Healthy Nurse, Healthy Nation™ Gratitude, Growth, and Go: The 1-5-5 Challenge for Mental Well-Being, sponsored by Humana
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the importance of mental well-being for our overall health. Nurses, in particular, face mental health challenges like work-related stress and emotional exhaustion that impact both their professional and personal lives.
Consistent and holistic self-care is an effective way to reduce stress and improve emotional well-being. Enter the 1-5-5 Challenge: a simple yet powerful framework that fosters mindfulness, stress reduction, and positivity in small, easy-to-manage doses.
In the hustle and bustle of work and personal life, it can be easy to overlook self-care. However, committing to a “micro-dose” of 1 minute of gratitude, 5 minutes of positive reflection, and 5 minutes of physical movement each day nurtures your mind, body, and spirit. That’s just 11 minutes a day! Over the next 10 days, this challenge will address different ways you can support your mental and emotional health with short but meaningful self-care rituals.
Ready to enhance your well-being? Let’s get started!
IMPORTANT: Contact your health care or mental health provider if you have any concerns. If you have thoughts of suicide or self-harm, call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. When you are in crisis, there is help available.
You are not alone. Make the call.
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How are you doing in the challenge?
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Start with one min of gratitude and positive affirmations then increase to continually counting those blessings Deb Stuart RN
I love this challenge. Gratitude is a powerful practice, and it only takes a few minutes. As part of my morning meditation, I express gratitude and self-compassion. I encourage everyone to find three things you’re grateful for about yourself. Perhaps you stood up to advocate for your patient, or you took time for yourself today. Recognizing gratitude for yourself can be difficult, but the more you acknowledge how amazing you are, the easier it becomes to show up and care for others. 💖
We got this @Khalil P
Great! Let’s go!
Joining a bit late, but this aligns with my personal goals. Lets do this!
Great challenge; we all need this.😀
This is exciting! Looking forward to a different approach to wellness.
I am excited about this challenge. Gratitude cultivates the best attitude!
how do you actually join the challenge?
@Pjohnso If you click "going" on this challenge page, you will begin to get the challenge emails. It is self-paced and self-tracked, but you will receive one email a day during the challenge dates.