I hope you had a peaceful break and managed to take some rest. New Year is traditionally the time of “New Year, New Me” – when we make big resolutions to change our lives, become a new person. Every January, millions of us, filled with chocolate and Christmas cake and feeling like we need to […]
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The big day is almost upon us – this time next week it will be Christmas Day! I will be taking a break over Christmas, so your next dose of Mental Sunshine will be in the new year. I think it’s important to take a proper break and really just chill out over Christmas. You
Are you enjoying the festive season so far? At this time of year, it seems like there are treats wherever you turn. Whether it’s party food or those big tubs of sweets, festive food is everywhere. It can be so easy to munch your way through loads of chocolates, and not even realise it –
Welcome to this week’s Mental Sunshine email, which is all about cultivating a positive mindset and visualising what you want to happen. If you stop and think about it, we can spend a huge amount of time imagining what could go wrong. We think about making a big speech, and imagine terrible things befalling us.
Today is Thanksgiving in the US and although I’m not American, I do appreciate the prompt to think of all the things I have in my life to be grateful for. Gratitude is something that a lot of people talk about these days – and with good reason! When we feel grateful, we trigger the
The colder mornings mean colder outdoor swims for me – something I’m fully embracing by spending a few days wild swimming in icy cold lochs up in the Cairngorms next week. I appreciate this is not everyone’s idea of Mental Sunshine (though I would definitely say: don’t knock it until you’ve tried it!) I’m sure
This week’s Mental Sunshine tip is something you can do just about anywhere, Hopefully, it will make a difference both in the moment and over the longer term. It’s a breathing exercise which is designed to get your body into the “rest and digest” state (and out of “fight or flight” where so many of
Each week I send out this email with a tip for something small you can do to improve your mood. These tips often involve doing something that reinforces our connection to the world around us – because humans need to feel connected in order to thrive So this week’s tip might seem a bit… incongruous.
A lot of the Mental Sunshine emails I send involve doing something for someone else Because actually, the act of bringing Mental Sunshine into someone else’s day helps to improve your mood too When we see or feel that we have had a positive impact on someone else’s day, it makes us feel good. With
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Can you spare 20 mins a day? For this week’s Mental Sunshine, I want to tell you about something really simple I’ve been doing for the last few weeks. On days when I’m working at my desk all day, it’s easy to end up hunched over like a prawn, staring at my screen and wondering
