{"id":14080,"date":"2021-04-09T12:04:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/?p=14080"},"modified":"2021-04-09T12:04:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T16:04:51","slug":"feel-good-friday-give-yourself-a-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/blogs\/afternoons-fridays\/2021\/04\/feel-good-friday-give-yourself-a-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Feel Good Friday &#8211; Give Yourself A Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every week the Fox teams up with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lambtonkent.cmha.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton Kent<\/a> for Feel Good Friday &#8211; sharing different ways you can continue to take care of yourself, focus on your mental health and FEEL GOOD!<\/p>\n<p>This week&#8217;s message &#8211; learning how to take breaks.\u00a0 In those moments when it all just seems like too much, step away for a moment.\u00a0 Do anything but whatever was stressing you out until you feel a little bit better.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes the best thing to do is a simple breathing exercise:<strong> Close your eyes and take ten deep breaths.<\/strong> For each one, count to four as you inhale, hold it for a count of four, and then exhale for another four.<\/p>\n<p>A change of scenery or a change of pace is also good for your mental health!\u00a0\u00a0It could be a five-minute pause from cleaning your kitchen, or a weekend exploring somewhere new. A few minutes can be enough to de-stress you \u2013 give yourself some \u201cme time\u201d this weekend!<\/p>\n<p><em>And please remember<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0<em><strong>If you are feeling stressed and overwhelmed and looking for mental health supports \u2013 CMHA Lambton Kent is here for you. It is NEVER too early to reach out for help. The Lambton Kent Mental Health First Response Service is staffed by mental health professionals and is available 24\/7, every day of the year, including holidays:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u25fe\ufe0fChatham: 1-866-299-7447<\/p>\n<p>\u25fe\ufe0fSarnia: 1-800-307-4319\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every week the Fox teams up with the Canadian Mental Health Association Lambton Kent for Feel Good Friday &#8211; sharing different ways you can continue to take care of yourself, focus on your mental health and FEEL GOOD! This week&#8217;s message &#8211; learning how to take breaks.\u00a0 In those moments when it all just seems","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":14081,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[4542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afternoons-fridays"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-19 04:05:21","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/foxfm.com\/blogs\/afternoons-fridays\/2021\/04\/feel-good-friday-give-yourself-a-break\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14082,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14080\/revisions\/14082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfgxfm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}