I want to look at things a little differently for this week. The other side of Mental Sunshine is when something sad has happened in our life – there’s a lack of Mental Sunshine for a reason. For example, when someone we love has died, our sadness will run a lot deeper than a normal […]

For this week’s Mental Sunshine I want to introduce an idea that I think is a great resource for improving your mood. It’s called a Joy List – but you can call it whatever you like. It can be a physical list, or a note on your phone. Or even just a mental list you

Each week with these emails I attempt to show you something small you can try that will hopefully bring you some Mental Sunshine. This week, I want to talk about the idea of always thinking the best. So grab those rose-tinted glasses, and let’s get going! I saw a video on social media recently, where

I’ve really been enjoying the sunshine and warm weather – and trying not to do that typical British thing of complaining, It’s too hot! This week’s Mental Sunshine is about exactly this – complaining! Moaning about the weather often seems to be the national pastime, doesn’t it! It’s too hot, or it’s too cold, or

In last week’s email we talked about saying NO more to the things that don’t bring Mental Sunshine into your life. Today, I want to suggest that you say YES more! I know you’re probably thinking this will contradict everything I said last week But what I mean here is that we should try saying

Each week I send out this email in the hope of helping you to bring a little more Mental Sunshine into your life. I provide a little tip, a thing you can try, that will hopefully improve your mood a bit. None of it is exactly life changing on its own But over time, I’d

I’ve been enjoying the lovely weather lately; I always feel like physical sunshine always increases my mental sunshine! For this week’s mental sunshine I want to talk about the idea of risking failure. Wait, what? Failure? In an email about improving your mood? Yes. Absolutely! This ties in with an email I sent a few

This week’s Mental Sunshine is a bit of a slow burner. Something that will take a bit of practice, but over time it will allow you to be much more content in your life. This week it’s all about uncertainty and control. We humans love to be certain about things, because it makes us feel

How is your shorter week going? I often find the week after a bank holiday can feel longer than a normal week! If I asked you right now to name one good thing that happened over the bank holiday, what would you say? If you had a weekend away, or even a day trip out,

I love sending out this weekly email with a little tip. Something you can try that might make things a bit more sunny in your head. This week’s tip is one of those things you might think has nothing to do with improving your mood… but bear with me! This week we’re talking about brain