: Guided by narrative theory and by use of a narrative-in-action approach, the aim of this study was to explore how mental health recovery unfolds through individuals' engagement in everyday activities.: Data were created through participant observations with four individuals while doing everyday activities, and analysed through a narrative, interpretive approach.: The findings show how mental health recovery involves unique and open-ended processes of narrative meaning-making, which unfold through an interplay between everyday activities, places and persons.: Based on these findings, we discuss how we may understand and support mental health recovery as collective processes.

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