This week’s tip is to switch off non-urgent notifications on your phone. These days our phones can do so much for us – not just phone calls and messages, but the numerous different messaging apps we use, social media, banking and all sorts. We’ve had a few tips about mobile devices before, and some of […]
This week’s Mental Sunshine is really simple, and something I think will brighten your day as well as someone else’s. I tend to find the best tips are the one where you make someone else smile – because then that just makes your own mental sunshine that much brighter. To know you’ve brightened someone else’s
How are you today? The other day I was in a cafe and I saw that one of the tables had a sign on it… I was curious, so took a look: A Chatter & Natter table… What a great idea! It got me thinking about talking to strangers – and particularly to older people,
Are you reading this on your phone? We seem to do everything on our phones these days don’t we? Gone are the days when a mobile phone was just for making calls – or even just calls and text messaging! Nowadays our phone holds our email, social media, camera, banking app, fitness tracker, alarm… I’ve
This week’s suggestion is something that could be a tiny change – or a really big one. It’s about breaking your usual routine. That could mean cleaning your teeth with your brush in the other hand. It could mean taking a different route to work. Have something different for dinner. You could change your routine
I love this time of year; the beautiful autumn colours will soon be upon us and it feels like there’s always something new to see and explore. This week’s Mental Sunshine is all about capturing that beauty – and then doing something with it. I don’t know about you, but I take hundreds of photos…
This week feels a little strange, doesn’t it? Not quite “back to normal” after the Queen’s funeral, but also feeling like we probably should be. The perfect time then, to think about some mental sunshine – and ways to lift your mood a little. This week’s tip you may have already tried – I know
With the sad passing of our Queen last week, the media has been filled with features and articles looking back over her reign. This got me to thinking about this week’s mental sunshine. It doesn’t feel right to be recommending that we all do something frivolous and cheerful when the nation is in the middle
How is your week going so far? This week’s mental sunshine is something I’ve been hearing more and more about lately, but it’s not about starting something; It’s about stopping something… Every year for the last 20 years or so, I’ve stopped drinking alcohol from New Year’s day for a few months. Usually after the
It’s the first day of September, and I don’t know about you, but at this time of year I always feel like I want to start something new, sign up for something – Buy a new pencil case! Inevitably, big new habits are hard to stick with; a few months down the line we’ve returned
