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Get Healthy

All it takes is one step each day to live a healthier lifestyle

OneStep encourages youth to #GetHealthy through proper nutrition, sleep, exercise, healthy relationships, and abstinence or reduced use of substances, such as alcohol, marijuana, and e-cigarettes. We define #GetHealthy as empowering youth with knowledge and resources to attain their full health potential (e.g., social, emotional, intellectual, psychological, physical, etc.).

Mental Health Exercises and Activities

Gratitude Journal

By default, our attention is drawn to problems and obstacles in life. This exercise helps you notice, in ways both big and small, what is going well. Keep a journal where you write in detail about things you are grateful for in your life.

Gratitude Letter

Gratitude letters help you focus on the positive influence of another person in your life. This reminds you that someone cares about you, and that you matter. In addition, reading the letter to your chosen person can be a powerful experience for you and the recipient—more than you originally expected.

Three Good Things

This brief exercise helps you reflect on the many things that happen every day. Over time, you begin to look for things in your day to add to your list!

My Values Exercise

By reflecting on your values in writing, you can affirm your identity and self-worth, creating a virtuous cycle of confidence, effort, and achievement.

Educational Resources for Mental Health

Healthy Activity Program for Depression

Handbook on behavioral activation for depression.

Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale

Suicide severity screener for teens to use with peers.

Opiod Misuse Prevention and Harm Reduction

New Haven Harm Reduction Resources

Connects people to local harm-reduction services, substance use treatment, overdose prevention supplies, and recovery support.

DrugFreeCT

Education and information on substance use prevention, overdose awareness, addiction treatment, and recovery support.

New Haven Harm Reduction Training Resources

Harm-reduction education, overdose prevention training, naloxone access, and local treatment and support resources.

©2022 by OneStep. Supported by the New Haven Prevention Council and the Consultation Center at Yale with funding from Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

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