Are you feeling happy today? Today’s mental sunshine is an invitation for you to ponder the idea of happiness. What is happiness? Happiness is a state of mind, and so you can create that state of mind any time you want. Think for a moment of something that makes you happy… That’s a good feeling, […]
How is your week going so far? I don’t know about you, but after a disruption to my schedule like a long weekend, I find it hard to get back into my proper sleeping/waking routine. That first morning when the alarm goes off can feel awful! This week’s mental sunshine is something really simple that
Do you have plans for the Jubilee weekend? Many of us have four days off this weekend to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee… How often do we get four days in a row where we don’t need to be working, doing school runs or otherwise running around? Usually only at Easter and Christmas, right? There
This week’s Mental Sunshine might sound a bit lazy, but bear with me! People are forever striving and fretting over getting things 100% perfect – but often 80% is perfectly good enough Especially when it’s your first version of something. That doesn’t mean not making an effort. Rather, it means doing the best you can,
How are you today? This week’s dose of mental sunshine is all about visualising and I’d like to start with this quote: “Picture yourself vividly as defeated and that alone will make victory impossible. Picture yourself vividly as winning and that alone with contribute immeasurably to success. Great living starts with a picture, held in
How is your week going so far? If things have been less than brilliant, don’t worry – that’s what this email is for! Each week I try to bring you a simple thing you can do to try and bring some mental sunshine into your life. This week’s suggestion is to aim for 10,000 steps
This week’s email may well strike fear into your heart – but I promise once you do it, you are likely to feel brilliant. This week I want you to experiment with… switching off your phone! Remember the olden days, when you got up from your desk at school or work, and left it all
Welcome to my 52nd consecutive weekly dose of mental sunshine email. Yes a whole year has passed since I started to write these weekly emails to spread a little positivity with some simple wellness tips. You can see the whole archive here… So, this week’s mental sunshine tip is something you might find a little
Happy Thursday! This week’s mental sunshine is about random acts of kindness. I challenge you, between now and next week’s email, to perform a random act of kindness, and see if it doesn’t make you feel good. Double kindness points if your random act is for a stranger. It could be something as simple as
How successful are you feeling today? This week’s dose of mental sunshine is about wishing success for all. I heard a quote attributed to Tiger Woods, where he said that when he watches others playing golf – even when they are competing against him – he always wills the ball goes in the hole –
