25MentalHealth Wellness DayIdeas!

Arrange a spa day

Take a yoga/spin class

Garden/purchase fresh flowers or your space

Invite a friend to lunch/breakfast

Sleep/Get more rest

Journal/Create positive affirmations

Shop (responsibly)

Attend a wellness retreat

Visit a new coffee shop

Explore how you want to live differently

Attend PRIDE events or other gatherings that make your soul feel alive

Go to the movies

Convince a few of your friends to take a mental health day and you all drive to the nearest beach

Volunteer

Send “thinking of you” cards to folks needing a reminder that they matter too.

Schedule a full-body or chair massage

Spend time outdoors/commune with nature/go for a hike

Redecorate a small space in your home and designate it as a space for wellness

Disconnect from energy zappers

Check-in with your body and determine what it needs for wellness

Attend a therapy appointment

Pray/Meditate

Create something/Build a business or brand

Research other job opportunities

REST and decide when you will schedule your next mental health day!

Let’s be clear, having perfect attendance isn’t the flex one thinks. When we don’t voluntarily make time for wellness, we involuntarily agree to manage preventable illnesses later. Imagine missing out on a planned event because your body could no longer function due to neglect. Grab your calendar. Pick a wellness day. Set the alarm to wake early that day to give your job time to PREPARE THE OTHERS. When someone answers the phone, say, “I’m requesting a sick day to recharge. I will return tomorrow and manage the items on my task list.”

Unless your job specifies in writing that sick days are only reserved for physical health concerns, you can take a sick day to care for your mental health.

Dr. Umieca Hankton (Dr. U.) is a licensed clinical psychologist with over a decade of mental health treatment experience across multiple treatment settings. She is the founder of UNH Counseling Services, a behavioral health agency that deliberately focuses on the psychological health and wellness of BIPOC, LGBTQ+, college students, and clergy. To learn more about treatment options and services offered, please visit www.UNHCounselingServices. com or call 901-300-9082.