Trying to look after your mental wellbeing can sometimes come with an ironically overwhelming amount of advice.
Sleep eight hours. Exercise. Meditate. Eat well. Practise gratitude. Spend less time on your phone. The list can become another list of things you're apparently supposed to be doing.
So we love the idea behind the latest free resource from Australian nutrition brand Savvy.
The team has put together a free 20+ page Guide For Mental Wellbeing, bringing some of the most commonly discussed lifestyle tools for supporting brain health and mental wellbeing into one easy-to-read download.
Originally shared around R U OK? Day, the guide moves through nutrition, nootropics, sleep, exercise, gratitude and meditation, looking at the research behind each area before offering practical ways to incorporate some of them into everyday life.
The nutrition section explores the relationship between diet and mental wellbeing, including nutrient-dense whole foods, fats and nutrients, before moving into an introduction to functional foods and nootropics.
There’s a substantial section dedicated to nootropics too, including explainers on ingredients such as Panax ginseng, rhodiola and ashwagandha and why they've become increasingly popular in the functional nutrition space.
Later chapters turn to some of the considerably less complicated things we can do for our wellbeing.
The guide covers practical sleep habits such as keeping consistent sleep and wake times, reducing late-day caffeine and creating a wind-down routine, alongside a section on movement and how even relatively small amounts of physical activity can be worthwhile.
It then explores gratitude and meditation, including simple gratitude practices you can try during the day and a step-by-step meditation exercise that can be done in just a few minutes.
Of course, no eBook can replace individual mental health support, but as a free introduction to some of the everyday habits associated with looking after your mental wellbeing, there's plenty here to explore.
Best of all, the entire guide is free- you can just
download the PDF from Savvy and work your way through the sections that interest you.
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