{"id":10718,"date":"2023-05-08T09:58:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/?p=10718"},"modified":"2023-05-08T09:58:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T14:58:53","slug":"benefits-tip-may-is-mental-health-awareness-month-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/2023\/05\/08\/benefits-tip-may-is-mental-health-awareness-month-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits Tip: May is Mental Health Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our mental health is as important as our physical health. But by taking care of our bodies, we can improve our mental health. A few ways to do this are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eat nutritious meals. \u201cWhat am I about to put in my body? Is it going to help it or be used for fuel?\u201d If not, try to eat it in moderation.<\/li>\n<li>Drink plenty of water. This can be different for everyone. Try to increase your intake because studies show 75% of Americans do not drink enough water each day.<\/li>\n<li>Exercise. This actually releases endorphins and dopamine in our brains to help decrease depression and anxiety and improve our moods.<\/li>\n<li>Get enough sleep. While this may sound easier said than done, a tip is to stop using electronic devices at least 30 minutes before bed. Set a bedtime and start winding down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you feel like you may need to seek additional help, contact the University\u2019s Medical and Counseling Care Center at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:counseling@acu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">counseling@acu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or (325) 674-2626 or through TalkNow w\/TimelyCare through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goseesam.com\/login\">UCM<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our mental health is as important as our physical health. But by taking care of our bodies, we can improve our mental health. A few ways to do this are: Eat nutritious meals. \u201cWhat am I about to put in my body? Is it going to help it or be used for fuel?\u201d If not, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16565,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,6377],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10719,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10718\/revisions\/10719"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}