Self care is defined by Google as the practice to take care of one’s self to preserve or improve ones own health. Googles definition implies that self care is exclusive to your physical health and emphasizes activities such as eating a health meal, getting routine health check ups, and regular body movement. The very same activities can be helpful to your mental health as well. While I agree, that you should prioritize your physical health and doing so can have a positive impact on your mental health, the self care I am referring to today is mental health self care. In other words self care that should encourage your to prioritize and improve your mental health, specifically. Mental health self care is important as it encourages you to identify, reflect, and process the full range of emotions that you experience on a day to day basis. Lack of self care, whether physical or emotional can lead to increased stress, burn-out, guilt, and irritation or frustration. I am sharing 4 ways to begin to prioritize your mental health self care today!