Women’s bodies go through various phases throughout their lives! It is constantly changing through puberty, pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause! And during all these phases, women juggle various roles like that of a daughter, wife, mother, and more!

All these roles and phases force women reckon with new bodies and new ways to fit into the world around. The constantly changing expectations and rapidly evolving roles put a lot of pressure on women.

This enormous burden to ‘fit’ in every role takes a toll on  women’s mental health! They become vulnerable to various mental disorders like anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorders and so on!

1. Self care is the best care

   Taking some time off from your anyway hectic life can improve mental health for women! This time can be utilized to sit back and enjoy activities that take a back seat in your everyday life.
   
   These activities can be anything like simply just sitting under the sun on a winter afternoon, painting your flower pots, or read a book, go on a small trip, learning a new skill, or anything else! You can even take a break and go for a nice spa.
   
   It can really help rejuvenate your energy levels and restore mental wellbeing. You can even choose to not do anything and just be! Talk to yourself and reflect on your life. This will give you a lot of perspective and help you re-connect with yourself. 
   
   The core idea is to invest in yourself and pamper yourself because taking care of self means better mental health.

2. Unplug to unwind

   You stay connected to the outside world 24X7 but what about connecting with yourself? 
   
   All the social media and fast messaging apps keep on bombarding us with information.
   
   Turning off your devices like mobile phones, laptops, and pagers can help re-establish a relationship with your own self!

   

3. Modify your diet

   Believe it or not, but physical and mental health are not that unconnected from each other. What you eat and how you treat your physical body has a direct impact on your mental health. Hence, it is advisable to focus more on a balanced diet.
   
   Eating a balanced diet will promote positive mental health.
   do not opt for quick junk food over nutritional food like whole grains, vegetables, nuts and so on!
   
   This will ensure that your body gets all the strength to fight all the battles with a full battery. This will also ensure hormonal balance in women. You can even consider taking some natural supplements like andMe’s hormonal range in order to keep the dancing women hormones in place!

   
   

Apart from practicing or following the above top 3 things, consider meditation and adopt the policy of forgive and forget. 

Gratitude is another important thing to keep in mind in order to maintain a healthy mental state.