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Mental health microgains : 50 small actions that will make a big difference to your wellbeing

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Trigger, 2024Description: 223 pagesISBN:
  • 9781837960767
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM75.
Summary: Using the sports psychology concept of marginal gains, this book gives you 50 five-minute, easy-to-implement strategies that build to make a big difference to your wellbeing. Want to make a big difference to your mental health by making small, manageable changes over time? In Mental Health Microgains, psychologists Dr Emma Cotterill and Dr Tara Quinn-Cirillo bring you 50 easy-to-implement strategies that each take a maximum of five minutes to add to your daily routine. Using the sports psychology concept of marginal gains - small improvements that lead to big results - these quick strategies build up to make microgains to your wellbeing as you slowly incorporate more and more of them into your life. The 50 strategies span a range of psychological approaches - from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), to trauma-based approaches and gratitude - and fall under one of ten themes: Mindfulness; Breathing and grounding; Compassion; Sleep and rest; Social connection; Movement; Purposeful action; Emotions; Thoughts; Taking care of you . Each microgain is presented with clear directions and evidence-based advice from Dr Cotterill and Dr Quinn-Cirillo. Combining the authors' clinical experience with insights from psychological theory, you'll gain knowledge and skills that can be used to improve your wellbeing for life - one small step at a time.
List(s) this item appears in: SLaM new books January 2025 | SLaM Wellbeing Collection | SLaM Mental health in the workplace
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Using the sports psychology concept of marginal gains, this book gives you 50 five-minute, easy-to-implement strategies that build to make a big difference to your wellbeing.

Want to make a big difference to your mental health by making small, manageable changes over time?

In Mental Health Microgains, psychologists Dr Emma Cotterill and Dr Tara Quinn-Cirillo bring you 50 easy-to-implement strategies that each take a maximum of five minutes to add to your daily routine. Using the sports psychology concept of marginal gains - small improvements that lead to big results - these quick strategies build up to make microgains to your wellbeing as you slowly incorporate more and more of them into your life.

The 50 strategies span a range of psychological approaches - from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), to trauma-based approaches and gratitude - and fall under one of ten themes:

Mindfulness;
Breathing and grounding;
Compassion;
Sleep and rest;
Social connection;
Movement;
Purposeful action;
Emotions;
Thoughts;
Taking care of you .

Each microgain is presented with clear directions and evidence-based advice from Dr Cotterill and Dr Quinn-Cirillo. Combining the authors' clinical experience with insights from psychological theory, you'll gain knowledge and skills that can be used to improve your wellbeing for life - one small step at a time.

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