What if your resolutions were smaller, incremental changes that dealt directly with your mental health? Here are five easy things you can do, starting now, that will improve your mental health and your physical health. And when February comes, you’ll still be going strong.

Every encouraging word teaches our kids they matter, are loved, and valued. It teaches them there is a safe person and place they can run to help sort out the hard stuff of life when it comes. In the same way, every harsh word further solidifies the lies that feed mental illness. Therefore, our kids’ path to mental wellness begins with our persistence, patience, and presence.

What would happen if we were able to empower students with the knowledge and the tools they need to normalize the conversation around mental health? What if their secret struggles of anxiety, fear, depression, etc., didn't have the final say in their future?

For some, the overwhelming amounts of stress, loneliness, anxiety, and depression take up permanent residence in our minds. The holiday season is filled with anything but joy and celebration. But imagine facing it without a network of care and compassion or a community of people to really listen and offer hope.

No matter how old you are or what profession you’re in mental health matters. And it concerns all of us. Because every one of us has mental health. And participating in the interactive polling of the Wired Experience taught me three critical things vital to my understanding of mental health. Not just for myself but also in how I treat and care for others.