Daily Wellness Activities: Small Steps to Better Mental Health
The secret to lasting mental health improvement is not a single dramatic intervention — it is the accumulation of small, consistent daily actions. Mentis assigns you three personalised wellness activities every morning, each chosen by AI based on your goals, mood history, and what the evidence says will help you most.
How Daily Activities Are Chosen
Each night, Mentis AI reviews your recent mood data, goal progress, and activity library to select three activities for the following day. Activities are timed to unlock gradually — for example, a morning breathing exercise at 7am, a midday reflection at 1pm, and an evening journal prompt at 8pm. This prevents overwhelm and fits naturally into your schedule.
Types of Activities in Mentis
- Breathing exercises — Box breathing, 4-7-8 technique, diaphragmatic breathing for anxiety relief
- Guided meditation — Body scan, loving-kindness, mindfulness of breath
- CBT exercises — Thought records, behavioural experiments, worry postponement
- Movement prompts — Short walks, stretching, yoga poses linked to mood improvement
- Journaling — Targeted prompts for reflection, gratitude, and cognitive reframing
- Social connection — Prompts to reach out to someone, acts of kindness
The Science of Habit Formation
According to habit formation research by Dr Phillippa Lally at UCL, a new behaviour becomes automatic after an average of 66 days. Mentis is designed around this timeline — your first personalised plan runs for 28 days, building the foundation, and subsequent plans layer on more complex skills. By tracking activity completion, Mentis provides the streak motivation that research shows dramatically improves adherence.
🌟 Users who complete their daily activities for 21 consecutive days report an average 35% improvement in self-reported wellbeing scores on Mentis.
Activities Connect to Your Goals
Every activity is tied to one of your mental health goals and contributes to your progress metrics. When you complete an activity, it is logged against your mood and progress data, creating a connected picture of what habits are moving the needle for you.