{"id":9243,"date":"2021-05-10T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/?p=9243"},"modified":"2021-05-10T13:38:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:38:50","slug":"benefits-tip-may-is-mental-health-awareness-month-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/2021\/05\/10\/benefits-tip-may-is-mental-health-awareness-month-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Benefits Tip: May is Mental Health Awareness Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<div>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:<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eat nutritious\u00a0meals.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWhat am I\u00a0about to put\u00a0in my body? Is it going to help it or be used for fuel?\u201d If not, try to eat it in\u00a0moderation.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Drink plenty\u00a0of water.<\/strong>\u00a0This can be different for everyone. Try to increase your intake because\u00a0studies\u00a0show 75% of Americans do not drink enough water each day.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exercise.<\/strong>\u00a0This actually\u00a0releases endorphins and dopamine in our brains to help\u00a0decrease\u00a0depression and anxiety and improve our moods.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Get enough sleep.<\/strong>\u00a0While this may sound easier said than done, a tip is to stop using electronic\u00a0devices at least 30 minutes before bed. Set a bedtime and start winding down.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">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\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:counseling@acu.edu\">counseling@acu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or (325) 674-2626<\/div>\n<\/div>\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\u00a0meals.\u00a0\u201cWhat am I\u00a0about to put\u00a0in my body? Is it going to help it or be used for fuel?\u201d If not, try to eat it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18482,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9243","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\/18482"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9243"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9245,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9243\/revisions\/9245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/hr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}