Just as we know what we want our bodies to look like, it's important that we know what we want our mind to feel like.

The mind is a muscle we use every single day to be creative at work, to be effective at home, to be productive in our own businesses as entrepreneurs or whatever you may be doing.

Just as the body needs to eat, exercise and be engaged to get stronger, so does our mind.

Hello everyone and welcome back to On Purpose. I am genuinely so grateful and touched by all of the engagement, all of the messages, all of the social media sharing that you're doing, the ratings, the reviews.

I genuinely look through them every single week and I feel so deeply happy that these podcasts are improving and having an impact in your life.

Thank you for trusting me, thank you for being here. I'm genuinely so appreciative of each and every one of you.

Today's episode is something that I believe in so much and I really want you to take a listen of this one, listen all the way through because the practical applicable tips that I'm going to give you are going to make a huge difference in your life.

And that's one of the biggest things that I'm doing differently on this podcast is that these insights are not just philosophical, they're not intellectual, they're practical, they're things that you can start applying right now.

And that's why today's theme is seven simple things to do this weekend to boost your mental health.

Now listen carefully, a lot of us have fitness goals.

We have an idea of what we want our bodies to look like and many of us visit the gym regularly or at least we want to and we aspire to.

It's so important to have a good workout routine or plan, but it's just as important to have a gym for the mind.

Just as we know what we want our bodies to look like, it's important that we know what we want our mind to feel like.

The mind is a muscle we use every single day to be creative at work, to be effective at home, to be productive in our own businesses as entrepreneurs or whatever you may be doing.

Just as the body needs to eat, exercise and be engaged to get stronger, so does our mind.

And there's a massive link between physical and mental health too.

Now you don't have to be struggling with anxiety or stress or pressure to focus on boosting your mental health. So if your mind's telling you right now, I don't need this, I feel great, then please carry on listening to this.

Just like you don't need to have a physical challenge to go to the gym, you don't need to have a mental challenge to go to the mind gym.

Being proactive about our mental health is the best decision we can make.

And the truth is, stress is something none of us can avoid. Whether it's at the workplace, whether it's family challenges, whether it's our finances, it's something we all go through.

And sometimes it's actually very useful. It helps us get focused. It pushes us forward. And everyone from athletes to musicians and performers experience it.

It's what we do about stress that matters.

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