the mind and body are entwined, these behaviors also will improve your overall health:
- Practice optimism
- Start volunteering
- Be grateful
- Bolster your social connections
- Find your purpose
Source: CNN, January 8, 2020. Link. “If your sole duty is to achieve the best for yourself, life becomes just too stressful, too lonely — you are set up to fail. Instead, you need to feel you exist for something larger, and that very thought takes off some of the pressure,” according to author Lord Richard Layard < link >