Mental Wellbeing

Mental wellbeing is an important part of your overall health. Mental wellness comes from feeling balanced, connected to others and ready to meet life’s challenges. Mental wellness is affected by our life experiences and daily activities.*

Persons living with kidney disease often face higher levels of anxiety and depression. For more information on kidney patients and their mental health, you can view our Ask the Expert video, with Psychologist, Dr. Moon. Additional resources to support your mental wellbeing can be found in our Resources section.

In a recent survey conducted by the Kidney Foundation, kidney patients and caregivers acknowledged feelings of increased emotional stress and isolation and asked for online wellness resources to help support their overall health and wellbeing.

In this section of the Kidney Wellness Hub, we’ve put together some resources and tools to help you boost your mental wellbeing. You can learn more below. We are also very excited to include a special Kidney Wellness Coaching pilot initiative with free coaching sessions for a select number of kidney patients and caregivers to help support you on your wellness journey. Of course, eating well, and staying active are key to maintaining and improving your mental health and wellbeing. Also, be sure to check out our online Peer Engagement Groups and One-to-One Peer Mentoring, in our Socially Connecting section, as connecting with others with shared lived experiences can go a long way to boosting one’s mental health and wellbeing.

Important: the information found on this site is not medical advice, nor is it intended to replace the advice from your health care provider.

*Source: BC Government

Mental Wellbeing

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Boost Your Mental Wellbeing

We can do lots of small things each day to help alleviate stress or boost our mental health, such as meditation, enjoying nature, connecting with others, cuddling a pet, and laughing out loud. You probably practice many of these already or have your own list of go-to stress busters. Of course, as we know, not all stress is bad stress, and understanding the difference can be important. To learn more, check out our on-demand videos below including a meditation series, breathing exercises and techniques on how to build more laughter in our lives and why this is important. We will also be offering a special stress management session, an assisted relaxation music therapy webcast, and our highly anticipated Kidney Wellness Coaching pilot sessions. These are just a few of the resources below to boost your Mental Wellbeing. And remember what Martin Luther King said: “You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step”.

To view the videos below, click on the various links and you will be taken to our Kidney Wellness Hub YouTube Channel. Be sure to like and subscribe while you are there. At the end of each video, there is also an opportunity to complete a short survey. We would so appreciate your feedback as it helps us build content that is valuable to you.

Ask the Expert About Mental Wellbeing

Visit our Ask the Expert About Wellbeing page, which has links to helpful videos with common questions kidney patients may have about anxiety and depression and how to take care of their mental health.

Submit a Suggestion for Additional Content

We welcome your input and feedback. Do you have an idea for content you would like to see in our Mental Wellbeing section? Email your suggestion to kidneywellnesshub@kidney.ca

Additional Resources

For additional Kidney Foundation and other trusted resources, see our Resources tab.