Start TODAY launches 31-day mental health improvement plan

12 articles · Updated · TODAY · Apr 29

Timed to Mental Health Awareness Month, the app-based programme includes daily routines, recipes and twice-monthly live coaching, with guidance from fitness contributor Stephanie Mansour and dietitian Natalie Rizzo.
It combines cardio, strength training, yoga and stretching with weekly habit-stacking steps such as gratitude lists, box breathing, walking during calls and bedtime stretching.
The plan also promotes Mediterranean-style eating, balanced snacks and upgraded comfort foods, saying these can support mood, energy, memory and lower stress, anxiety and depression risk.

Can 'habit stacking' and diet changes truly combat a mental health crisis rooted in systemic societal issues?

If exercise can outperform medication for depression, why isn't it the default first-line treatment prescribed by doctors?