Three Science-Backed Habits To Protect Your Mental Health

Shawn Stevenson shares three science-backed habits involving sleep, whole-food nutrition, and shared meals that can support mental health. Protecting your mental health often begins with the habits that shape everyday life. Shawn Stevenson joins Caroline Leaf, MS, PhD, to explain how sleep, nutrition, and meaningful connection may influence emotional resilience. He shares ways to create a screen curfew and sleep-supportive bedroom, prioritize whole foods and key nutrients, and use shared meals to strengthen family connection and reduce stress. Shawn Stevenson is the author of the USA Today National bestsellers Eat Smarter and the Eat Smarter Family Cookbook, as well as the international bestselling book Sleep Smarter. He’s also the creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the number #1 health podcast in the U.S. with millions of listener downloads each month—a graduate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis, Shawn studied business, biology, and nutritional science and became the cofounder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance. Shawn has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, The New York Times, Muscle & Fitness, Good Morning America, ESPN, and many other major media outlets.