ACTIVITY | GENERAL
Wellness Plan Workbook
Step-by-step guide to building a custom mental health plan
Create a personalized action plan for your well-being using this workbook. 27 areas of behavioral and cognitive activity are explored. The workbook provides a methodological approach to taking action on mental health for those already familiar with Mental Guide’s content.
There are no mandatory questions but responding to a greater number of questions could create a more comprehensive mental health plan. Regardless of how many questions you answer, your customized plan doesn’t need to be implemented all at once. Making one or two changes at a time is more sustainable. Changes should generally be small and incremental.
Experimentation is the foundation of the mental health journey. Try different lifestyle and thought practices to see which work the best for you. You may notice some improvement immediately but it often takes over a month to see significant progress.
The delay can make it difficult to determine if a given action is effective. However, progress is facilitated by regular practice of the methods and staying focused on positive things rather than on your symptoms.
Feeling better doesn’t necessarily mean that you should stop following your plan. To maintain your progress, it is often necessary to continue the same practices that restored your well-being.
Self-Monitoring
The workbook does not include the tracking of emotions and compliance that is common in mental health apps. Active self-monitoring often leads to discouragement, learned helplessness, and exacerbation of negative emotions and habits.
Regularly referring to and updating your wellness plan is more constructive than continuously pointing a finger at yourself. You don’t need to actively track your feelings to see if your plan is working. Take notice of your feelings and what affects them but don’t make your mental wellness plan a test on which you can score poorly.
Self-Monitoring
The workbook does not include the tracking of emotions and compliance that is common in mental health apps. Active self-monitoring often leads to discouragement, learned helplessness, and exacerbation of negative emotions and habits.
Regularly referring to and updating your wellness plan is more constructive than continuously pointing a finger at yourself. You don’t need to actively track your feelings to see if your plan is working. Take notice of your feelings and what affects them but don’t make your mental wellness plan a test on which you can score poorly.
Privacy
Responses are not accessible to Mental Guide admin. To ensure maximum privacy, workbook responses are not saved or processed by the website. JavaScript is used to produce a temporary readout of your responses which can then be copied and pasted into a document on your computer.
How to Use the Workbook
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Answer whatever questions you feel like. No fields are mandatory. Add multiple entries by clicking on the plus button or using commas.
Once the workbook is completed to your satisfaction, press the COPY button in the Review at the bottom of the page. Paste into a word processor on your device.
Refer to the plan on your device on a regular basis as a reminder to practice your chosen mental health habits.
Update or modify your plan as needed. Complete the workbook again or edit the plan directly in your text file.
How to Use the Workbook
STEP 1
Answer whatever questions you feel like. No fields are mandatory. Add multiple entries by clicking on the plus button or using commas.
STEP 2
Once the workbook is completed to your satisfaction, press the COPY button in the Review at the bottom of the page. Paste into a word processor on your device.
STEP 3
Refer to the plan on your device on a regular basis as a reminder to practice your chosen mental health habits.
STEP 4
Update or modify your plan as needed. Complete the workbook again or edit the plan directly in your text file.
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