The Calm Mind Blueprint: A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Mental Health

The Blueprint to Protecting Mental Health is a research-based, user-friendly resource that can help individuals improve and maintain their mental health (before difficulties become so bad that they've developed into a crisis). The premise of the book is that proactive, not reactive, mental health care is essential for everyone as opposed to waiting until you are so stressed out, burned out, or totally overwhelmed emotionally, the Blueprint encourages you to develop positive habits, daily rituals, and preventative measures that foster long-term mental health. >This book is arranged into twelve chapters where each chapter addresses a specific element associated with protecting an individual's mental health. These chapters include defining an understanding the meaning of and importance of prevention, how to establish a solid daily foundation, the value of using sleep as a form of emotional first aid, the importance of incorporating a regular exercise routine to assist in managing mood, and so on. Other chapters include: managing stress; developing healthy relationships; how to handle the overwhelms of the "digital world"; dealing with both burnout and workplace stress; identifying when it is necessary to seek professional help, how to find professional help, and how to create long-term wellness routines as well as an adaptable, or "returnable," action plan for difficult times in one's life. The book's greatest strength is its practicality. All chapters include practical "next step" action plans (e.g., The 7-Day Reset, Burnout Recovery Tools, Help-Seeking Guidance, etc.). Additionally, the content is supported by real-life examples, contemporary research, and weekly checklists to allow readers to turn ideas into lasting habits, thus providing readers with a definitive system in which to create an everyday environment. The Blueprint to Protecting Mental Health approaches mental wellness as a continued approach to prevention, maintenance and recovery and promotes self-compassion, realistic routine development, and early intervention and can be used by individuals, professionals, schools and workplaces, and community organizations alike to develop resilience, reduce feeling overwhelmed, and provide a long-term, supportive pathway to achieving mental wellness.

Pages: 175, Paperback, Independently published