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Time to Kick Off My Mental Health Day 2012

'My Mental Health Day' is May 26.

What does May bring? Spring, camping, vacations, and—oh yeah—the welcoming of Mental Health Month. In order to promote mental wellness and stress free living, we are culminating the observance with “My Mental Health Day,” on Saturday, May 26. But this doesn’t keep us from celebrating mental wellness all month and all year long.

It is important to continually recognize that we all need a little time for ourselves and to remember that it is important to engage in the activities that promote mental well-being. When’s the last time you took a day for yourself? It’s time to give yourself permission to relax. Take a breather, smile and enjoy something you love.

Here are some helpful tools that will help you:

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  • Need ideas about what you can do? Click here to "Choose Your Adventure.” Just answer a few questions about what you enjoy and you’ll get some great ideas.
  • Want to get strategies sent directly to you and have a chance to win great mental wellness boosting prizes? Buy a ticket (or several) to formally participate in the campaign.
  • Engage your workplace in a My Mental Health Day contest by showing us how you plan to spend the day. Details coming soon.
  • Check our blog frequently for exciting ways to get involved, stress reducing tips, mental health boosting ideas and thoughts from our spotlight guest bloggers about “My Mental Health Day.” (Interested in being a guest blogger?  If so, let us know!)

We hope you’ll take your “My Mental Health Day” with us on May 26 and we hope you’ll participate with us through Facebook, Twitter and this Web site. If you are following along and participating, you could win one of many mental wellness boosting prizes.

Take your “My Mental Health Day” with us!

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