<p>Episode 5 ! Thank-you for listening and supporting the podcast, by doing so you too are helping raise awareness and reducing the negative stigma that is associated with mental health struggles. It's important that we all do our part in helping to normalize mental health issues, and get the people who need help the help that they need and deserve. Todays episode is a short solo episode where i discuss the topic of health = wealth, i'm sure that you have all heard it before and that's because it's true. When dealing with mental health issues, often we let our health slip through the cracks which is not a good habit at all. Because our mental health is suffering, we let our physical and emotional health take a toll as well, which in turn causes a more negative impact. It's a trickle down effect and it's our responsibility to ensure that we don't allow this to happen, or that we mitigate it as best as we can and make the right choices & decisions for our well being. Taking care of our diet/nutrition, as well as making exercise a part of our daily lives will help to better not only our mental health, but our overall health. I also discuss substance abuse briefly and share a bit of my experience with it during my mental health journey. Substance abuse, like poor diet and lack of physical activity in our lives, is not the answer or solution to our problems. We must have the courage to face those issues we are dealing with, and address them in the right manner that will not further negatively impact our mental health. I hope that you enjoy the episode, please continue to support and share the podcast, the more people it reaches, the better ! Thank-you and as always, take care of yourselves. </p>
