Great article with lots of insights and practical helpful advice. Relaxation is very necessary and sometimes not easy to do. I think also focusing on wellbeing and mental health goes a lot further. There are some we don't naturally agree with and who we maybe always at odds with, but it doesn't mean we can listen to them and see where they are coming from, and hopefully vice versa. When something is just a "one-way" street however, it becomes less helpful and healthy, and has the potential for escalation into anger and blame. This obviously isn't healthy, so we need to keep a focus on our own mental health and do what is right for us.
Every individual is different however, and I know this advice is excellent but also general. It's not always so easy to motivate oneself, for example, to go to the gym or even go outside at all, exercise, etc, but at the same time everyone has the enormous capacity to over-ride any natural inclinations not to do these things by maintaining a positive outlook and developing habits. For me, I am looking more deeper into my psyche and doing my own bit of research into my natural inclinations. Although I realise DNA research isn't always accurate or perfect, sometimes it does give some clarification and validation to our traits. However, I always recommend for anyone going down the genetic route of trait analysis to always get second opinions by scrutinising the backup research and sample studies and comparing with more robust studies. It's been an enlightenment for me, but not always a positive one, as some traits I was surprised at, but when this is used in conjunction with one's real life experience and feedback from others, difficult situations we've had in the past, there is a potential light and illumination also, if this is done correctly.
I think also self-love is very important and that we accept ourselves and our traits and dispositions just as they are. Some people might reject us, others accept us. But self-acceptance is the most important thing to focus on, whether someone goes down the DNA trait analysis route or not - and always this self-acceptance and love is what is most important. Some people never had much love in their childhoods or life, and compensate for this in many ways, sometimes very destructively. Others were loved and some have issues of rejection and abandonment, which may make them vulnerable to being in relationships where they aren't loved or accepted for who they are. There are all kinds of scenarios but I think doing deep and honest work with oneself can be very illuminating and conducive to better mental health.
