Supporting mental wellness while practicing social distancing

During the past few weeks the Northeast Colorado Health Department has repeated the messages about how everyone can help prevent the spread of the coronavirus including abiding by the public health order to practice social distancing, washing your hands and staying home if you are sick in order to keep our community healthy. However, it’s not just your physical health that you need to be mindful of, but also your mental wellness as well. There are steps we can all take to promote our mental wellness during a stressful time such as this.

There is a lot of anxiety associated with COVID-19 whethe...