September can feel like “back to school” time – even if your kids have grown up and left school Shops and businesses everywhere are promoting “back to school” or “back to uni” deals and there’s a buzz of people going back to a new school, new uni, new year of study. For this week’s Mental […]

For this week’s Mental Sunshine I want to suggest something else that sounds a bit silly. And feels a bit silly the first time you try it… But it’s super quick and there is some science behind it, so bear with me! This week we’re going to try cyclic sighing. Cyclic sighing is a specific breathing

Can you believe we’re in September already? It’s “back to school” season – I often find that even people who don’t have children heading back to school or university this month still feel that “fresh start” feeling as the season begins to change. For this week’s Mental Sunshine, I want to make what might seem

Each week my aim is to provide you with a simple tip Something small you can do that will hopefully bring some more sunshine into your day. I can’t decide if this week’s tip is a really obvious one, or a really not-obvious one… Let me know what you think! This week’s tip is to

For this week’s Mental Sunshine, I want to suggest something that will probably sound absolutely bonkers. I love the tips that sound ridiculous, because often even just the thought of them makes me smile! This week’s tip is to try walking backwards. I don’t mean you should attempt to do your morning commute backwards; that

Whether you’re having a great week, or a less-than-great one – let’s see if we can improve on that shall we! That’s what these weekly emails are about – just increasing the level of Mental Sunshine in your life where we can. This week I want to talk about morning breathwork, after hearing Julia Bradbury

The UK appears to be having a record breaking summer, with large parts of England in drought. We’ve just had our third or fourth heatwave and I think a lot of people are looking forward to going back to moaning about the rain! Why am I talking about the weather in an email about Mental

For this week’s Mental Sunshine, I want to talk about bucket lists. The term “bucket list” was popularised by a 2007 film starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. It comes from the old idiom “kick the bucket” Essentially, a list of things you want to do before you kick the bucket! I’m willing to bet

When was the last time you engaged with the arts? That sounds rather la-di-da, doesn’t it? “The Arts” sounds like going to the opera or a West End show – so in that case, it may have been a while! A recent book by researcher Daisy Fancourt, called Art Cure, takes a wider view of

When was the last time you did something creative? I know you’re probably thinking, Creative? I don’t have time for that! We can often feel that we’re too busy to take time out for creative pursuits There’s work, housework, family commitments… the list of things we need to do is endless, right? The problem is