Looking after your mental health

Self Care and self help therapies

Self care is about all the things we can do to look after our mental health and wellbeing whether we have a mental health diagnosis or not 

For further information for adults visit:

For further information for children and young people visit:

Self Help therapies are psychological therapies you can do in your own time. For further information visit: NHS- Info on self help therapies​

5 ways to wellbeing

The 5 ways to wellbeing are simple activities you can do in your everyday live to improve your mental health and wellbeing. The activities are:

  • Be Active
  • Connect
  • Keep Learning
  • Give
  • Take Notice

Be Active

Being active isn’t just about our physical health it helps us to feel good too. Something as simple as going outside for a walk can boost our mood. Discovering something you really like doing is the most important bit. For more information on how physical activity can boost your mood visit NHS-mental benefits of exercise

For information on what’s available in Halton visit

Connect

Spending time with the people around us, friends, neighbours or family improves our sense of belonging and helps us feel good. For more information on how connecting helps our wellbeing visit NHS- benefits of connecting

For information on opportunities to connect with others in Halton visit:

Groups and clubs for children and young people

Want to meet new people but need a bit of help getting started? For details of support available visitHome | Wellbeing Enterprises​

Keep Learning

Learning new skills can give you a sense of achievement and new confidence, so why not sign up for that cooking course, learn to play a musical instrument or figure out how to fix your bike? For more information on how learning something new can boost your wellbeing visit NHS- benefits of learning

For information on what’s available in Halton visit:

Groups and clubs for children and young people

Arts and culture

Give

Doing something for someone else gives us a lift, helping a friend or a stranger could make their day. Just giving a smile might be enough and that simple act of kindness can go a long way to making you feel good to. For more information on how giving can boost your wellbeing NHS- benefits of giving 

For opportunities to give in Halton 

Take Notice

It’s not often we stop to take notice of the world around us, think about how we are feeling or try to live in the moment. It may have been a while since you were curious or took some time to be aware of everything happening around you. For more information on how taking notice (mindfulness) can boost your wellbeing NHS- benefits of mindfulness

Free apps that can help you to take notice and be mindful:

Activities to help you be more mindful: