How motivation can help your mental health

We all know when we’re not feeling too good, performing even the simplest of tasks can be a challenge. This happens to all of us at some stage, however, the good news is there’s ways we can overcome this. In this article we’ll go through how motivation can help your mental health.

Being self-motivated enables you to be proactive and make choices and decisions without having to rely on someone physically being there, instructing you to do so. Everyone is unique and not everyone as a circle of friends and family to keep pushing us.

There are different types of self-motivation techniques, however, a few include building healthy habits, self-evaluation and writing about your intentions. The good news for you is, all are core functions with the Spark app!

The benefits to self-motivation are many and some very obvious. To summarise, these include increasing resilience in achieving goals, reducing procrastination and learning to see failure as an important learning i.e. converting a failure into an opportunity should something similar arise in the future.

An extra, not covered above however something included within the Spark app, is a library of specially curated motivational quotes. Taking a quote from the National Library of Medicine, we can understand how motivational quotes can help with your mental health.

Motivational quotes have been integrated into various programs and interventions in clinical and educational settings, effectively increasing confidence, motivation, empowerment, and satisfaction in adults struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, mental illness, and substance abuse

National Library of Medicine

It’s easy to access and start using our motivational quotes to help with your mental health. Here’s how.

On the main homepage area, select the motivational quote option

You’re then presented with a few options: turn notifications on/off to ensure you get your regular dose of motivation, favourite a quote you like and review later, save the quote on your phone or share with others, scroll through the library at your leisure

Let Spark know how the quote made you feel so you can receive more of what you like

Review your favourite quotes whenever and wherever you like

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