How to keep a healthy mindset heading into 2021 Share Updated: 2:51 PM PST Dec 25, 2020 How to keep a healthy mindset heading into 2021 Share Updated: 2:51 PM PST Dec 25, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript INTO 202 >> CELEBRATIONS LIKE THIS WON’T BE AROUND TO END 2020, A YEAR THAT BROUGHT TRAUMA TO SO MANY, AND SOME FEEL, WAS A YEAR THEY LOST. MARNI STAHLMAN OF THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL FLORIDA SAYS, FROM WHAT SHE SEES, IT SEEMS THAT HOPE FOR THE NEW YEAR IS LACKING. >> THERE HAS NOT BEEN GOOD COMMUNICATION IN FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY ABOUT WHAT IS THE DISTRIBUTION FOR THE VACCINE, FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT DON’T FALL INTO THOSE HIGH RISK CATEGORIES. HADAS: SHE SAYS BETWEEN THAT UNCERTAINTY AND UNEMPLOYMENT IS STILL WIDESPREAD, SHE SEES MANY FEELING LIKE THE CURRENT STATE OF THINGS IS PERMANENT. >> THERE IS AN EXPECTATION OF SOME HOPE, BUT ALSO CONCERN. HADAS: WHAT CAN BE DONE IN A YEAR LIKE THIS TO KEEP YOUR MINDSET HEALTHY AND REALISTIC AS WE CROSSED INTO 2021? >> IF YOU THINK OF RESILIENCE LIKE A MUSCLE, YOU HAVE TO SPEND TIME PROTECTING IT, BUILDING IT, AND THEN USING IT. HADAS: THE SHARED SHE SHARED THIS ADVICE, CONNECT WITH OTHERS IN ANY WAY YOU CAN, EVEN IF IT IS VIRTUALLY. STAY HYDRATED AND PHYSICALLY ACTIVE. REMIND YOURSELF OF YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS, DAILY, EVEN IF THEY ARE SMALL. AND. >> GRIEVE FOR THE LOSS OF THE YEAR, GRIEVE FOR THE LOSS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN IN YOUR LIFE, AND INSIDE THAT GRIEVING PROCESS COMES THE PROCESS ALSO OF HEALING AND OF HOPING. HADAS: SHE RECOMMENDS, FROM NOW THROUGH THE END OF 2020, AND BEYOND, TAKE EACH DAY ONE DAY AT A TIME. HADAS BR