Making time for mental wellbeing and self-care is important for us all. Embedding small things as part of your day to day life can help you feel better and more resilient.
Five ways to wellbeing
The Five ways to wellbeing are simple steps you can take to help you feel more positive and able to get the most out of life.
Connect
Good relationships and connecting with others are important to build a sense of belonging and self-worth and give you an opportunity to share positive experiences.
Be active
Being active is not only great for your physical health and fitness – it can also boost your mood.
Learn
Learning new skills and doing new things can improve your mental wellbeing by boosting self-confidence and helping you to build a sense of purpose.
Give
Acts of giving and kindness can help to improve your mental wellbeing by creating positive feelings, a sense of reward and self-worth.
Notice
Paying more attention to the present moment can improve your mental wellbeing.
The 5 ways to wellbeing is an approach used nationally by the NHS (see NHS 5 steps to mental wellbeing) and other organisations that promote positive mental wellbeing.
Here in Devon, we use the five ways to wellbeing as part of our mental wellbeing and suicide prevention work and have developed local resources that are available to use to help raise awareness across our communities.
Free five ways to wellbeing resources
You can download and print a free five ways to wellbeing poster as well as five ways to wellbeing postcards for yourself, your workplace or community.
To request hard copies of the five ways to wellbeing poster and sets of postcards, email publichealth-mailbox@devon.gov.uk.
Support and advice
Every Mind Matters has a range of information and resources to help you improve and maintain your wellbeing.
Our mental health and wellbeing can be affected by many things. We can all struggle sometimes, and it is important to seek support when you need it.
There are local and national organisations that offer advice and support