Mental health Influencers have shared some amazing advice over the years – from how to tackle burnout, to how to regulate emotions properly, and all with the help of social media. For this World Mental Health Day, we decided to put together the best advice from the best mental health Influencers:
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Mental Health Influencers
In this article, we put together the best advice from multiple mental health Influencers in 2023. These Influencers are all experts in their field, and they’re using their platforms to spread awareness and help others who may be struggling with mental health issues.
Dr. Saliha Afridi on celebrating the little things
Dr. Saliha Afridi is the clinical psychologist and founder of The Lighthouse Arabia, a Dubai mental health and wellness center. As a clinical psychologist with generalist training and experience in a wide range of mental health issues, Dr. Saliha uses her social media pages to share helpful tips and strategies for managing mental health. In this video, her advice to all her followers and beyond is that the journey is more important than anything, and we tend to overlook the small wins and only focus on the destination, but she reminds us that it’s important to pause and celebrate everything.
Nawal Mustafa on how to regulate your emotions
An expert in the field of psychology and neuroscience, Nawal Mustafa has over a million followers on her Instagram, which is full of wellness and productivity tips and tricks, as well as advice on mental well-being. In one post, she shares exactly how to regulate the emotions you may be feeling. As she explains, “It is difficult to control our emotions as they come up but we can control how we respond to the emotion. Once we understand this, it can be a powerful way to minimize unpleasant emotions.”
Ron Yap on how to beat social anxiety
Ron Yap, “Mental Health CEO” is a writer and mental health advocate/content creator. He educates his 190k Instagram followers on small steps they can take today to improve their lives and mental health. In this post, he shares some helpful tips on how to tackle social anxiety step by step. For starters, focus on the conversation and the other person, instead of focusing on yourself. Additionally, don’t beat yourself up over every little mistake, and face your fear head-on. There’s always more on his Instagram, so don’t forget to check it out.
Laura Jones on taking things slow
Laura is an illustrator who creates visual content on social media designed to make you feel good about yourself. Her advice to approach goals gently, and with intention, one step, one thing, and one day at a time, is a great reminder for this World Mental Health Day. Things don’t happen all at once: instead, they take time, and going slowly is always better than rushing it. Don’t tire yourself out on a goal. Take it slow, and give it your all.
Matthias Barker on how deferred conflict can cause resentment
Matthias is one of the most popular mental health Influencers on Instagram. With over 450 thousand followers, and over a million views on his videos, Matthias shares great advice on how to build relationships with others and with ourselves. In one post, he writes “When we hide our true feelings so that conflict doesn’t arise, damage is still being done, in us.” Woah.
Matthias continues to explain that talking to the other in a constructive way can help reach the root emotion and prevent resentment from taking hold in any sort of relationship. Genuine connections cannot be built by avoiding any type of uncomfortable or hard discord.
Dr. Jessica Clemons on practicing self-care
Dr. Jessica Clemons, MD, is a Board-Certified Psychiatrist who’s been recently recognized by Forbes for her work in creating a priority around addressing mental health in wellness issues. Her advice to her followers is to understand what they need, recognize if they’re in need, and prioritize themselves. Self care can be so easy, but becomes so hard when we don’t take the time out for ourselves and what we enjoy consistently. Dr. Jess reminds us to slow down and ask ourselves how we’re doing and reminds us to do all the little things that can help us relax, such as drink water, spend time with family, and more.
Micheline Maalouf on how to maintain healthy relationships
Micheline Maalouf is an Arab American psychotherapist and mental health advocate who aims to erase stigmas around mental health by sharing her wisdom via tips and tricks to help support mental health on social media. Check out her detailed advice on what to do when your relationships are in trouble.
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