Welcome to another weekly dose of Mental Sunshine How is your week going so far? Have you managed to maintain an air of zen calmness… or have you found yourself getting a bit hot under the collar? We all get stressed sometimes, and we can all end up saying or doing things in the heat […]
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This week’s Mental Sunshine is something that has really helped me. Especially over the last 2 years with the Covid pandemic and now the disturbing events going on in Ukraine. Stop watching, listening & reading the news… I know, your first reaction to this might be “but I need to know what’s going on!” or
Do you like your own company? We’ve just had two years where many of us have been alone for large periods of time – so today I thought we could talk about solitude. I think these days we tend to equate being alone with being lonely – but there is another word that could be
How has your week been so far? If your answer is something like “not too great…” this week’s suggestion is the one for you! This is so simple, but can really help to turn your mood around. This week we’re talking about the power of YET. Basically, any time you find yourself thinking or saying
Happy Thinking Thursday! This week’s mental sunshine is all about thinking and changing the way you think. I know you might think it’s impossible to change your thoughts – but actually, you can. My interest in thoughts and thinking have been sparked by reading books by New Thought authors like Neville Goddard, Thomas Troward, and
How are you with new habits? This week’s Mental Sunshine is all about how you can get new habits to stick in your life. It’s inspired by an author named James Clear, who talks a lot about habits. He says that if you want to get a new habit to stick, you shouldn’t try and
This week’s mental sunshine is all about scents and smells. I love the smell of newly cut grass; it just smells so fresh. We all have that certain smell that can transport us back to childhood, whether that’s the inside of a tin of sweets at Christmas, a particular meal our mum used to cook
How has your week been so far? My aim with these weekly emails is to suggest small things you can do to bring more mental sunshine into your life – things to make things feel a little brighter. You might think today’s suggestion sounds like the last thing you’d want to do on a cold
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This week’s mental sunshine is something that sounds terribly fancy – but is actually the most simple thing in the world. Interoception… Interoception is the sense of what is going on in your body. It’s a great word to drop into a conversation if you want to seem very intellectual and knowledgeable! More than that
How is your week going so far? This week’s mental sunshine is an easy one: Listen to podcasts. Podcasts are a great way to learn something new, to expand your horizons and – yes – to brighten your day. You can listen to them while you’re in the bathroom or eating breakfast, or on your
