The 14^th March is My Whole Self Day, promoted by Mental Health First Aid England and this year focuses on a campaign for workplace culture change.

In order for our workplace and organisational cultures to be mentally healthy, this requires an individual commitment from everyone to prioritise their own mental health and emotional fitness.

When life gets full and busy it’s very easy for us to not prioritise ourselves and our own needs, but in order to manage those inevitably difficult situations which will likely come our way, we need to make sure we have capacity to manage and do the work to protect our mental health and not just react when we are already experiencing the symptoms of burnout.

This #mywholeself day, as well as encouraging your workplace or organisation to support the campaign for workplace culture change, why not use it as a reminder to check in on your own mental health and give yourself a My Whole Self MOT?

Ask yourself questions such as How do I feel? How did I sleep? How full is my stress bucket? How is my thinking?

Write down your thoughts and make a commitment to check in with yourself again next week.

You wouldn’t use your mobile phone if the battery wasn’t charged – you couldn’t use it – so apply the same mindset to yourself. Charge your battery before you experience stress and difficult events so you have capacity to deal with it. Change the narrative to protecting your mental health and not just reacting to mental health issues when they arise.

For more information on My Whole Self Day visit www.mhfaengland.org

Much love,
Tabby x