In order to manage our wellbeing we can PLAN ahead.  If we know we have difficult things or events coming up in the near future, we can take time beforehand to rationalise our thoughts and plan how we’re going to maintain our healthy, positive wellbeing.

If we need to plan extra things that we do to promote good mental wellbeing for us, we can plan that ahead too; the more detail something is planned in, the more likely it is to happen!

You can download the “Weekly Wellbeing Planner” below.

We’ve made it “interactive”(which means you can type directly in to it – printing not required!) and we suggest you save the file in a secure folder where you can find it.  Use this as the master copy (you can always download it again if you need to) and save a new copy with a meaningful name (such as the date) every time you carry out your plan.  That way you’ll always be able to look back and identify your successes and things that perhaps need a bit more work.

The weekly plan, used with the Monthly review, is an incredibly useful tool as the combination lets us reflect and plan for the future.  Remember, CBT is re-training the brain and re-training needs practise!

Let us know how you get on!