🗣”One thing that is very key to understand is that we are enough. Everything happens on your own personal timing. So whether you are 20, whether you are 30, whether you are 40, 50, 60, whatever that may be, you should never look at someone else’s success as your own personal success, right, because we all have our own personal timing.” - Shamawn Wright @s._wright

📱Social media is a fun outlet for many of us to express ourselves. However, it can also cause us to compare ourselves to others and affect our mental health.

✨It’s important to remember that people post and share things that they want us to see. What we see on social media is edited, filtered, and decisively chosen. Our timelines and feeds are filled with “end products” not the “process” of how people got to where they are.

⏰ Everyone struggles and succeeds in their own time, so know that you are not behind or running late. You are right on time.

Here are 4 tips to help you achieve a healthy relationship with social media, focus on your timeline, and strengthen your mental health:

🧹Clean up your feed. Follow people who bring you joy or informative and valuable content. Unfollow those who don’t.

📸Remind yourself that social media is showing you “end products” not the “process” behind it.

🛀Try a social media cleanse or only allow yourself a limited amount of scrolling time.

🥰Remind yourself that you are exactly where you need to be right now.

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With adulthood comes more freedom, but also more responsibilities and stress. To help combat the stress and strengthen your mental health, practice gratitude.

According to mindful.org, practicing gratitude 🙏🏾💯🥰💚

🧠 Boosts your mental health

😊 Helps you accept change

🛀 Relieves stress

✨Bridge Builders to the New Generation invites you to play our Gratitude Bingo!

▶️ Here’s how to play:

📸Take a screenshot of our Gratitude Bingo found in our story.

✅Cross off the acts of gratitude you complete.

🥰Notice how you feel after you complete an act of gratitude.

🗣Post your completed bingo and tag your friends!

📲Post a blank version of the Gratitude Bingo for your friends to play too!

🔄Use this exercise to slowly start making gratitude a part of your routine.

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🗣 “I actually used to have a really hard time with internalizing my feelings. I would just let them boil and boil and boil until one day, at any given random moment, it will explode. I really realized this once I started going to therapy. And my therapist really helped me learn how to express my feelings to my loved ones and know that they should love me for my feelings as well.” - Deanna Bratton @deabratt

✨This is your #WellnessWednesday reminder to do a self-check-in. 🔎

Ask yourself:

❤️How am I feeling?

✍🏾How can I describe what I am feeling?

🤔What’s going on in my daily life (home, work, relationships) right now?

⚡️Where is my mental, physical, or emotional energy at right now?

💭Could there be another explanation or reason?

💚What do I need? What can I do to support myself?

😘Remember, you are not alone.

❤️Your feelings are valid.

If you or somebody you know needs support, feel free to reach out and check out these resources:

📲Mental Health America @mentalhealthamerica

📲National Alliance on Mental Health @namicommunicate

💬Crisis Text Line - Text “HELLO” to 741741

📞National Suicide Prevention Lifeline - Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Here are 3 resources to help you find BIPOC mental health care professionals:

✊🏿Black Mental Wellness @blackmentalwellness

✊🏾Black Mental Health Alliance @black_minds_matter_

✊🏽Black Emotional And Mental Health (BEAM) @_beamorg

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Why do people suppress or hide their emotions?

According to healthline.com, some reasons could be

😰To avoid showing “weakness”

💔To avoid getting hurt

😞Lack of confidence

However, hiding or ignoring your feelings and emotions won’t make them go away.

🔎The next time you are experiencing strong emotions challenge yourself to name and identify them.

😶And for when you just can’t find the words to express yourself use our Feelings in Emojis and GIFs template found in our story!

Here’s what to do:

📸Take a screenshot of our Feelings in Emojis and GIFs template found in our story.

💚Answer the prompts with the images of your choice.

🥰Notice how you feel after you complete this exercise.

🗣Post your completed version and tag your friends!

✅Post a blank version for your friends to use!

You can also harness your emotions and use them to:

🖍🎨Draw or paint a picture

💃🏾Dance it out

✂️Make something

🎤🎼Sing or make music

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🤔If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you say? What advice would you give yourself? What do you wish you would have known?

🗣Kathleen Hinkson @beingleen would tell her younger self these 2 things:

🧘🏾‍♀️Be unafraid of sitting in your emotions

🙅🏾‍♀️Don’t Rush

✨Kathleen can’t go back in time to talk to her younger self, but she can share her knowledge with YOU.

👉🏾Now here is what you can do:

🤗💚Sit with, be present, and accept your feelings. Do not sweep them under the rug or push them down.

💡Change your perspective. Try to view your thoughts and feelings from different angles. Reframe difficult situations, mistakes, and failures as learning experiences. Take the time to process and grow. Do this by reflecting and asking yourself questions such as :

💭What did I learn from this situation?

💭What can I do differently next time?

💭How can I best support myself at this moment?

🏋🏾‍♀️If this is uncomfortable, that is okay. Just as you get stronger by physically working out, your mind will get stronger when you mentally and emotionally work out. 💪🏾🧠🧘🏾‍♀️

✅Start taking these steps to strengthen your mental health so you won’t have to say, “I wish I would have known.”

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