A healthy lifestyle is important for everyone. When we look after our physical health, we feel better too, fitter, more relaxed and better able to cope with things. This is especially important when you have a mental illness. Healthy living' means maintaining a healthy lifestyle and introducing habits that improve your health. An important first step is identifying less healthy habits and learning new, positive ones to replace them, such as:

sleeping well

eating healthy foods

staying connected with others

being physically active

taking responsibility for your overall health including having regular check-ups for your eyes and teeth

Drink Water

Our bodies need water. They need it for joint, digestive and circulatory health, and for much more besides. Drinking water is good for our mental performance, mood and skin, and also helps us to better control what we eat.

Sleep Properly

Proper sleep has been linked to some serious conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and a weakened immune system, and so getting enough good-quality sleep is not a luxury, it’s a necessity. For so many of us good sleep remains elusive but there are things we can do to help us get our eight hours a night. 

Do Exercises

Exercise is good for us in multiple ways. It strengthens our hearts, improves our circulation and feeds our muscles with oxygen. It can helps reduce our risk of heart problem and many other diseases.

Avoid Negative People

You may have someone in mind right now! Yes, those people that leave you stressed, upset or angry and who may have no idea that this is the effect they have on you. If you can have a conversation with them about how they make you feel that could help, but there are cases where it may just be better to put some distance between you.

Do Some Relaxing Activities 

We rush through each day, from the school run to work to our evenings out, via shopping, and along the way we solve a thousand problems, make a thousand decisions and answer a thousand questions, all while trying to stay positive and polite. And then we lay down in our beds and wonder why we can’t sleep. Slow down, friends. Find a few minutes in the day to let that heart rate ease, your mind quieten and the stress of the world fall away. Yoga can really help, and there are some amazing online classes that are free to join, so you can take part at home at a convenient time.

By: Anna William