How are you feeling this morning? For this week’s Mental Sunshine I thought we’d continue with the theme of breathing. Last week we talked about mouth taping – but why is taping your mouth to breathe through your nose so beneficial? Let’s try a little experiment. First, take five or six breaths through your mouth… […]

I hope your week is going well. This week’s Weekly Dose of Mental Sunshine may seem a little odd to you. But bear with me! This week I’m suggesting you try taping your mouth when you go to bed. Yes, I know you’ve probably just imagined a scene from a movie, our hero held captive

It’s Thursday again already – are you finding it hard to keep track of the days with all these bank holidays? With the weather beginning to warm up a little, we can all get outside in the fresh air a bit more. That fits perfectly with this week’s mental sunshine, which is another word from

How are you feeling today? May is the month of bank holidays (three this year!), and of spring doing its thing. We should be seeing more of the sun, and the world around us will spring into life. When was the last time you felt really alive? I mean, obviously, we’re all alive – but

What are you grateful for this morning? I know, it’s an odd question – but it’s worth stopping for a moment to answer it. This weeks dose of mental sunshine is all about gratitude Feeling gratitude can help us to feel more positive emotions and to enjoy good experiences. It’s so easy to get into

This week’s mental sunshine is about creating something to help and inspire you during those less-inspiring times. How often do you read something in a book or article that really resonates with you… Do you turn the page and keep on reading and then try to remember it at a later date? This week’s tip is to actually

I hope you had a very hoppy Easter and managed to get a few days rest away from your usual daily routine. This week’s dose of mental sunshine is all about emojis… Being a visual person I do like to scatter a few here and there in my emails and text messages. It is said

How’s it going this week? Do you feel you’ve achieved much of value? This week’s dose of Mental Sunshine is all about excellence. I read an interesting piece from Tom Peters about excellence that I thought I might share with you here: Excellence is not a “long-term aspiration.” Excellence is the ultimate short-term strategy. EXCELLENCE

How are you today? How often do we answer that question with “ah, not bad!”? Well, this week’s dose of Mental Sunshine is all about flipping our language to make it more positive. So instead of “not bad” you could say “I’m good thank you” – a small change from negative to positive. Instead of

This week’s dose of Mental Sunshine is all about silence. How often do you get a bit of silence in your life? I don’t mean the accidental moments between tasks I mean a proper stop, taking some time to really rest your brain. Finding some silence is something we always put off until there’s time