With restrictions applied nationwide and people under obligation to stay at home, our mental health is at risk. One way or the other, we must have a plan in place on how to get through the days in quarantine. According to the Mental Health Association, 1 in 5 people will experience a mental health condition. This year the theme is, Tools 2 Thrive (#tools2thrive) that every person can use to help those who are suffering. As a result of this recent onslaught of COVID-19 across the United States, this figure of 1 in 5 could only worsen. Whether it is by choice or fate, the state of isolation can be a big stressor and can easily develop into mental health symptoms. Let’s look at a few ways to manage ourselves at such times. Nature is therapeutic Lisa M. Carlson , the President of the American Public Health Association, says and I am paraphrasing it: It is in nature that we must look for relief, peace, and contentment. That’s true in every sense of the manner. She calls natura