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Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio. Good morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast Podcast. Today's

tip is to take a mental health morning. We can all feel overwhelmed with our responsibilities from time to time and while taking a vacation is great

That can involve a lot of time and effort and expense

Plus if you have small children a vacation probably won't involve a break from those responsibilities.

It can be fun in lots of other ways, but it won't exactly be a break.

So what can you do? I like this suggestion from before breakfast listener

Melinda who wrote in about what's been working for her. She calls her

solution a mental health morning.

About once per month, I take two hours of paid time off in the morning

to go to the gym, she says.

After working out, I take a long shower.

I have a toddler and an infant, so this is especially luxurious,

and then I go to my favorite coffee shop

and read for 30 minutes.

Then I go to work.

She says that this two hours of playing hooky from life

works better for me than taking a mental health day,

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