What about your organization? When you ask the people in your office, factory, or floor, “how are you?” Do you know the honest answer? If you’re not already, it’s time to take some time and invest in your employees’ mental health.

We all want to be the best parent. My wife and I will even try to get our kids to tell us who their favorite is. Spoiler—they never do. But we do like to challenge each other to be better parents and to hold each other accountable. Recently, we were both challenged with a few things that we thought were just fine, but it turns out that perhaps some of our parenting practices were actually having a negative impact rather than a positive one.

Mental health is important. You know that. But for most of the country, winter is coming. For all of us, the holidays are coming. And if you’re like millions of people, that means a strain on your mental health. So now is the time to prepare and make boosting your mental health a priority. But making your mental health a priority takes a little bit of intentional practice and some key habits that are really easy to establish. Let’s start with these ten.

Walk into any bookstore (some still exist) or scroll through the books on Amazon and check out how many books there are on self-help. Literally hundreds of thousands—all giving you the best possible formula to finding happiness. That’s what we all want, right? A life full of unending happiness, free from pain and difficulty.

A meaningful conversation is one where bridges are built, barriers are removed, and people feel safe to share their secret struggles and pursue the help they need. A meaningful conversation is a place where we begin to find hope. So how can we make that happen?

Ignorance breeds myths. And myths can create false narratives that end up doing more damage than we might ever intend to. There are many we could mention. But I want to focus on just four. These are the four that came up in conversation the most and the four that, in my experience, are the most misunderstood.