30-Day Mental Wellness Practice

The 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice is a fun and free way to engage in daily self-care activities that support your mental wellness.

When you prioritize your mental wellness, you give yourself tools and skills that can help you cope with daily stressors and maintain your well-being over the long-term. So, when you find yourself feeling down, anxious, or stressed in the future, you can rely on self-care practices to manage your mental wellness.

Everyone can benefit from self-care! Self-care practices include:

  • Physical practices for your body
  • Cognitive practices for your mind
  • Emotional and social practices for your mood and relationships.

Practicing self-care behaviors can help you function and feel well, and is essential to prevent distress, burnout, and chronic stress.

Explore our downloadable and shareable content such as practice materials, optional activity worksheets, phone wallpapers, and more below!

How to Use These Tools

The 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice is designed to provide you with choices so you can match self-care practices to fit your unique needs and lifestyle. You can start whenever you want, whether it's the beginning, middle, or end of the month! You can also participate with a partner or group.

  • Learn the steps of the 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice and how the materials can be used.
  • Explore our promotional materials and download copies for yourself.
  • Become a 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice expert for your organization or community.

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  • Core Practice Materials
    • Self-Care Practices (English | Spanish)
      • On each practice day, select and complete at least one self-care practice. For each practice week, complete at least one self-care practice from each of the three main categories (body, mind, mood & relationships).
    • 30-Day Practice Calendar (English | Spanish)
      • When you complete a self-care practice, write down which you completed on the corresponding day. At the end of each week, check off which categories (mind, body, mood & relationships) you selected that week's practices from.
      • View an example of a completed calendar: (English | Spanish)
    • Training Slides (English | Spanish)
      • Use these slides to learn more about mental wellness, self-care, and how to use the 30-Day practice materials! You can also share these slides with members of your organization or community to promote mental wellness and well-being.
         
  • Optional Practice Materials
    • Weekly Planner (English | Spanish)
      • Do you like to plan and organize your tasks ahead of time? Use this weekly planner to map out which self-care practices you want to complete each week! You can even leave yourself helpful notes.
    • Self-Relfection Worksheet (English | Spanish)
      • Reflect on your experience after completing the 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice. How do you feel and what are you taking away from this experience?
      • Not sure how to fill out the Self-Reflection worksheet? Check out this sample to see what a completed worksheet might look like: (English | Spanish)
         
  • Promotional Materials

    Share the 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice and your progress on social media! Together we can shine a spotlight on mental wellness and encourage our loved ones and communities to prioritize mental health and well-being.

    • Promotion Post (English | Spanish)
      • Sample Caption: Take the first step in prioritizing your mental health and make self-care practices a part of our daily routine by joining today at bit.ly/BHS_MWC
    • Story Post (English | Spanish)
      • Sample Caption: Completing the 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice is a great accomplishment. Take a moment to celebrate yourself and share with your friends and family. Your success could be the encouragement that someone else needs to start prioritizing mental wellness.
    • Story Post (English | Spanish)
      • Sample Caption: Capture candid moments from your self-care journey and share what mental wellness looks like for you. Instructions: Fill the blank squares with pictures from your 30-Day Mental Wellness practice experience before posting.
         
  • Other Social Media Posts
    • Take charge of your wellness: (English)
    • Restart your mental wellness journey today: (English)
    • Wellness in a year: (English)
    • 30-Day mental wellness practice champions: (English)
    • 5 tips to recommit to wellness: (English)
    • 30-Day mental wellness practice: (English)
    • Popular practices: (English
       
  • Phone Wallpapers

If you completed the 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice and/or Youth Extension Pack, we would love to hear about your experience and receive your feedback to inform future improvements to the 30-Day Mental Wellness Practice!

Helpful Links

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Access & Crisis Line
If you or someone you care about is in crisis or would like behavioral health resources or support, including accessing Mobile Crisis Response Teams (MCRT), please call the Access and Crisis Line at (888) 724-7240 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week). Calls are answered by experienced counselors, with assistance available in over 200 languages.

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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Dial 9-8-8 to be connected to a national network of local crisis centers that provide free and confidential emotional support to people experiencing a suicidal, substance use, or mental health crisis, or any other kind of emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
 

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It’s Up to Us
The It’s Up to Us campaign empowers San Diegans to talk about mental health and substance use disorders, recognize warning signs of suicide, access resources, and seek help.

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Mental Health Resources
Behavioral Health Services offers a Managing Your Mental Wellness web page which features a variety of resources available to help you navigate mental health challenges and daily stressors.

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Live Well San Diego
Live Well San Diego is a vision for a region that is Building Better Health, Living Safely, and Thriving.
 

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211 San Diego
211 San Diego is a free service that helps people get referrals to local County resources like housing, utilities, food, and employment assistance.

If this is an emergency, please call 9-1-1 or go to the nearest emergency room.

Not sure where to start?

Call or text 9-8-8 or dial 1-888-724-7240 to speak to someone who can help find the right service for you or someone you care about. Both numbers are operated 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with support available in over 200 languages. For more information visit Get Help Now or All Services. If you are experiencing an emergency, please call 9-1-1.