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10 Ways to Manage Your Mental Health in a World Gone Mad
Discover 10 ways bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert takes care of her mental health which she believes is her real job. The last two years have created a lot of uncertainty and these ideas could help you navigate life’s unpredictability.
“My actual job in life — my hobby is writing, it’s my vocation, it’s what I do — is managing my mental health every day, because if I don’t, and it’s practically a full time job for me, I’ll be taken under by it. There are about ten tings I do every day that keep the black dog at a safe distance. If I don’t do these things, if I let it slip and get complaisant, I’ll find out because, very soon, I’ll be in a very bad state.”
Elizabeth Gilbert (author of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ and ‘Big Magic’)
She says,
“Nothing matters more, and nobody else can do it for me. I accept sacred stewardship over this mind.”
What about you? Do you accept sacred stewardship over your mind?
The quote above is from the ‘Happy Place’ podcast. She started telling the host what those ten things were but unfortunately, the host interrupted and didn’t let her finish her list. I love Elizabeth Gilbert and her Big Magic creativity workshop was probably one of the best ones I have ever attended, up there with Julia Cameron’s…
