
Mental Health: Understanding diabetes and mental health
This page discusses the emotional impact of living with diabetes—including stress, burnout, and diabetes distress. It encourages seeking support and offers tools like stress-reduction tips and a mental health provider directory to help manage emotional well-being.

Diabetes Distress: Dealing with Diabetes Burnout
This handout explains that living with diabetes can lead to emotional strain known as diabetes distress. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing these feelings and offers supportive strategies—like self-compassion and healthy coping techniques—to promote emotional well-being.

How to manage and reduce stress
This page outlines a variety of strategies to help manage and reduce stress, including physical activity (e.g. walking or dancing), mindfulness, and healthy eating. It also recommends building social connections, practicing self-kindness, and using positive thinking or CBT-style strategies to reframe stressors.

Managing Stress
This page from highlights the importance of managing stress for individuals living with mental health struggles. It offers practical strategies like identifying triggers, practicing relaxation techniques, and maintaining healthy habits to reduce stress and support overall well-being.

Hướng dẫn thiền cho người mới bắt đầu - Bài 1 - Buông bỏ và nghỉ ngơi (Guided Meditation for Beginners – Lesson 1 – Letting Go and Rest)
This Vietnamese meditation video for beginners (Lesson 1: Letting Go and Resting) guides viewers through a simple practice to release tension and relax the body and mind.

正念是什麼?降低焦慮、提升喜悅的最佳方法 (What Is Mindfulness? A Beginner’s Guide to Mindfulness)
This article explains mindfulness as the practice of being fully present and aware of the current moment. It shares simple practices like breathing and highlights benefits like better sleep and less stress. It encourages consistency and patience, emphasizing that even short, regular sessions can lead to meaningful benefits over time.

Guided Meditation and Mindfulness Exercises
This site offers a growing collection of free-to-download guided mindfulness meditation exercises, rooted in evidence-based approaches. You can download a variety of audio practices—ranging from breath awareness and body scans to guided imagery.

Meditation and Mindfulness: Effectiveness and Safety
This page offers research-backed insights into what meditation and mindfulness are, why people practice them, and their potential health benefits—including reduced stress, improved emotional well-being, and relief from symptoms of anxiety, depression, and pain.

Meditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress
This Mayo Clinic article explains how meditation is a quick and accessible way to calm your mind and relieve daily stress, requiring no special equipment and usable anywhere—from a walk outdoors to public transit or even during a break at work. The article also explains several types of meditation.

Insomnia: Why do I wake up in the middle of the night?
This article from the Clinic describes waking up in the middle of the night as a common form of insomnia often linked to stress. The article encourages adopting healthy sleep habits and strategies to support sustained sleep through the night.

Sleep Hygiene
The article defines sleep hygiene as healthy habits and environmental practices that can be adjusted to promote better sleep. Adopting consistent sleep habits—like keeping regular sleep and wake times and limiting naps—can improve sleep quality. It also notes that while better habits help, persistent sleep issues may require professional guidance.

Better sleep: Why it’s important for your health and tips to sleep soundly
This UC Davis Health article explores why sufficient, high-quality sleep is essential for physical, mental, and immune function. It highlights practical guidance for getting better rest, such as maintaining a consistent sleep schedule.