Covid-19 Mental Health Tips with Nicole Cauchois

Stay in Contact

Social distancing doesn’t mean you have to lose contact with friends and family. Take this chance to reconnect and be there for others, even if it is remotely. This is a good time to use utilize video chat, group messaging, phone-calls and other ways to connect with friends and family!

Practice Self-Care

Use this opportunity to focus on your self-care. Whatever that may be, whether it be watching a movie, meditating, cooking something new, or journaling. Practicing self-care during this time will help to maintain a positive mindset during this time.

Exercise

If fitness is for you, and even if you think fitness isn’t for you, right now a good way to release those

happy endorphins by using your quarantine time to take care of your health by getting your heart rate up! Right now many fitness professionals are streaming live workouts online for free to give us workout ideas and to keep us from feeling isolated.

Try New Things

Use this free time to try new activities to help your mind off things going on in the world by building a puzzle, listening to podcasts, or doing arts & crafts. Now is the time to read the books you have been wanting to read that you haven’t gotten around to. Open that old recipe book and learn how to cook new meals. Watch the movies your friends keep telling you to watch. Catch up on cleaning your house, organizing the kitchen, and your closet.Most importantly take this time of social distancing to enjoy yourself! LV

Nicole Cauchois, Psychotherapist and Co-owner of The Healing Center.