Staying mentally and emotionally healthy helps us face challenges, stresses, and setbacks. It also equips us to be more functional in our daily lives. 

A person who is mentally and emotionally healthy is able to connect with themselves and other people, and able to respond to the ...

Being able to express what we’re feeling, or what we like or don’t like, can help us de-clutter our minds. 

There are no good or bad. emotions. Every emotion is important and essential. What makes it healthy or unhealthy is the intensity of the experience, and how it was expressed.

Identifying and owning your strengths and accepting your weaknesses gives you the courage to believe in yourself and the strength to move on. 

Accepting that you have some weaknesses just like everyone else, is a key ingredient of your mental and emotional wellbeing. 

Find your strategy to manage your stress so that you can take better care of yourself. 

This could include talking to a friend, believing in yourself, reappraising and reinterpreting your situation, meditating, going for a walk, listening to music, and exercising.

Expressing your emotions constructively makes it easier to cope with your stresses and conflicts. 

• Set time aside for yourself to attend to your own emotional needs.
• Put away your gadgets and pay attention to what’s happening around you, to be more mindful. 

It gives you a sense of being valued and appreciated. 

Have lunch with a colleague, or make plans to meet a friend you haven’t spent time with in a while. No technology can replace a smile or a hug.

When you feel sad, challenged, frustrated, confused, angry, or just simply overwhelmed and unable to cope, speak to someone you trust – a spouse, friend, parent, sibling or relative. 

You don’t need to face the challenges of life alone. Resilient people make use of the support sys...