Welcome to Boundless Bee, the Hemophilia Bee Podcast,
the podcast standing with you from a family
like yours, presented by the Coalition for Hemophilia
Bee and in partnership with Balancing Life's Issues.
This is the final episode in our World
Mental Health Day series. Today, emotional wellness coach,
Leticia b Russell, helps us explore how to
care for our emotional well-being before burnout sets
in and why asking for help is a
courageous and necessary act.
Think about your phone.
If you plug it in for only a
few minutes here or there,
it might hold on for a while,
but eventually it does shut down.
Our mental health works the same way.
The small habits we build every day is
what keeps us charged.
But when we avoid asking for support, asking
for help, we risk running when empty until
burnout takes over.
Hi. I'm Leticia B. Russell, emotional well-being coach
and consultant.
Welcome back to this series celebrating World Mental
Health Day.
Today is the third and final episode,
and we'll talk about simple ways to sustain
your well-being
and why seeking support is a sign of
strength,
not weakness.
Some of the things that I'd like for
you to consider
is how do we build those
daily habits,
those daily habits that sustain us?
Rest,
movement,
balanced meals, breaks from screens. Yes, I said
breaks from screens.
They might sound simple,
but they are truly the foundation of resilience.
Consistency
is more powerful than intensity here.
Let's normalize reaching out for help.
Let's normalize saying I'm not okay today.
See, too often people see asking for help
as a weakness.
But the reality is it takes strength. It
takes courage.
I need support. I need help.
And asking early means we don't wait until
things are overwhelming.
Use your resources.
Whether it's talking with a trusted peer
or a colleague,
it helps us get closer
to the things that we must realize we
need help with. It's finding that accountability
buddy, right, that person that we can talk
to and rely on.
Here's something to try.
Pick one daily habit that feels doable. It's
not a matter of thinking about three and
five and ten things, but it's that one
daily habit that is truly doable and sustainable.
Maybe it's setting your phone aside for thirty
minutes a day before bed or even committing
to short walks at lunch.
It's not picking up your phone the moment
you wake up.
It's then identifying
one person or resource
that you'd be willing to reach out to
if you noticed yourself struggling.
That combination of daily care and early support
is what sustains us.
And so as we wrap up this World
Mental Health Day series,
I thank you for joining us for this
very
important
three part journey.
Let's keep building those connections with ourselves and
with others.
With each other and across the globe, remember,
the goal is to pour from a full
cup, not an empty one.
Taking care of your well-being is an ongoing
practice. It takes
daily practice.
I'm Leticia B. Russell.
Thank you for listening to Boundless Bee, the
Hemophilia Bee Podcast, the podcast standing with you
from a family like yours.