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There's no doubt that one of the biggest conversations right now is the Mental Health issue.

We see it in various forms when working with clients. It's been stated that we actually all have a particular mental health situation. For some, it is solid, strong and doing a brilliant job while for others it is the opposite and carries so many negatives that even asking for help can feel impossible.

So we've been thinking, how can we help someone suffering in silence?

So we came up with some tips and suggestions that might be the shift to begin a new way of doing things.

Now to be clear these tips are good practice for us all, they are simple, some are fun and you can either do them all or pick and choose, do them on your own or with someone else. At the end of the day if things are tough and a person is feeling like a lump of lead then it's the small things that make the biggest difference.

If anyone struggling can just try one new thing for a few days, it might be all they need to get to a place where they can reach out and ask for help.

5 Morning tips:

1. Morning Fizz - Step out of bed, reach for the sky, touch your toes, reach to the left, reach to the right, 5-star jumps.
2. Morning - Anti-anxiety device: Put pen to paper and write out 3 pages of random words, sentences and thoughts that are swimming about in your mind. (30min max) start with A5 and graduate to A4
3. Morning cleanse - Drink a pint of water with a squeeze of lemon first before anything else
4. Morning kick start - Set a timer and count back 5-4-3-2-1 and get up and do the morning chores at a meaningful pace. Coffee/tea is the reward (use this as a guide to measuring your ability to focus quickly and set the mind for the day) Even if on the first day you only make your bed.
5. Morning song list - 5 Songs to kickstart your drive/commute to work 

5 Evening tips:

1. Get out of work gear - have a shower, go for a run or spend time with the kids or the cats/dogs.
2. Eat before 7.30 pm
3. For the last 30mins of the day read a book for enjoyment, preferably not on a digital device.
4. Evening wind down - reach for the sky, touch your toes, reach to the left, reach to the right, hands on hips and breath deep in and out five times.
5. Get into bed and recall 3 things you appreciated about that day.

This is not about anything fancy this is about reconnecting with yourself, thinking for yourself and being reminded that you have a choice.

Let it begin with one choice for the morning and one for the evening.